Elsa Fernández-Santos

A documentary on Jim Henson by Ron Howard and the Netflix miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch coincide in their portrait of an era as decadent as it was creative

Director Rose Glass travels to Middle America to immerse herself in a world of violent rednecks and bodybuilding

Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner exposes the dangers of eating disorders through a wellness guru’s fanaticism at an elite high school

British director Molly Manning Walker’s remarkable debut delves into the pressure on girls to lose their virginity in contemporary culture

Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is back with a new feature film. It’s a dark, medieval tale, with the star of the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’

The ‘Poor Things’ character played by Emma Stone challenges the hoary dumb-blonde stereotype through a fresh take on sex addiction

The Oscar-nominated film, based on Percival Everett’s novel ‘Erasure,’ is a sharp and acidic look at the opportunism of the culture industry

Dakota Johnson plays a new character, a satellite of the ‘Spider-Man’ universe, in a film that arrives during the genre’s lowest point

The Danish actor once again demonstrates his enormous magnetism and talent in a period drama with Western overtones about the conquest of the inhospitable Jutland

The French entry for the 2023 Oscars is a passionate story of love and cooking, featuring a sophisticated menu and an exquisite romance between chef and gourmet

The former presidential couple’s production company debuts in fiction with a political dystopia set in a United States on the brink of collapse after a cyber-attack

Pablo Berger adapts Sara Varon’s graphic novel, creating an emotional animated film that takes us back to 1980s New York

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho travels to the past in this melancholic and powerful autobiographical movie: from his mother’s house to the theaters where his love of cinema was forged

The director of ‘[REC]’ achieves one of his best films with this prequel to ‘Verónica’ marked by the postwar period, religious imagery and popular legends of Spain

A transgender philosopher’s documentary showcases his life and the inspiring role of the self in a collective narrative

Commercials have gone from interrupting movies to becoming movies in their own right

The actor makes a comeback with a vapid period drama where the most salient feature is his lack of chemistry with actress and director Maïwenn

On the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile, the filmmaker delves into a bloody political satire on the legacy of the macabre dictator

French director Jeanne Herry delves into restorative justice procedures in an ensemble film that defends forgiveness and social reintegration

Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington, who are all over 50, are so heavily retouched that the image is almost comical

American director Ira Sachs sets his new drama in Paris, a love triangle between a homosexual couple and a woman that unmasks the traps of egomania

In addition to being relevant, this film about the history of women’s reproductive rights is engaging thanks to Elizabeth Banks and, especially, the splendid Sigourney Weaver