Daily Archives: March 21, 2025

Movie Preview: Bang and Sevigny, Lily McInerny and Sailing off the South of France: “Bonjour Tristesse”

A 1954 romance by Françoise Sagan is what inspired actress and sometime producer Durga Chew-Bose to become a first time writer-director. Otto Preminger made a film out of “Hello Sadness” (the title’s translation) in the ’50s, with Jean Seberg, Deborah … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Can “The Ugly Stepsister” make that Glass Slipper fit?

Yes, let’s have a “Cinderella” without the spin. Pound home the “princess” as beauty bias messaging with body horror driven by body dysphoria. And make it splatter film bloody, sexually explicit and occasionally funny — laughs with a grimace of … Continue reading

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