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"Venus in Fur," a whip-smart dissection of gender politics via some teasing S&M, is arch. So arch in fact that it is surprising it's a Roman Polanski film. The director has spent a great deal of creative energy over the course of his career exploring the dark side of punishing psychosexuality in various settings through films such as "Bitter Moon," "Rosemary's Baby" and the classic "my sister, my daughter, my sister, my daughter" slap, slap, slap of "Chinatown." "Venus" isn't frothy by any stretch. But it is a caustic, comic, cerebral romp for a long time before it hits you with its best shot — some Polanski-worthy darkness. The film is an interesting choice for the director beyond its...
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"Venus in Fur," a whip-smart dissection of gender politics via some teasing S&M, is arch. So arch in fact that it is surprising it's a Roman Polanski film.
The director has spent a great deal of creative...
Though still best known to many in the U.S. for his steamy 2003 thriller "Swimming Pool," French filmmaker François Ozon has maintained a consistent pace of nearly a film a year. He has moved with a smooth, urbane grace across storytelling...
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The M Word
At a struggling Los Angeles TV station, a children's show actress leads her female colleagues as new management arrives from New York on a cost-cutting mission. With Tanna Frederick,...
Roman Polanski will direct the stage musical version of his 1967 movie "The Fearless Vampire Killers" in a production that is scheduled to open in October in Paris.
"Dance of the Vampires" (French title: "Le Bal des Vampires") was first...
No other contemporary filmmaker has had a career like Roman Polanski. The lauded director, who turns 80 Sunday, has been making feature films since the 1962 thriller "Knife in the Water," which he made in his native Poland. His most recent feature,...
The Beaver
A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle...