Origin
By Guillermo Lopez Meza January 18, 2024
This is the best film from last year that you probably haven’t seen yet.
This is the best film from last year that you probably haven’t seen yet.
Though the movie feels patterned after other survivalist sagas, its depiction of climate change is chilling and realistically captured.
At first, it’s difficult to not think of Whoopi Goldberg’s incredible debut, but Fantasia Barrino proves a marvelous screen presence with her authentic, powerful turn.
Andrew Haigh’s new film can be seen as a long, protracted “if only.”
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.