Beatrice Loayza
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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.