‘The Stranger’ Review: François Ozon Plays by the Rules to Bring the French Absurdist Classic to the Silver Screen
Elegantly shot in crisp monochrome and starring Benjamin Voisin as the epochal antihero at the center of the novel, Ozon’s effort serves as a sensual adaptation that may surprise some of the director’s longtime fans with its willingness to play by the rules laid down by its source material.
‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: A Colorful, Zany Love Letter to Female Kinship
Starring the likes of Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Charli XCX, and Richard E. Grant, 100 Nights of Hero transports audiences to an offbeat alternate universe where women, all too similarly to our own world, toil to share their own stories under the constraints of male authority.
‘Oceans Are the Real Continents’ Review: A Striking Black and White Elegy for the Lives Left Behind in Contemporary Cuba
Italian filmmaker Tommaso Santambrogio’s latest captures the isolation of Cuba’s inhabitants through a lyrical triptych representing the nation’s past, present, and future.