‘Seven Veils’ Review: Private Anguish in Public View

Only the Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan (“Exotica,” “The Sweet Hereafter”) could have made the movie “Seven Veils.” His signature obsessions — the ripple effects of trauma, the use of video as evidence, private anguish played out in public view — pervade every frame. The film centers on a theater director, Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried), who is … Read more

‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Review: An Updated Italian Heroine

“There’s Still Tomorrow” is set in Rome after World War I, but it unfolds with timeless verve and romanticism. It’s the directorial debut of the Italian singer and comedian Paola Cortellesi, who also stars. This feminist dramedy tells a story about domestic abuse — echoing still-timely concerns about violence against women and toxic masculinity in … Read more

Mirrors That Are Designed to Dazzle

In her former life as a dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet, Nathalie Ziegler, 54, came home from performances with her eyes exhausted by the intense stage lights. She got in the habit of lighting her home with nothing but candles, which she placed inside photophores, enclosures that she assembled herself with mosaic-like bits of … Read more

‘Eephus’ Review: One Last Game

But this is not a film about the Sox, nor is it, at least on its face, about anything epic at all. In fact, that MLB team barely comes up at all, though Bill Lee, a.k.a. “Spaceman,” the famous left-handed pitcher who played for Boston in the 1970s, portrays a minor character in the movie. … Read more

Wrestling With a Harrowing Legacy

Tyler Mitchell was only 23 in 2018, when his portrait of Beyoncé became the first Vogue cover by a Black photographer. Already established, he was suddenly a celebrity. But as was true for others before him, notably Richard Avedon, precocious success in fashion left him hungry for artistic recognition. To produce “Ghost Images,” his first … Read more