Review: Bones and All
Director: Luca Guadagnino Stars: Taylor Russell, André Holland, Timothée Chalamet Pinning down a director who largely works from source materials … Continue reading Review: Bones and All
Tag: Literary Adaptation
Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Director: Olivia Newman Stars: David Strathairn, Taylor John Smith, Daisy Edgar-Jones In spite of the middling reviews that started snaking … Continue reading Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)
Director: Guillermo del Toro Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette Roll up, roll up, ladies and germs. Spare a … Continue reading Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)
Review: The Lost Daughter
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson We’re all flawed people, and often it’s those malformed, knotty … Continue reading Review: The Lost Daughter
Review: Passing
Director: Rebecca Hall Stars: Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson, André Holland There’s a scene in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir in which young prospective … Continue reading Review: Passing
Review: The Devil All The Time
Director: Antonio Campos Stars: Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Tom Holland The Southern States and the lineage of the American Gothic … Continue reading Review: The Devil All The Time
Review: Little Women
Director: Greta Gerwig Stars: Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson There’s a scene in Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America in which Greta Gerwig’s … Continue reading Review: Little Women
Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Director: Barry Jenkins Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King In 2005 my grandmother succumbed to bowel cancer in our … Continue reading Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Review: Red Sparrow
Director: Francis Lawrence Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joel Edgerton Director Francis Lawrence and the star of his three Hunger Games … Continue reading Review: Red Sparrow
Review: Mudbound
Director: Dee Rees Stars: Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Banks, Mary J Blige Dee Rees follows Pariah and Bessie with this Netflix Original; an … Continue reading Review: Mudbound
Review: Call Me By Your Name
Director: Luca Guadagnino Stars: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg Food and sex have long been intermingled in art, with … Continue reading Review: Call Me By Your Name
Review: The Beguiled
Director: Sofia Coppola Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst The arrival of a new Sofia Coppola film is always … Continue reading Review: The Beguiled
Review: Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny This isn’t going to be a very good review of Elle. … Continue reading Review: Elle
Review: The Girl With All The Gifts
Director: Colm McCarthy Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close As one would imagine also applies to Mike Carey’s novel … Continue reading Review: The Girl With All The Gifts
Review: White Bird In A Blizzard
Director: Gregg Araki Stars: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Gabourey Sidibe The cinema is a verdant location for finding missing women. … Continue reading Review: White Bird In A Blizzard
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