Eileen
By Caroline Ely December 5, 2023
Self-hate, self-harm, and a sicko plot twist are Eileen’s way stations, along with a few tantalizing glimpses of the redemptive power of love.
Self-hate, self-harm, and a sicko plot twist are Eileen’s way stations, along with a few tantalizing glimpses of the redemptive power of love.
Trans and nonbinary individuals, across a span of generations, tell their life stories, intermixed with passages from Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel, Orlando: A Biography.
Sofia Coppola tells a disquieting, empathetic, and very American story based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me.
Léa Seydoux completely immerses herself in this demented and sprawling epic romance about missed opportunities.
Although David Grann’s nonfiction page-turner offers more than enough material for a 206-minute film, the result here is lopsided.
Based on a popular young adult novel, the adaptation is a sensitively drawn coming-of-age tale of friendship and a potential romantic relationship between two Mexican American teens in late 1980s El Paso.
Juliette Binoche stars as a journalist who goes undercover to take on menial cleaning jobs and write an exposé about how the other half lives.
The humorous tale of the men behind the world’s first smartphone and its trajectory from breathtaking to cataclysmic.
The understated and ultimately moving film explores a long, close friendship through its inevitable peaks and valleys.