Babylon: A Never-Ending Party

Photo: Paramount I didn’t catch Babylon until now, a few years after its premiere. I was deceived by a few lackluster reviews, forgetting the fact that all of director Damien…

Burrowing

The filmmakers behind Falkenberg Farewell (2006) deliver something similar: beautiful imagery and a quiet, slow pace that gives room for one’s own thoughts. Set in a suburban neighborhood on a…

The Hypnosis

Right before joining her boyfriend and business partner (Herbert Nordrum) for an event where they will pitch a new female health app to investors, Vera (Asta Kamma August) is hypnotized…

Challengers

A Luca Guadagnino drama about romantic relationships is always worthy of attention. This one is a love triangle between three young tennis talents that plays out over several years as…

Absolution

An aging gangster (Liam Neeson) learns the reason why he’s forgetting more than just the occasional name and tries to repair the relationship with his daughter (Frankie Shaw). In Memory…

The Six Triple Eight

In the waning days of World War II, an all-female, all-Black unit is sent to Europe on an impossible mission: making sure that millions of letters are finally delivered to…

Colors

Veteran L.A. cop Bob Hodges (Robert Duvall), who’s close to retiring, gets a new, younger partner (Sean Penn) and tries to teach him how to handle the city’s gangs. A…

Say Nothing: Inside the IRA

Lola Petticrew. Photo: FX This limited series did not go unnoticed by those whose lives are depicted in it. Michael McConville, son of the most famous murder victim of the…

The Riot

In 1907, a Swedish teenager (Otto Fahlgren) finds work in a mining district in northern Norway at the same time as a new manager (Simon J. Berger) is hired to…

Peter von Kant

In 1970s Cologne, filmmaker Peter von Kant (Denis Ménochet) falls in love with a young North African actor (Khalil Gharbia), but their relationship becomes strained. François Ozon has previous experience…