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‘Chronicles of a Wandering Saint’ Review: Are the Meek Blessed?

It’s clear that Rita’s life in rural Argentina could use a bit of magic. But her willingness to bend the truth to achieve it heralds...

Russell Crowe’s in 2 Exorcism Films? Yes, and Here’s Why the Roles Work

In a three-decade career, he’s developed an impressive range without forgetting how to have fun.

‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: Madwoman in the Cottage

This stark psychological horror movie tracks the mental deterioration of an 18th-century peasant woman.

‘Solo’ Review: Listen to Your Heart

Sophie Dupuis’s sensitive French Canadian drama takes a turn when a young, starry-eyed drag queen (Théodore Pellerin) opens up to questionable figures.

‘Coma’ Review: A Labyrinthine Lockdown Movie

Bertrand Bonello’s latest horror film, dedicated to his teenage daughter, pushes the boundaries of the conventional pandemic movie.

‘A Prince’ Review: Let New Passions Bloom

Sex, death and domination fuel this beautifully enigmatic pastoral drama from France, which presents the gay coming-of-age of an apprentice gardener.

‘Slow’ Review: We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off

The second feature by the Lithuanian filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze asks what a relationship looks like when you factor out the sex.

‘Omen’ Review: Life in a Different Space-Time Continuum

This trippy ensemble drama set in Kinshasa explores Congolese society through magical realism.

‘The Beast’ Review: Master of Puppets

Bertrand Bonello’s latest film, starring Léa Seydoux and George MacKay as lovers in three different eras, is an audacious sci-fi romance.

‘On the Adamant’ Review: A Psychiatric Facility on the Seine

This documentary by Nicolas Philibert drifts along, with unnamed patients and their caretakers, on a large houseboat in Paris.