From SSIFF: François Ozon returns with a theatrical love-hate relationship drama between a director and his muse.
Category: Drama
Ali & Ava (2022) – Movie Review
What starts out as a snappy romance becomes an overwrought melodrama.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) – Movie Review
There are a million ways this movie could have turned out awful. This may be, in fact, the only version of this movie that doesn’t; ours, the only timeline in which these ingredients combine into greatness.
Pig (2022) – Movie Review
yourself to be carried by its weirdly meditative pig quest. It is difficult to classify, but easy to like for its portentous atmosphere and Nicolas Cage’s masterful performance.
Benediction (2022) – Movie Review
There are parts of Benediction that are interesting, but ultimately it is formally too dry.
After Yang (2022) – Movie Review
After Yang is hard to summarize, but above everything it bursts with love and tenderness, expressed through memory and introspection. It will stay with you long after the credits roll.
Hustle (2022) – Movie Review
A solid sports movie with a sympathetic performance by Adam Sandler.
Cinco lobitos (Lullaby) (2022) – Movie Review
A devastating family drama that finds the little truths of human nature in ordinary people.
Alcarràs (2022) – Movie Review
The genius of Alcarràs is that it finds ways to tell emotional and even political truths as if by coincidence, articulating with silence or in the background what other movies struggle to tell directly.
C’mon C’mon (2022) – Movie Review
With so many films devoted to the different aspects of parenthood, I’d never seen one so thoughtfully, so compassionately study the emotional needs of a child.
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