This event is in the past.It took place on May 2, 2026 at Metrograph.




Menkes calls this her greatest work: a grisly true-crime tale following a Marine captain's murder investigation in the Mojave, shot in hypnotic single-take tableaux that burrow under your skin. The psychological toll of its making seeps into every frame.
radical arthouse cinema
true-crime psychological
sister director-actress collaboration
single-shot tableaux
Tips
🎬"most radical work" (critics)
🎤Q&A with Nina Menkes after the screening
🎞️Part of the "Nina Menkes x2" program at Metrograph
The Bloody Child
Lower East Side




Menkes calls this her greatest work: a grisly true-crime tale following a Marine captain's murder investigation in the Mojave, shot in hypnotic single-take tableaux that burrow under your skin. The psychological toll of its making seeps into every frame.
radical arthouse cinema
true-crime psychological
sister director-actress collaboration
single-shot tableaux
Tips
🎬"most radical work" (critics)
🎤Q&A with Nina Menkes after the screening
🎞️Part of the "Nina Menkes x2" program at Metrograph
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