Venice Review: With ‘The Lost Daughter,’ Maggie Gyllenhaal exposes mother-daughter relations in their vile, discomforting essence [Grade: B]
Leda, a middle-aged comp-lit professor, arrives at a lavish Greek island accompanied solely by her books. Played by an overwrought Olivia Colman, she frets and... Read More
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Venice review: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ is a gripping and visually arresting opener to an exciting universe [Grade: A]
The two most important lines in Dune come at the very beginning and the very end. First, when Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) tells princeling son... Read More
Venice review: Kristen Stewart delivers a career-best performance in a fitting and fantastic look at an accidental revolutionary in ‘Spencer’ [Grade: A]
A spiky icon and a gentle iconoclast, Diana Spencer occupies a place in the public consciousness of Britain and the rest of the world which... Read More
Venice Review: ‘The Hand of God’ is Paolo Sorrentino’s sublime masterpiece [Grade: A]
“Thank you to my sources of inspiration: Federico Fellini, Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese and Diego Armando Maradona.” When Paolo Sorrentino went on stage to accept... Read More
Venice Review: With ‘The Power of the Dog,’ Jane Campion and her cast do justice to a literary masterpiece
“Deliver my soul from the sword. My love from the power of the dog” (Psalms, 22:20, David’s address to God to free him from his... Read More
Venice Review: ‘Parallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas)’ is a powerful portrayal of mothers in Almodóvar’s most political film
No matter how hard we try to escape it, we’re all children of history. It defines the life of a country and, by consequence, that... Read More
Venice review: The road to redemption is a long and rocky one in Paul Schrader’s ‘The Card Counter’ [Grade: A]
“If not for the money, why play?” – “It passes the time,” says professional gambler William Tell (Oscar Isaac) when prompted to justify his string... Read More
‘Cinderella’ review: Billy Porter soars, Camila Cabello strains in a jukebox musical that lands like a lead slipper
Near the end of the latest film adaptation of tale-as-old-as-time Cinderella, Minnie Driver shudders a deep sigh and witheringly intones, “What fresh hell is this?”... Read More
‘Worth’ review: Michael Keaton delivers in this subtle, harrowing look at the people left behind on September 11th
It’s been twenty years since the horrific events of September 11th, 2001, a day where the United States was shaken to its absolute core. Everyone... Read More
‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ review: Rose-colored to a fault, but with its queer heart firmly in the right place
There’s an atypical lead at the center of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. A reed-thin teenage boy with platinum blonde hair and the confidence of someone... Read More
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