Digger: When Disaster Struck

Tom Cruise. Photo: Warner It’s not often that a box-office bomb this big becomes the season’s mest talked-about and debated film, but that’s what happened with Digger. Critics were divided,…

Paper Moon: The O’Neals on the Road

Tatum and Ryan O'Neal. Photo: Paramount Few people have had such a typically dramatic Hollywood upbringing as Tatum O’Neal. Born in Los Angeles in 1963 to Ryan O’Neal and Joanna…

Hugo

An amiable little drama that feels personal because it is. Written by Sophie Fillières, who passed away in 2023, the film was directed by her husband and provides Fabrice Luchini…

The Invite: Indecent Proposal

Photo: A24 In my last apartment, I used to have neighbors upstairs whose sexual activities occasionally woke me up in the middle of the night. His climax would be my…

The Bear: Chasing Stars

Jeremy Allen White. Photo: FX Network Whenever you visit a restaurant that has at least one Michelin star, you’re treated to an establishment that exudes class, offers attentive service and…

Hester Street

In the late 19th century, a New York immigrant (Steven Keats), who’s trying to woo a dancer (Dorrie Kavanaugh), learns that his wife (Carol Kane) and young son are also…

Pillion

After giving a handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgård) a blow job in an alley, shy Colin (Harry Melling) embarks on a BDSM relationship with him; his parents struggle to understand the…

Je M’Appelle Agneta

Agneta (Eva Melander), who’s 49, trapped in a loveless marriage and obsessed about everything French, is suddenly fired and does the unexpected: answering an ad that takes her to France…

Outcome

Reef Hawk (Keanu Reeves), the biggest star in Hollywood, is suddenly blackmailed by somebody, which makes him ponder whom he might’ve hurt. Yes, even movie stars have feelings, we learn…