Caroline Tsai, Author at The Playlist

‘A Brother’s Love’: Quebecois Brother-Sister Comedy Is An Impressive Debut For Director Monia Chokri [Cannes Review]

May 16, 2019 9:52 am

Adult sister and brother roommates Sophia (Anne-Élisabeth Bossé) and Karim (Patrick Hivon) share a codependent (borderline incestuous?) sibling bond, occasionally under the fragmented roof of their divorced but...

‘Bull’: Annie Silverstein’s Portrait Of Bull Riders Is No Fairy Tale [Cannes Review]

Caroline Tsai

May 16, 2019 9:31 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

In rural Texas, 14-year-old Krystal (newcomer Amber Havard) causes enough trouble to make her grandmother (Keeli Wheeler) crazy. From taking her sister Chance (Keira Bennett) to the river, to carousing with loc...

‘Your Son’ [‘Tu Hijo’]: A Father’s Love Leads To Violence In This Gritty Psychological Thriller [Review]

Caroline Tsai

March 19, 2019 1:45 pm

News, Reviews

Jaime Jiménez (Jose Coronado) lives an everyman nightmare: A middle-aged surgeon in Sevilla, he drives numbly through rainy streets, with the backdrop of radio presenters murmuring about unemployment and econom...

Director Isao Yukisada’s ‘River’s Edge’ is a Mystery Worth Solving [Review]

Caroline Tsai

March 17, 2019 1:14 pm

News, Reviews

Something is rotten in a Japanese town by the river. “There’s a river in our town,” Haruna Wakakusa (Fumi Nikaidô) narrates toward the beginning of the film. “The water spreads out and stagnates. It smells bad....

Director Elisabeth Vogler’s ‘Paris Is Us’ Can’t Make Up Its Mind [Review]

Caroline Tsai

March 3, 2019 11:10 am

News, Reviews

While the English title of "Paris est à nous" reads "Paris Is Us" — it’s the title under which the film appears on Netflix — a more direct translation would be “Paris Is Ours.” While director Elisabeth Vogler h...

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