Review: The Mustang
"I'm not good with people," Roman Colman grunts in The Mustang, the terrific feature debut from French actress Laure de...
Review: Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow, based on the novel by former CIA operative Jason Matthews, introduces us to Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence), a prima...
Review: Le Fidèle (aka Racer and the Jailbird)
The white hot chemistry of Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopolous is more than enough to recommend Flemish director Michaël R....
Review: Our Souls at Night
There's a reason why Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are film legends. Yes, they're both talented and attractive but there's something else...
Review: Maryland (aka Disorder)
Vincent, played by Matthias Schoenaerts, sits in his former bedroom, his bulk suffocating the space. The image suggests a man who doesn't...
Review: A Bigger Splash
Seduction and destruction are the twin engines of A Bigger Splash, a glorious slice of trashy sunshine noir that teems with both sexual...
Review: The Danish Girl
With numerous independent films and television series depicting nuanced and edgy tales of the transgender experience, perhaps the reserve...
Review: Suite Française
The closing titles of Suite Française present the fact behind the fiction. Suite Française was intended to be a series of five novels by...
Review: Far From the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a woman ahead of her time for Dorset in 1870. Bathsheba is accustomed to her independence. Some...
Review: A Little Chaos
There are two scenes that stir the soul in the romantic period drama, A Little Chaos. One occurs in the final five minutes of the film...
