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Carol

Review preview for Carol

A beautifully crafted piece.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Todd Haynes; Writer: Phyllis Nagy, based on the book by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Cory Michael Smith)

Full review See: Christine Vachon and Elizabeth Karlsen in conversation on Carol , Todd Haynes and Phyllis Nagy at the Carol press conference , Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Todd Haynes talk about Carol in Cannes

From Afar (Desde allá)

Armando, aged 50, looks for young men in the streets of Caracas and pays them to come back to his house with him. He also regularly spies on an older man with whom he seems to have ties from the past. One day he meets Elder, aged 17, leader of a small band of thugs...

(Country: Venezuela; Year: 2015; Director: Lorenzo Vigas; Writer: Guillermo Arriaga, Lorenzo Vigas, Lorenzo Vigas, Lorenzo Vigas; Stars: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo, Jorge Luis Bosque, Greymer Acosta, Auffer Camacho, Ivan Peña, Joretsis Ibarra, Yeimar Peralta, Scarlett Jaimes, Ernesto Campos, Marcos Moreno, Armando Volcanes, Jesús Las Rosas)

The Girl King (Queen Kristina)

Review preview for The Girl King

Buska seems completely at ease with this complicated woman who is by turns childish and playful, ferocious and tyrannical, and keenly intellectual.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A biopic of Kristina, Queen of Sweden.

(Country: Finland, Germany, Canada, Sweden, France; Year: 2015; Director: Mika Kaurismäki; Writer: Michel Marc Bouchard; Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birn, Hippolyte Girardot, Martina Gedeck)

Full review See: Interview with Mika Kaurismäki about The Girl King , Interview with Malin Buska about The Girl King

Grandma

Review preview for Grandma

Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman tries to help her granddaughter raise funds for an abortion.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Paul Weitz; Writer: Paul Weitz; Stars: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Elizabeth Peña, Nat Wolff, Sarah Burns, John Cho, Sam Elliott, Mo Aboul-Zelof, Colleen Camp, Skya Chanadet, Frank Collison, Meg Crosbie)

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