“Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus” is delightfully engrossing, a genuine surprise. Low-key, naturalistic and original, Sebastian Silva’s study of two Americans finding their way in Chile is an often ...

Well, there’s a bit more to the title than that. According to the opening animation sequence this is called CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGIC CACTUS & 2012, whew! Pretty complicated for what is really a ...

When perusing through a film festival programming guide, there is a short list of words that will instantly dissuade me from wanting to see a film. Two of these are the words Michael Cera. Now to say ...

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus is a 2013 Chilean adventure comedy film. The story centers on a cocky young American who is visiting Chile and is keen to learn more about the mysteries of the San ...

The hot South American sun makes no apparent impression on Jamie, the drug-seeking tourist Michael Cera plays in Sebastián Silva's "Crystal Fairy." His fish-belly-white skin never loses its pallor.

“[Michael] Cera plays Jamie, an entitled American whose main concern is getting to the next high. We meet him at a house party in Santiago, where, between lines of coke, he is momentarily transfixed ...

The Chilean feature Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, which opens Friday at Music Box, feels anecdotal, even tossed-off. Set over a few leisurely days, it centers on Jamie (Michael Cera), a spoiled, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To say that drug use is central to the plot of “Crystal Fairy” is not only a gross understatement, but also entirely beside the point. The consumption of ...

Announced as part of the initial line-up for Sundance Film Festival 2013, Sebastián Silva’s Crystal Fairy will be heading out to Park City in just a few days’ time, screening in competition in the ...

Michael Cera wants to do mescaline in Chile in the "Crystal Fairy" trailer released Wednesday. He also doesn't want much to do with the title character, played by Gaby Hoffmann. In the clip, all Cera ...

Crystal Fairy pits together At the Drive In’s Omar Rodríguez-López, Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender, and Melvins members Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover. Their sounds prove strikingly complementary.