Julianne Moore

New York Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, A Traveler’s Needs, The Room Next Door
New York Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, A Traveler’s Needs, The Room Next Door

Certain filmmakers are such mainstays of the New York Film Festival that you can pretty…

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR TRAILER 1

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

New York Film Festival 2023: May December
New York Film Festival 2023: MAY DECEMBER

In May December, there are more important things than the answers to Haynes’ litany of questions, which may frustrate some viewers.

SHARPER Trailer
SHARPER Trailer

A con artist takes on Manhattan’s billionaires.

WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD: A Flawed Debut in All the Right Ways
Sundance Film Festival 2022: WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD: A Flawed Debut in All the Right Ways

While not essential viewing, the film is a successful directorial debut by Jesse Eisenberg.

LISEY'S STORY: Love, Loss & And The Power Of Imagination
LISEY’S STORY: Love, Loss & The Power Of Imagination

Lisey’s Story is a miniseries of magic, both in what it explores universally, but also what it generates internally.

THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World
THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World

The objective of Luca Guadagnino’s experimental short The Staggering Girl is up for debate, which won’t be a problem for long-time admirers of the auteur’s style or share the same inherent love for high fashion.

AFTER THE WEDDING: Maudlin Remake Doesn't Commit To Sincerity
AFTER THE WEDDING: Maudlin Remake Doesn’t Commit To Sincerity

After the Wedding wants nothing more than to be a tearjerker, but the emotions run cold and the twists are all for show.

GLORIA BELL: Julianne Moore Delivers A Dazzling Performance

While Gloria Bell might be almost a carbon copy of 2013’s Gloria, the film demonstrates how much Sebastián Lelio has evolved as a director over the past six years.

GLORIA BELL Trailer
GLORIA BELL Trailer

Sebastián Lelio returns to his breakout material with Gloria Bell, an English-language remake of his 2013…

BEL CANTO: A Tedious Hostage Drama
BEL CANTO: A Tedious Hostage Drama

Replete with unnatural dialogue and emotionally manipulative plot developments, Bel Canto may well go down in cinematic history as the most boring hostage drama of all time.

BEL CANTO Trailer
BEL CANTO Trailer

In Bel Canto, a world-renowned opera singer becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she’s invited to perform in South America.

WONDERSTRUCK: A Starry-Eyed Mess
WONDERSTRUCK: A Starry-Eyed Mess

With a weak and unfocused plot, Todd Haynes’s Wonderstruck feels like a love letter that isn’t quite sure who it’s addressing.

SUBURBICON: Fake Smiles & Stale Cookies Doesn't Always Win You Over
SUBURBICON: Fake Smiles & Stale Cookies Doesn’t Always Win You Over

Suburbicon is a somewhat effective thriller that unfortunately squanders its potential at being a deeper film about racial tension.

SUBURBICON: On The Inherent Violence Of The American Suburb
SUBURBICON: On The Inherent Violence Of The American Suburb

Despite some flaws, Suburbicon is still a riot of a good time, poking fun at the inherent obscurity of the American Dream in a unique way.