

Beatrice Loayza
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‘The Crime is Mine’ Review: Courtroom Tango
In this showbiz screwball, an aspiring actress and her lawyer best friend spin a murder accusation into a shot at fame.

‘Our Son’ Review: The Right to Break Up
A simple yet engaging melodrama, starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, explores what it means for two fathers to divorce.

‘The Sweet East’ Review: All-American Girl
Starring Talia Ryder and Simon Rex, this shape-shifting satire about modern American subcultures is a curious, and occasionally delightful, object if you can handle its...

‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ Review: Women, Uninterrupted
In Anna Hints’s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process — one that’s revealed to be more than skin deep.

‘The Strangler’ Review: All the Pretty, Pitied Corpses
This strange, seductive film from 1970, directed by Paul Vecchiali, borrows the conventions of the serial-killer thriller and turns them inside out.

‘The Taste of Things’ and the Transcendence of a French Meal
“The Taste of Things” is the latest movie to luxuriate in France’s gourmand tradition, a safe way of attracting audiences outside the country.

‘Manodrome’ Review: The Manosphere Gets a Crude Awakening
An unemployed dad-to-be is seduced by a misogynist group who call themselves “the guys” in this sensationalizing drama starring Jesse Eisenberg.

‘Wingwomen’ Review: A Crew of Femme Fatales
A feisty Adèle Exarchopoulos does the heavy lifting in this otherwise uninspired action-comedy set in France.

‘Four Daughters’ Review: The Role Family Plays
This documentary from Kaouther Ben Hania restages pivotal moments from a family’s life.

A Cannes Winner Asks: What if the Powerful Woman Isn’t Punished?
The French director Justine Triet’s movies explore the anxieties of women who work and play hard. Her latest, “Anatomy of a Fall,” won the Palme...