Mudbound
By Nora Lee Mandel November 16, 2017
A fresh take on the old-fashioned, socially conscious, epic melodrama.
A fresh take on the old-fashioned, socially conscious, epic melodrama.
Ian McEwan adapts his elegant and acerbic 2007 novella.
Besotted, bothered, and bewildered are the Southern belles of the Miss Farnsworth’s Seminary for Young Ladies.
This adaptation of Austin Wright’s 1993 novel Tony and Susan presents a mishmash of styles, from hothouse drama to cool, elegant, and elliptical art house.
A fleabag of a crime movie and pure, unadulterated, hard-R-don’t-give-a-damn Paul Schrader.
A quiet, female-focused triptych of tales that keeps its scope quite modest.
Is this a new direction for Pedro Almodóvar, who has made excess the hallmark of his long career?
The redemption of a Swedish Scrooge wields dark themes with a comic lightness. Don’t be surprised if you find a tear rolling down your cheek.
In a dusty, desolate corner of the world in the 1950s, Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) is back for answers and revenge.