The Last Stop in Yuma County
By Paul Weissman May 11, 2024
From a simple premise, writer/director Francis Galluppi wrings maximum suspense.
From a simple premise, writer/director Francis Galluppi wrings maximum suspense.
A sapphic Bonnie and Clyde doesn’t come around every day.
In one of the most unusual approaches to the heist film genre, this absorbing piece of Argentinian cinema replaces the sense of danger with sophisticated humor.
Although David Grann’s nonfiction page-turner offers more than enough material for a 206-minute film, the result here is lopsided.
The idea of behind this comedy feels a bit like a brisk and breezy throwback to something Goldie Hawn may have starred in the 1980s. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
Noémie Merlant is so vivacious, funny, and determined that her César Award for her performance here is certainly deserved.
A harsh, absorbing piece of work that unites pulp thrills and dark psychological powers in a way that recalls The Silence of the Lambs.
The title of French director Sébastien Marnier’s thriller may sound more appropriate for the title of a sermon, but be not afraid. His film is instantly engaging, freewheeling, and playful,
Calabrian life, as depicted here, moves in step with corruption that can be either purposefully pursued or casually accepted, but is always expected.