The prize catch of the title isn’t exactly who you might expect in “A Nice Indian Boy,” a romantic comedy that brings a welcome queer angle to that substantial subgenre of...
The wonderful Raymond Carver story “Neighbors” perfectly evoked the strange out-of-body feeling that can come from occupying another person’s home when they’re not in it — the transient thrill of living...
“Hard Truths,” “Conclave” and “Emmanuelle” are among the films competing for the Golden Shell at the closing night awards ceremony at the San Sebastián Film Festival, which is currently under way....
Albert Serra‘s “Afternoons of Solitude” begins not taking the bull by the horns, but looking it in the eye. It opens on a blunt close-up of a magnificent bovine specimen staring...
True to its title, François Ozon’s new film “When Fall is Coming” is awash in the aesthetics of what people far younger than its octogenarian protagonist would call autumncore, with a...
We live in a transitional era regarding relationship politics, as more people carve romantic and sexual lives for themselves outside the prescribed trajectory of love, marriage, procreation and nuclear family. The...
Nobody talks much about the age 19. It doesn’t come with the exciting avalanche of adult rights that come with turning 18, or the milestone symbolism of 21. You’re technically still...
Five years ago, French writer-director Claude Lelouch returned, for the second time, to the site of his greatest career success with “The Best Years of a Life,” an autumnal sequel to...
