Films: May 6 - 12

The Lighthouse (2019)

Le Goût des merveilles (The Sense Of Wonder) (2015)

Maestro (2023) 

Benedetta (2021) 

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

The Woman King (2022)

The Idea Of You (2024) ///

The Lighthouse (2019) Starkly captivating visuals bound with bracing sound design and score create deliciously off-kilter remote island for unrestrained Robert Pattinson to suffer pyschotic snap along with grim Willem Dafoe. Trading in myth, an often thin line between violent absurdism and parody.

Le Goût des merveilles (The Sense Of Wonder) (2015) Anchored by conflicted, compassionate Virginie Efira, whose struggles with family and farm after husband's death are softened by disarming stranger Benjamin Lavernhe, whimsical drama remains diverting rather than compelling. Attractive production supplies light emotion.

Maestro (2023) Told with singular visuals, fierce celebration of creativity accents disarming leads as relationship between open Bradley Cooper and vulnerable Carey Mulligan plays out over the years. Frustrating, oblique staging takes time to find rhythm; final act provides emotional and musical rush. 

Benedetta (2021) Unrepentant nun Virginie Efira provides confounding, volatile presence to realize lust for both newcomer Daphné Patakia and power in abbess Charlotte Rampling's 17th century, plague-threatened convent. Bracing themes meet provocative excess amid keenly designed visuals.

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) Despite twisting plot strands, blurred genres, and weighty as well as playful metaphysics and philosophies, dramatic weight belongs with relationship between dimension jumping Michelle Yeoh and nihilistic daughter Stephanie Hsu. Slickly assembled confusion.

The Woman King (2022) Smartly produced and expansively staged, involving adventure sees haunted Viola Davis lead ferocious, all-female warrior army to protect African kingdom. Bold performances sell family and political dynamics within undemanding narrative; action sequences provide pulpy visceral thrills.

The Idea Of You (2024) Easy chemistry between divorced art gallery owner Anne Hathaway and insecure boy band star Nicholas Galitzine as instinctive romance gives way to societal, family and celebrity pressures. Light comic touch and solid production values aid predictably satisfying resolve.