Elle (2016)
Elle, Paul Verhoeven’s latest, inserts trashy rape-revenge tropes into polite French melodrama with provocative results.
Elle, Paul Verhoeven’s latest, inserts trashy rape-revenge tropes into polite French melodrama with provocative results.
A Bigger Splash is a distinctly musical film. It’s a music film, too – with Tilda Swinton channelling her versatile Bowie charisma as a world-famous rockstar and Ralph Fiennes exhibiting some irrepressible dance moves as a record producer – but what makes the film sing is how director Luca Guadagnino effortlessly bridges its distinct tones.…