Kidnapped

NYFF 2023: May December, Kidnapped, Close Your Eyes | Festivals & Awards

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Spanish director Víctor Erice has only a few feature films to his name, but each one is an expertly measured exercise of the medium. His latest, “Close Your Eyes” is both a tribute to cinema and a reckoning with lost time and relationships. Like his politically charged classic “The Spirit of the Beehive,” released 50 … Read more

Cannes 2023: The Pot-au-Feu, Kidnapped, A Brighter Tomorrow | Festivals & Awards

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“The Pot-au-Feu” does not have much plot. Dodin accepts a dinner invitation from a prince and winds up at an eight-hour meal that still leaves him hungry for Eugenie’s cooking. Eugenie’s health begins to fail her, although she tries to hide it from Dodin. But what is sensational—in the most literal sense—about the movie is … Read more