The concept of "Crazy Old Lady" takes the very real aspect of dementia and takes it to a horror structure degree. It never takes itself beyond its means and is anchored by a vivid performance of actress Carmen Maura as Alicia, the mother/grandmother in question. There is a slightly abstract nature to the proceedings which take place mostly inside a dreary and yet almost gothic house that Alicia lives in.

The aspect of a vampire debating the textures of life from a very geographical point of view is unusual but with a director like Pablo Larrain, like Jim Jarmusch and Abel Ferrara before -- directors known for different kinds of films —- taking a swing at this idea/genre can produce both interesting results but also missed opportunities.

The context that drives "Condor's Nest" is revenge but one draped in the almost noir structure Westerns of the late 50s/early 60s portray where rage blinds a man despite the reasoning that he is up against. Will Spaulding is a man who lost his entire flight squadron during World War II to a sadistic colonel who took no mercy but chocked it up to the focus of war.

With "The Weasel's Tale", the aspect of a film within a film or a story about show business can be a standard in reflexivity and therefore meta. What it does here is bring out the fact of what the different people that populate this certain house of a former famous actress represent.