Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ Renders Queer Desire Against the Machinery of War
The film, for all its faults, subverts hyper-masculine war tropes to focus on intimacy, queer desire and art as a tool of survival.
2-Star Movies
Screening at NYFF: Scott Cooper’s ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’
Jeremy Allen White’s conception of Springsteen is joyful to witness, but the film offers little to engage with beyond its performances.
Screening at NYFF: Ronan Day-Lewis’s ‘Anemone’
His directorial debut is filled with powerful ideas, even if it doesn’t cohere enough to be consistently engaging.
