‘Aviva’ Review: Boaz Yakin’s Entrancing Dance Film Wilts Under the Weight of Its Ambition
A lyrical experimentation in gender, sexuality, and dance gets stuck in its head, while forgetting the body.
A lyrical experimentation in gender, sexuality, and dance gets stuck in its head, while forgetting the body.
“Aviva,” which was set to premiere at SXSW, allowed Yakin to try everything that commercial filmmaking wouldn’t let him do.