Palladino's Picks: Film Fest, Day Eight

http://www.independent.com/news/2008/jan/31/palladinos-picks-day-eight/

Three great films and five great actors.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
By D.J. Palladino

Two: Next came the sensually complex Argentinean transgender film XXY, which turns out to be more about the crazy specificity of desire that both motivates and shatters our human hearts. Filmed with a wealth of telling detail—the wounded turtles for instance—and a piercingly gorgeous cast. Note to Wendy McCaw: No real turtles were hurt in the making of XXY so call off the counselors, please.