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 ...

Against a backdrop of French film production that is certainly diverse, but where, sadly, the pressure of televisual pre-sales too often stifles the audacity of young filmmakers, Curiosa [+ ] - the ...

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 ...