‘The Wanting Mare’ Is A Lyrical Fable That Trades Away Substance For Experience [Review]
A sort of lyrical fable about a world and time with only the vaguest anchor in something resembling a coherent narrative, “The Wanting Mare” is less of a movie and more of an experience. Spanning multiple generations, and using characters like set dressing, the film by writer/director Nicholas Ashe Bateman looks great, feels profound, and manages to develop a genuine sense of place, even if the audience isn’t sure where it is or what it’s looking at.