With her astounding performance in 2021’s The Worst Person in the World, the cinema world fell in love with Renate Reinsve. Her ability to capture the duality of early adulthood was uncanny, infusing the chaos of self-discovery with the vulnerability of knowing you’re a mess. That kind of virtuosity had cinephiles eager for her next […]
Tag: drama
Presence Review
Presence is the latest film released by prestige distributor Neon, which acquired the rights after its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Paynes move into a new house after a tragedy. Chloe’s (Callina Liang) best friend died from an overdose and she is still grieving. Chloe’s troubles affect the rest of her family. In […]
Queer Review
Queer is the second film made by Luca Guadagnino to be released in 2024. This second offering is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name. William Lee (Daniel Craig) is an American expat living in Mexico City in the 1950s. He spends his time meeting younger men for casual sex. William […]
Small Things Like These Review
Small Things Like These is an adaptation of a novel by Claire Keegan and premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) is a coal merchant in New Ross, County Wexford. He’s the father to five daughters and is respected within the community. When Bill witnesses a young woman, Sarah (Zara […]
A Different Man Review
A Different Man is the third film by Aaron Schimberg and explores issues with body image and self-esteem. Edward Lemuel (Sebastian Stan) is an actor with neurofibromatosis. His facial deformities make him isolated. When a playwright, Ingrid (Renate Reinsve) moves into the apartment next to Edward the pair form a friendship. However, Edward agrees to […]
Anora Review
Anora is a comedy-drama by celebrated indie filmmaker Sean Baker and the winner of the 2024 Palme d’Or. Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (Mikey Madison) is a stripper and escort working in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. One night she’s hired by the son of a Russian oligarch, Ivan “Vanya” Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn) because she’s able to speak Russian. […]
The Apprentice Review
Donald Trump is one of the most divisive public figures in the world with his early real estate career and his relationship with the controversial lawyer Roy Cohn serving as the subject of the biopic The Apprentice. The year is 1973, Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) is the son of real estate developer Fred Trump (Martin […]
Megalopolis Review
Megalopolis was a film that was 40 years in the making, a passion project that saw Francis Ford Coppola return to filmmaking for the first time in 13 years. New Rome is a city on the edge. Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) is unpopular and in conflict with Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), an architect and […]
I Saw the TV Glow Review
I Saw the TV Glow is a surreal coming-of-age drama, that serves as the second film by Jane Schoenbrun and the second part of their Screen Trilogy. Owen (Ian Foreman/Justice Smith) is a lonely and awkward seventh grader who meets Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), a ninth-grade girl who enjoys the young adult show The Pink Opaque. […]
It Ends With Us Review
It Ends with Us is a romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover. This film looks at the turbulent nature of romance. Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) is a woman who plans to fulfil her dream and open a flower shop in Boston. She also gets to meet Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni), a […]