In one of Pierre Louÿs’s most famous works, “The Woman and the Puppet,” adapted nearly 80 years later by Luis Buñuel for his final film, 1977’s “The Obscure Object of Desire,” an upper-class diletante ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

A piercing observer in the sublime Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Noémie Merlant plays the eagerly observed in the erotic drama Curiosa (★★☆☆☆), and turns in a performance equally as convincing. Starring ...

"I can't be your husband so I'll be your lover." Film Movement has released a new official US trailer for an erotic drama French film called Curiosa, not to be confused with the new Mad Max sequel in ...

The film prefers to concentrate on Marie (an excellent Noémie Merlant); it focuses on portraying women’s place in society at the time and one particular woman’s journey towards emancipation. But ...

Cartoon Brew is putting the spotlight on animated short films that have qualified for the 2025 Oscars. In this installment, we’re looking at Curiosa from British filmmaker Tessa Moult-Milewska. The ...