‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart Makes a Boldly Assured Directing Debut, Starring a Transformative Imogen Poots

‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart Makes a Boldly Assured Directing Debut, Starring a Transformative Imogen Poots

There’s a beguiling dichotomy in Kristen Stewart’s accomplished first feature as writer-director — between the dreamlike haze and fragmentation of memory and the raw wound of trauma so vivid it will always be with you. Adapted from the influential 2011 memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water is challenging material, an unflinching account of…

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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ Sells to Mubi for North America, U.K., Latin America

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ Sells to Mubi for North America, U.K., Latin America

Art house distributor and streamer Mubi has struck a deal to buy the rights to Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, for North America and additional territories in a first big deal at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The territories also include the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Latin America, India, Turkey,…

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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ Sells to Mubi for North America, U.K., Latin America

‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Spirals Into Psychosis While Robert Pattinson Plunges Into Despair in Lynne Ramsay’s Jarring Character Study

Lynne Ramsay has never shown much interest in making films that are easy to digest, her hard-edged psychological dramas refusing to offer comfort or provide tidy answers for the messy questions arising out of her characters’ upended lives. The uncompromising Scottish director has not gone soft in her jagged fifth feature, Die My Love. Giving…

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‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Jai Courtney Competes With an Ocean Apex Predator to Chew Scenery as Shark Meets Serial Killer

‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Jai Courtney Competes With an Ocean Apex Predator to Chew Scenery as Shark Meets Serial Killer

While Ozploitation dates back to 1970, the predecessor Dangerous Animals calls to mind more than anything is 2005’s Wolf Creek. Only this time, the mayhem happens in open water. Both these sadistic Australian B-movies revolve around a psychotic serial killer preying on travelers and both serve up blood, guts and torture porn, which should provide…

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Can Cannes Help California Get Its Groove Back?

Can Cannes Help California Get Its Groove Back?

As you walk up The Croisette toward the Palais, there’s a long, winding series of tents overlooking the yachts anchored in the Bay of Cannes. Atop each tent is a flag representing the country that hopes to impress the producers, financiers and executives gathering at Cannes on the hunt for locations (and most importantly, financial…

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