The New York Times – Film:
In films like “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” and “The Invite,” middle-aged sexual gurus are helping younger characters — and audiences — relearn desire.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Dazed, Confused and Psychic
The New York Times – Film:
Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play telepathic best friends in this stoner comedy where a laboratory-engineered hallucinogen is on the loose.
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‘Rosebush Pruning’ Review: A Petty Provocation
The New York Times – Film:
Karim Aïnouz’s feeble satire thrusts the incest taboo upon a comely cast but fails to stir any interest.
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‘Couture’ Review: No Common Thread
The New York Times – Film:
Angelina Jolie plays a woman preparing for a Paris runway show in Alice Winocour’s fragmentary look at the rarefied world of high fashion.
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‘Maddie’s Secret’ Review: She’s Got the Sauce
The New York Times – Film:
A food influencer struggles with an eating disorder in John Early’s thrilling pastiche of the made-for-TV melodrama.
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‘Jinsei’ Review: Dreaming of J-Pop Stardom
The New York Times – Film:
In this anime film that follows a taciturn man over decades, the restrained animation is a saving grace.