57 stories by "Melissa Anderson"
To go gentle"and not so gentle"into that good night: two emotionally explosive films by Michael Roemer present unsparing
portrayals of illness and death.
Reverend Bryant in Dying. Courtesy…
Oblique horrors and unsettling vulnerabilities abound in Joshua Oppenheimer's musical film about a wealthy family living in a luxurious bunker during climate apocalypse.
Tim McInnerny as Bu…
Misery's company: Mike Leigh's engrossing new film is a brilliant study of two diametrically opposed sisters.
Ani Nelson as Kayla, Michele Austin as Chantelle, Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pan…
In his latest film, Luca Guadagnino presents a sanitized adaptation of William S. Burroughs's 1985 novel.
Daniel Craig as William Lee in Queer. Courtesy A24. Photo: Yannis Drakoulidis.
Que…
Sheila McLaughlin and Lynne Tillman's 1984 Frances Farmer biopic gives the actress, who struggled with mental health and involuntary institutionalization, room to breathe.
Sheila McLaughlin…
In Sean Baker's latest film, a young exotic dancer from Brighton Beach embarks on a freewheeling odyssey after meeting"and marrying"a Russian party-boy oligarch.
Mikey Madison as Ani in Ano…
. . . and love stops, and sustains, and continues in fits and starts, in John Cassavetes's 1984 comedy-drama starring the director-actor
and Gena Rowlands.
John Cassavetes as Robert Harmon…
Coralie Fargeat’s new body-horror film starring Demi Moore is short on hits, long on misses . . . and focused on bobbing butts.
Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. Court…
Deep cuts from the artist’s filmography serve up a riveting showcase of scene-stealing freaks and oddballs.
Andy Warhol, Batman Dracula (unfinished), 1964 (still). Pictured: Jack…
Passion and pretense: Catherine Breillat’s latest film presents a complex portrait of a woman divided against herself.
Samuel Kircher as Théo and Léa Drucker as Anne in …
In a film by Richard Linklater loosely based on a true story, a philosophy professor finds his calling as a fake professional
killer for police stings.
Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit M…
Earnest pleasures remain lushly undiminished in Francis Ford Coppola's new Reprise of the 1982 film starring Teri Garr.
Teri Garr as Frannie in One from the Heart. Courtesy Rialto Pictures.…
The actress who brought an enigmatic expressiveness to Jacques Rivette's '70s and '80s films about female friendships and alliances.
Bulle Ogier as Pauline/Émilie in Out 1. Courtesy Kin…
A strikingly incompatible Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon star in Jack Cardiff's fascinating and bizarre biker film from 1968.
Marianne Faithfull as Rebecca in The Girl on a Motorcycle. …
Back to the fear of the future: in Bertrand Bonello's time-skipping film, the tragedies of love and fate can never be left behind.
George MacKay as Louis Lewanski and Léa Seydoux as Gabrie…
Roid-raging against the machine: lez lovers embark on a path of vengeance in Rose Glass’s second film.
Katy O’Brian as Jackie and Kristen Stewart as Lou in Love Lies Bleeding. C…
A young Salvadoran immigrant in New York City navigates cryogenics, art-world shenanigans, and challenges both real and surreal in Julio Torres’s debut feature film.
Julio Torres as A…
Liberté, égalité, gastronomie: Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel star in Trân Anh Hùng’s latest film.
Juliette Binoche as Eugénie and …
For those who come to San Francisco . . . David Schickele's docufiction portrayal of a young Nigerian, a city, and an epoch.
Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam as Gabriel and Elaine Featherstone as Alm…
Of family and fauna: a young protagonist at the center of Lila Avilés's latest film navigates a day of domestic chaos and festivities.
NaÃma SentÃes as Sol in Tótem. Courtesy Film…
In Chantal Akerman's newly restored 1982 film, lovers unite and separate over the course of one summer night in a series of mysterious vignettes.
Still from Toute une nuit. Courtesy Collect…
In Andrew Haigh's latest film, close encounters of the
metaphysical"and X-rated"kind.
Andrew Scott as Adam and Paul Mescal as Harry in All of Us Strangers. Courtesy Searchlight Pictures. P…
Habeas coitus: Yorgos Lanthimos's new film about a Frankensteinian
lady-baby misses its feminist mark.
Emma Stone as Bella Baxter and and Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn in Poor Things. …
Bradley Cooper conducts a moving new Leonard Bernstein biopic.
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. Courtesy Netflix. Photo: Jason McDonald.
Maestro, directed by Bradley Cooper,…
Moleskine Notes on a Scandal: in the latest film by Todd Haynes, one woman's past is another woman's future.
Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in …
