‘Great Freedom’ is an exploration of the nature of eros: the many acts, only some of them sexual, toward which it can propel us.

At a time when our world contends with so many difficult issues, to see Hollywood imagining young people as our saviors raises serious questions.

For the better part of 40 years Pedro Almodóvar has personified both the cinema of Spain and the country’s conflicted relationship with the church.

Perhaps this is why Wes Anderson’s work resounds so strongly: We all long for homes to which we cannot return.

Sidney Poitier’s abilities as an actor were subtle, even spiritual. They were about soul. Not his. Ours.

In the end, what undermines “Don’t Look Up” is exactly what it condemns: a lack of humanity.