Toronto. King of the Hill.

"A sly, deceptive gut punch of a picture Gonzalo López-Gallego's King of the Hill is a brilliant, vicious little piece of work," writes Todd Brown at Twitch. "It is a fierce piece of social commentary, the sort of picture that could never be made in North America but, by god, does it need to be." And an online listening tip: Todd talks with Gonzalo López-Gallego (and warns: spoilers!).

"Fast paced with virtually no opportunity to take a breather, King of the Hill is hardly all questions and no answers," assures Eric Kohn at indieWIRE. "When the explanation for the violence finally gets clarified, a disturbingly profound level of bleak social complexity enters the plot, cleverly formulated so that the movie works as a relevant text for both sides of the gun control debate."

Earlier: Michael Guillén.

Posted by dwhudson at October 2, 2007 7:48 AM