Alejandro Jodorowsky

Film Review: The Vancouver International Film Festival — Sensible and Satisfying

At the Vancouver Film Festival, cinema lovers could look at movies which had been much praised at prior festivals, including winning prizes.

Director Alejandro Jodorowsky is a fascinating artist, but this rehash of his own Dadaesque style is lurid, stale, and simplistic.

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