Posts tagged with "4 stars"



The Nature of Love (‘Simple Comme Sylvain’)
The contradictions of attraction are a sexy, cerebral ride.

How to Have Sex
A Greek island resort is a crucible of weaponised sex.

Subtraction (‘Tafrigh’)
What would you do if your double showed up with your husband’s identical twin? Writer-director Mani Haghighi weaves a maze of possibilities.

Fallen Leaves (‘Kuolleet Lehdet’)
The drabness of low-rung lives is sautéed reindeer and mashed potatoes to Finnish film-maker Aki Kaurismäki.

May December
An unnerving reimagining of a notorious relationship from director Todd Haynes is a conduit for unanswerable questions.

All of Us Strangers
Fact and fiction are membrane-thin in writer-director Andrew Haigh’s fantastical enactment of grief.

The Holdovers
Paul Giamatti is a bristly gift as a pariah who learns to open his heart.

Poor Things
The latest tall tale from director Yorgos Lanthimos is myriad shades of fantastic.

Dream Scenario
Until unreality catches up with him, Nicolas Cage sinks into self-effacement like a squelch into mud.

The Eight Mountains (‘Le Otto Montagne’)
Moving as slowly as a glacial melt, this soulful slant on individual destiny plays out primarily in the unspoken.

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