road movie
Britishnoun
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Oliver Laxe’s road movie about a father and son who caravan across Morocco with a pack of tattooed strangers is set in a vast desert where you still somehow never see the plot’s curveballs coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
One of Mr. Laxe’s acknowledged influences in creating this desert-set road movie is “Mad Max,” though that film builds its dystopian world with a resourceful imagination that’s missing here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
How do you make a new quintessential American road movie that doubles as a beautifully shot portrait of modern youth?
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
It’s a road movie through Africa, and we show that in Africa there is a lot of violence, but there is also a lot of humanity.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
The first was a road movie from the early seventies, about a man who leaves his wife to drive cross-country.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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