Day Night Day Night: The Threat Within

Day Night Day Night is Julia Loktev’s first fiction film after making documentaries. However, the film very much retains a documentary atmosphere while the subject matter is resonant and thought provoking. A 19-year-old girl is preparing to become a suicide bomber in New York’s Times Square. Director Loktev was born in St. Petersburg but grew up in America. No stranger to facing the harrowing side of life head-on, her award-winning film follows a documentary which dealt with the aftermath of her father’s debilitating car accident. Read my review