Chloé Zhao is a filmmaker with a particularly special cinematic language. She can capture stark experiences with an almost ethereal glow. In 2020, the Bejing-born director made history by becoming the first woman…
Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning speak about making Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” as a personal experience. It is the job of actors to create characters, give them life, and shape…
Marty Mauser is one of those characters who feels so vivid that you wonder how he could ever be fiction. Timothée Chalamet brings him to gloriously self-assured life in “Marty Supreme,” driving…
The spirit of the aberrant woman behind the religious sect known as the Shakers inhabits Amanda Seyfried in “The Testament of Ann Lee.” Directed by Mona Fastvold and co-written by Brady Corbet…
The ongoing renaissance of music biopics continues to deliver cinematic interpretations of legendary chart-toppers. “Song Sung Blue” becomes an engrossing addition by not focusing on some cultural icon. Its subjects are the…
Tom Gormican’s “Anaconda” is another slice of millennial nostalgia with the added touch of mocking that very same obsession with the past. If you grew up in the 1990s and watched movies,…
Bradley Cooper takes blending comedy and tragedy quite seriously in “Is This Thing On?” It is a welcome downscaling for the actor-director, whose previous work profiled relationships within the grand world of…
Kate Winslet’s “Goodbye June” is a family affair in nearly every aspect. The plot is one of those recognizable heart-tuggers about a clan of relatives coming together to process their issues while…