The film mixes fiction with documentary to paint a conflictive social portrait that's focused and serious, yet not without doses of humor... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2023

... In the 153 minutes of the film, there is so much power, so much questioning of fascism, so much cinema that is alive and far from demagogy and complacency that all its excesses and carelessness can be forgiven. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 23, 2023

Dry Ground Burning is not content with simply dismantling barriers between film genres; it weaves an intricate plot that fuses elements of post-apocalyptic sci-fi, musical comedy, and Latin American documentary. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 23, 2023

That it's hard at times to tell what's authentic and what's speculative here is very much the point of the enterprise, but the mix of radical ideology and hybrid aesthetics is completely galvanizing.

| Jul 21, 2023

... A complex and dark film that reveals the uncertainty and latent violence suffered by entire regions of the American continent. Quite a dramatic riddle.

| Jul 10, 2023

Fueled by a simmering undercurrent of existential threat, this is a sharp, compelling, intelligent lo-fi crime thriller. A must-see for art-house genre fans.

| Apr 27, 2023

Fans of the Sensory Ethnography Lab should jump right into this mesmerizing journey through a Brazil we rarely see on camera.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Apr 24, 2023

Dry Ground Burning treats marginalized people as glamorous heroes. It’s an outlaw ballad.

| Apr 24, 2023

I think Queirós and Pimenta have provided some bold new pathways for hybrid documentaries, even if the final product reflects this spontaneous invention in both dazzling and deleterious ways.

| Apr 21, 2023

Though Pimenta and Queirós sprinkle science-fiction touches throughout the film, their approach is steeped in renegade documentary methods and influenced by the contributions of real locals.

| Apr 20, 2023

A provocative and unflinching documentary/fiction hybrid, but overlong and exhausting

| Apr 18, 2023

The film surprises by revealing deeper layers to both its subjects and social commentary.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 16, 2023

A fascinating exercise in combining documentary and fiction. Not knowing what’s real and what’s scripted can feel disorienting, but If you stay with it, you’ll find this portrait of a very dark time and place to be a haunting and worthwhile experience.

| Apr 10, 2023

Dry Ground Burning is laden with political sentiment, but also caring of its subjects and their raw intimacy: a surprisingly gentle look, free of all aestheticization.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 13, 2023

This persuasive piece of filmmaking fuses crime and drama, showing not only the cost of lawlessness but also the power of these women.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 24, 2023

It's the defiance and fierce independence and self-reliance that matter. The film ends with the wrecked armored car on fire, like a carcass of completely hollowed out animal in flames.

| Nov 29, 2022

...I struggled to make certain connections from moment to moment, only to be bowled away minutes later by a traveling road shot, musical number, biker rally, or fiery political speech.

| Nov 10, 2022

This is invigoratingly loud and carefully mixed with a level of detail regular ambient/electronic listeners will appreciate.

| Sep 26, 2022

This is a film with a form as radical as the women at its center.

| Sep 25, 2022

The film could easily have been shorter and tighter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 12, 2022