New dramas by Catherine Breillat and Todd Haynes examine relationships between older women and teenage boys in different yet equally complex ways.
Category: Movies
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‘The Wind & the Reckoning’ Review: A Hawaiian Story of Resistance
A docudrama follows a family fighting to stay together and avoid exile to a leprosy colony, but fails to carry an emotional punch.
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‘We Might as Well Be Dead’ Review: Housing by Neighborhood Watch
A single mother fights for her place in a dystopian high rise in this unfocused satire.
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‘Will-o’-the-Wisp’ Review: A Prince Throws Off His Privilege
Or, at least, he kinda-sorta tries to rebel in this romantic, futuristic fable from the Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues.
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‘Unclenching the Fists’ Review: A Moody Russian Drama
Kira Kovalenko’s moody drama centers on a young woman trapped under her father’s thumb in the North Caucasus region of Russia.
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‘Kandahar’ Review: Marooned in a Dull Movie
Gerard Butler plays an undercover C.I.A. agent hunted by various foes in an underwhelming action film devoid of any suspense or, well, action.
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‘The Wrath of Becky’ Review: Teenage Riot
The traumatized teen is back to finalize even more fascists in this comically bloody sequel.
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‘About My Father’ Review: Robert De Niro in Dad Mode Again
The comedian Sebastian Maniscalco enlists his “Irishman” colleague in this labored comedy, where gags fall flat.
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‘Influencer’ Review: Reading Between the Likes
This thriller, about a mysterious woman’s obsession with online influencers, treats social media as a breeding ground for fear and obsession
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How Geena Davis Continues to Tackle Gender Bias in Hollywood
When it comes to quantifying bias in popular entertainment, the Academy Award winner’s in a league of her own.
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Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Premieres in Cannes
At the film’s Cannes premiere, the director’s customary cast, themes and even camera moves were all on display — well, except one.