Videoreleases
Bones and All
In the 1980s, after recently being abandoned by her father due to a cannibalistic attack at a friend’s sleepover, Virginia teenager Maren Yearly (Russell) sets off to find her biological mother Janelle (Sevigny) in Minnesota. During her journey, Maren encounters Sully (Rylance), a fellow “eater,” and follows him to the home of an elderly woman. She soon flees, and while shoplifting supplies, Maren meets Lee (Chalamet), another “eater” who is himself on a cross-country journey to deal with familial issues. As the pair spend time together, they fall in love and attempt to carve out a normal life together, leaving their cannibalistic tendencies behind them.
Director: Luca Guadagnino. Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Kendle Coffey, Ellie Parker, Madeleine Hall, Sean Bridgers, Anna Cobb, David Gordon Green, Chloë Sevigny. 2022. 131 mins. Drama.
Bergman Island
Traveling to Faro Island, the former home of famed film director
Ingmar Bergman, filmmaking couple Tony (Roth) and Chris (Krieps) prepare for a working summer retreat. Settling into a routine, Chris struggles to ask Tony about the trouble she is having with a script, and Tony’s preoccupied nature leaves her feeling anxious about her relationship. Using her own relationship as inspiration, Chris throws herself into writing the story of Amy (Wasikowska) and Joseph (Danielsen Lie), whose childhood romance is reignited during an island wedding. Director: Mia Hansen-Løve. Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Grace Delrue, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Hampus Nordenson, Clara Strauch. 2021. 112 mins. Drama.