

Beatrice Loayza
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‘The New Boy’ Review: Finding a Light in the Darkness
Cate Blanchett stars as a nun who encounters an Indigenous Australian boy with special powers in this film about forced assimilation.

‘Final Destinations: Bloodlines’ Review: Born to Die
The sixth installment in the horror franchise might be the most self-consciously silly of the bunch — and it’s all the better for it.

‘Lilly’ Review: She Did It Her Way
Patricia Clarkson plays the equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in this misty-eyed drama.

‘The Trouble with Jessica’ Review: Dinner Party or Crime Scene?
This British black comedy, starring Indira Varma, centers on a group of wealthy middle-aged friends with fraught histories.

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘April’ Wont Be Shown in Georgia
The director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s new movie, “April,” shines a light on the complicated situation for women seeking abortions in Georgia.

‘The President’s Wife’ Review: Would Madame Get Your Vote?
Catherine Deneuve plays the former French first lady Bernadette Chirac in this puckish, highly fictionalized biopic with a pop-feminist edge.

‘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.