May December

5 days ago | letterboxd.com | Ariel LeBeau |Brian Formo |Gemma Gracewood |May December

If Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and 2001: A Space Odyssey had a baby, it would be Todd Haynes’ Safe. The writer-director’s sophomore feature, which was theatrically released 30 years ago this week, combines the radical banality of Chantal Akerman’s slow cinema masterwork with the cold, futuristic austerity of Stanley Kubrick’s interstellar epic into its own vision of spiritual malady that feels as audacious, haunting and timeless as the two classics that influenced it.

Mar 12, 2024 | bollywoodhungama.com | May December

Dec 8, 2023 | tomandlorenzo.com | Lorenzo Marquez |May December

It’s as straightforward a podcast as last week, darlings; a veritable T Lo Holiday Movie Marathon as we unpack and discuss the various ways the following films chose to portray the stories of real people:Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s dripping-with-prestige biopic of Leonard Bernstein, Priscilla, Sophia Coppola’s dream-like look into the mind of Priscilla Presley, and Todd Haynes’ May December, a fictionalized account of Mary Kay LeTourneau.

Dec 7, 2023 | northcoastjournal.com | May December |John Bennett

In an era of lamentation, one that might have been defined by the extinction of boldness in American movies, we may instead have arrived at a moment of renewal. It would be specious to attribute this welcome, certainly unexpected shift to any one artist or studio or streaming service, but it is noteworthy that the movement has formed in the disparate but like-minded efforts of industry players, old and new.

Nov 22, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Brian Formo |Ella Kemp |Gemma Gracewood |May December

One of the most enjoyable aspects of watching a Todd Haynes film is the conversations afterward. He is an analytical filmmaker with many layers to his narrative, often without a clear ending; his films can occupy your brain long after they’ve ended.