Archives for July, 2022

Titles drawn from cookbooks and sewing partterns cleverly put a sinister spin on ordinary household objects, with recipes emphasizing “cut” and “slice” and a dress template where the figure’s body parts separate and float away. And in the onscreen credit for Melanie Lynskey, who plays murder victim Betty Gore, her name ends up in a […]

The Olivier Assayas HBO series about a disillusioned actress (Alicia Vikander) starring in a remake of the silent French film “Les Vampires” opens with these elegant sketches that evoke mystery, vintage Paris and even painter Henri Matisse.