A Beast Which Will Eat Us: An Interview with Carlos Reygadas on Heil Jupiter!

Carlos Reygadas is one of cinema’s great provocateurs. That’s also a bit limiting. To some, “provocateur” might imply that he’s merely trying to shock the viewer. Sure, his work is full of jarring moments that border on the ostentatious, but many miss the heart of his cinema. If you start at the beginning with Japón, you’ll find a filmmaker wrestling with our grounded, natural world and trying to make sense of it. As you move through his work, his feet...