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She’s the Man of This Swamp – New York Times

Played by Quvenzhané Wallis, an untrained sprite who holds the camera’s attention with a charismatic poise that might make grown-up movie stars weep in envy, Hushpuppy is an American original, a...

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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ stars’ own magical realism – Los Angeles Times

To find those performers, the “Beasts” casting department followed the canvassing model employed by President Obama (several members of the team even worked on his 2008 election). But even as they...

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Review: Emotional ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ is extraordinary – Los...

[Hushpuppy] is the film’s central narrator and the dialogue the writers have given her reaches a level of poetic balladry that nearly sings of grit and determination. That tone is matched by the music....

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Beasts of the Southern Wild – Best of New Orleans

“The thing is, all films come from Hollywood or New York,” Zeitlin says. “Even when people come here, they’re using a model invented somewhere else, which is a ridiculous thing. What other art form...

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Benh & Ray on the Creators Project

I have this collection of Cinefex magazines that are all out of print, and they’re from the 80s to the early 90s. It’s completely my secret weapon. They’re magazines I had when I was a little kid that...

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Beasts of the Southern Wild – Roger Ebert

You can make “Beasts of the Southern Wild” into an allegory of anything you want. It is far too detailed and specific to fit easily into general terms. The Bathtub is this place in this time, and how...

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Beasts of the Southern Wild -The Prague Post

The plot is almost secondary to the cohesive network of very naturalistic overtones onscreen, though the events are certainly significant. Around the time of a hurricane, which may or may not be...

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Wet and Wild – San Francisco Chronicle

“Regarding Wallis’ performance as Hushpuppy: it isn’t one. It’s a fact. Onscreen she simply is, a being as elemental, incontestable and strong as the advancing aurochs. She was 6 when the film was...

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Could Summer Indie ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Nab Oscar? – the Daily Beast

So, to give you a jump on the film that gurus of gold will inevitably be discussing and dissecting throughout the Screen Actors Guild awards, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes and on through to inexorable...

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Vulture’s Summer Movie Alphabet

Q — Quvenzhané Wallis: Look, we don’t know how many ways to tell you this, but you just need to go already and check out this young girl’s performance inBeasts of the Southern Wild. Beasts appears in...

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