Things are unsettled between Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in the new trailer for Foe. The film, directed by Garth Davis and based on the novel by Iain Reid, stars the actors as a married couple facing a disruption to their assumed happiness in a dystopian future. The trailer reveals …
Read More »See Paul Mescal Make Music Debut With 'Slip Away' From 'Carmen'
Paul Mescal makes his debut as a recording artist on the soundtrack for Carmen, which stars the actor and Melissa Barrera in an update of the classic Georges Bizet opera. In a clip from the Benjamin Millepied-directed film, Mescal delivers the track — one of the original songs co-written by …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers Doesn't Want to Kill Her Dad Anymore
Nature is healing: Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t want to kill her dad anymore. The sadcore queen skipped all of the first date pleasantries on her outing with Chicken Shop Date’s whimsical host Amelia Dimoldenberg and jumped straight into existential oversharing, starting with a sprinkle of familial trauma. The worst thing Bridgers …
Read More »'Aftersun' Review: A Father, a Daughter, and Things Left Unsaid
Do we ever really come to understand the truths of our parents? Calum (Paul Mescal), the young father of Charlotte Wells’ debut feature Aftersun, is as known as he is unknown. The closer we try to get, the further he and his actions seem to recede. The more we home …
Read More »Mother Doesn't Always Know Best in 'God's Creatures'
Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s eerily effective God’s Creatures, starring Emily Watson, opens with an unexpected return. The son of Aileen O’Hara (Watson) has just come home, showing up in their tiny, Irish fishing village unannounced after some time away in Australia. It’s a somber occasion — a local …
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