Only the River Flows
By Andrew Plimpton July 25, 2024
An atmospheric police procedural that doesn’t offer the consolation typical of more routine detective pictures.
An atmospheric police procedural that doesn’t offer the consolation typical of more routine detective pictures.
A motorcycle drama about the rise and fall of a bygone era, starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy.
Reports that “comedy is dead” have been greatly exaggerated. Or, in any case, that memo didn’t reach the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
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.