

Beatrice Loayza
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‘G20’ Review: Madam President or Rambo?
Viola Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action film where an American president has to fight Australian crypto-terrorists.

‘Love Hotel’ Review: Finding Space for Beauty in the Bleakness
A Shinji Somai contribution to a narrow soft-core subgenre crushes together the anonymity and violence, desire and trauma, that bind lives of alienation.

‘Being Maria’ Review: The Muse’s Side of the Story
Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of...

‘Locked’ Review: Cramped Quarters
This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and Anthony Hopkins sees a petty criminal fall victim to a vigilante’s trap.

‘Young Hearts’ Review: Finding Acceptance
In this coming-of-age drama from Belgium, a 14-year-old boy falls in love with his neighbor and questions his sexual identity.

‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Review: An Updated Italian Heroine
Set in Rome after World War I, this black-and-white feminist film directed by (and starring) Paola Cortellesi tells a nuanced story about domestic abuse.

‘Rats!’ Review: Keep Texas Weird
This gross-out action-comedy, which sees an emo teenager sucked into a deranged conspiracy plot, lays hard on the absurdism.

In Berlin, Anxious Movies for Dark Times
At the Berlin International Film Festival, the onscreen mood was downbeat, but the program still held some gems.

Watching ‘Shoah’ in Berlin, 80 Years After Auschwitz
A commemorative screening of the monumental documentary came as some artists are questioning whether Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture stifles free speech.

‘Parthenope’ Review: Goddess Worship
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, this decadent drama about a beautiful young woman is a one-sided meditation on art, desire and spirituality.