Michel Franco’s Dreams is a sobering statement on power and exploitation, masquerading as a love affair between an affluent American and a Mexican ballet prodigy locked in a game of escalating stakes. Jessica Chastain, in a bold performance, is a calculating San Franciscan arts patron whose…
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The most intriguing aspect of Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion is that it attempts a love story, of sorts, that is specific by design yet reaching for a universal longing. In adapting Adam Mars-Jones’ 2020 novel Box Hill, Lighton has made a sometimes funny, sometimes explicit and…
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Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion arrives with unflinching frankness in its love story of sorts rooted in power and control, resisting easy categorization. Both transgressive and oddly tender, Pillion—adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ acclaimed 2020 novel Box Hill—traces dominance, submission and personal awakening with deft…
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