Every so often there’s a film that boasts the accomplishment of appearing to have been filmed in a single take. In most cases, the reality is that there were multiple takes edited together to look continuous to the naked eye. More often than not this is simply a gimmick and doesn’t add much to the film. “Victoria” is one of the few to not only make good use of this device but a rare example of having actually been filmed…

Handwringing about the opioid crisis seems to be Netflix’s creative direction these days, so it’s not much of a surprise that they’d greenlight an under-the-radar non-Sackler family-focused film to see how it performs alongside the score of other Pharma-bad and Sackler-bad releases on the platform. David Yates the filmmaker known for the last four “Harry Potter” films, and the now-canceled “Fantastic Beasts” series directs this latest imitation of art for the content-purveying giant. Before rising to big-budget filmmaking Yates cut…

The characters in Todd Haynes movies frequently find themselves strained and alienated by the strictures of social acceptability. Take “Far from Heaven” from 2002, Haynes’s glorious ode to Douglas Sirk, where the idyllic suburban life of Julianne Moore’s ‘50s housewife is destabilized by the effects of sexual and racial prejudice. Consider “Safe” from 1995, again with Julianne Moore as a woman withering in a domestic bubble: by that film’s end, illness has led Carol White to a place of hauntingly…

“Legend” is based on the notorious and scandalous Kray twins, who established a criminal empire in London’s East End during the tumultuous 1950s and 1960s. With remarkable finesse, Tom Hardy takes on the challenging dual role of portraying both Reggie and Ronnie Kray, while Emily Browning graces the screen as the glamorous yet delicate Frances Shea, who serves as our insightful narrator. Under the visionary direction of Brian Helgeland, the film brilliantly encapsulates the zeitgeist of 1960s London, immersing the…