La Llorona (Blu-ray)

A countrys bloody history stains the present in the Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamantes transfixing fusion of folk horror and searing political commentary, inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efran Ros Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious, now aging former military dictator stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemalas Mayan communities. While battling legal repercussions and the peoples demands for justice, he and his family are plagued by a series of increasingly strange and disturbing occurrences, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper (Mara Mercedes Coroy). With a restraint that renders the films shocks all the more potent, Bustamante crafts a chilling vision of a nation reckoning with collective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die.