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‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix goes to hell in Ari Aster’s horrifying, hilarious Freudian odyssey

Film Reviews

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix goes to hell in Ari Aster’s horrifying, hilarious Freudian odyssey

Sophia Ciminello April 10, 2023

The first time a mother and son are separated from each other is painful yet inevitable. While childbirth is frequently considered a violent experience for... Read More

‘Past Lives’ review: Celine Song’s poignant debut is a nuanced little wonder | Berlinale

Savina Petkova February 23, 2023

Three devastatingly attractive people are sitting at a bar: who are they? Or more importantly, who are they to each other? This initial curiosity bordering... Read More

Interview: Actor Brendan Fraser and writer Samuel D. Hunter talk the challenges and journey of ‘The Whale’

Interviews

Interview: Actor Brendan Fraser and writer Samuel D. Hunter talk the challenges and journey of ‘The Whale’

Ryan McQuade October 20, 2022

The Whale has taken a long time to get to the silver screen. This story started back in 2012 as a play, in which renowned... Read More

‘Aftersun’ review: Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are mesmerizing as a father and daughter in limbo in Charlotte Wells’s extraordinary debut

Film Reviews

‘Aftersun’ review: Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are mesmerizing as a father and daughter in limbo in Charlotte Wells’s extraordinary debut

Jacob Throneberry October 18, 2022

In the opening minutes of Aftersun, a camcorder goes back through footage, stopping on a young girl asking her father, in the middle of showing... Read More

Interview: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ breakout star Stephanie Hsu on the joy of Joy, working with Michelle Yeoh and if she’s sick of bagels yet

Interviews

Interview: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ breakout star Stephanie Hsu on the joy of Joy, working with Michelle Yeoh and if she’s sick of bagels yet

Ryan McQuade October 16, 2022

Earlier this year, at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, the world premiere of the Daniel’s Everything Everywhere All at Once blew audiences away, going on... Read More

‘The Eternal Daughter’ review: Tilda Swinton sees double in Joanna Hogg’s mother-daughter gothic ghost story [A-] | NYFF

Sophia Ciminello October 11, 2022

Late in Joanna Hogg’s exquisite autobiographical b-side, The Souvenir Part II, our protagonist finds herself wandering through a hall of mirrors. Julie Hart (Honor Swinton... Read More

Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence returns to her indie roots with PTSD drama ‘Causeway’ for Apple and A24

Trailers

Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence returns to her indie roots with PTSD drama ‘Causeway’ for Apple and A24

Erik Anderson October 6, 2022

In Causeway, the new drama directed by Lila Neugebauer (Broadway’s The Waverly Gallery, Maid, The Last Thing He Told Me), Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)... Read More

‘Pearl’ review: Mia Goth and Ti West deconstruct old Hollywood and take us on a Technicolor trip through a twisted mind [B+] | Toronto

Daniel Bayer September 15, 2022

As a full orchestra plays a sweeping Old Hollywood-style melody, a young girl cheerfully goes about her chores on a farm. She feeds the animals,... Read More

‘The Inspection’ Review: Elegance Bratton’s personal exploration of perseverance is led by a transcendent Jeremy Pope [B] | Toronto

Daniel Bayer September 12, 2022

In 2005, while the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was still in effect, Ellis French (two-time Tony Award nominee Jeremy Pope in his first... Read More