Douglas Greenwood

2 weeks ago | i-d.co | Douglas Greenwood

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2 weeks ago | i-d.co | Douglas Greenwood

In recent years, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor––arguably two of the greatest young actors working at the moment––have given impactful and, in O’Connor’s case, breakout performances in films centered on queer stories. Mescal’s devastating, freeing turn in All of Us Strangers should have won him an Oscar; O’Connor’s part as a closeted lamb farmer in God’s Own Country was both sexy and otherworldly. This year, their worlds collide for the first time in The History of Sound.

2 weeks ago | i-d.co | Douglas Greenwood

You know the French director Julia Ducournau for some hyper-specific things: her grisly debut Raw, about a veterinarian student who forgoes her veggie diet when she discovers she loves the taste of raw flesh. Or 2021’s Palme d’Or-winning Titane, in which a murderous woman fucks a car, goes on the run, and discovers she’s pregnant—with the car’s baby. So when Alpha, the director’s third feature, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, audiences had a sense of what to expect.

2 weeks ago | i-d.co | Douglas Greenwood

There doesn’t seem to be a man out there for little Colin. A traffic warden by day, pub barbershop singer by night, his neeky, practically chaste brand of gayness doesn’t meld well with his potential suitors. On Christmas Eve, a guy he’s met for a drink (his T-shirt reads “Alexa, Free Britney”) slips off to the bathroom; Colin heads to the bar to buy the next round.

3 weeks ago | i-d.co | Douglas Greenwood

Kristen Stewart’s left-turn after Twilight led to her becoming one of the most tasteful actors working today. Her list of auteur collaborators is the envy of others in her industry: Pablo Larraín (she earned an Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana in Spencer), Olivier Assayas (the excellent fashion ghost story Personal Shopper), and Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women) are just a few.