The Cow is a film about a mystery that comes with many mysteries of its own, chief among them being the question of why Winona Ryder’s career is so shaped by her past. Stranger Things may have brou…
may have brought her back to the public eye, but it seemed to claim her as an ’80s icon when Ryder only had a walk-on part in that decade’s final reel. Her role in Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 ballet psychodramalikewise came with a sting in the casting, pitting Ryder as the outgoing grand dame against Natalie Portman as an ingenue snapping at her heels. And here again, much mention is made of her age when Sandra Bullock—seven years her senior—could lead a bigger movie without a peep.
It’s hard to say much more without spoiling things, but suffice to say that it is a genre film despite the bewildering flim-flam to suggest it might not be . The denouement is surprisingly dark, too, but although the constant references to age and aging are merited in the end, it’s still so dispiriting to hear so much made of Kath and Max’s age gap.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Winona Ryder in ‘The Cow’: Film Review | SXSW 2022The actress stars alongside Dermot Mulroney in Eli Horowitz's debut feature, a thriller about a woman whose boyfriend disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Read more »
WATCH: Authorities struggle to capture cow running loose on freewayAuthorities in Los Angeles had quite the time trying to capture a loose cow on the freeway Wednesday afternoon.
Read more »
Winona Ryder in ‘The Cow’: Film Review | SXSW 2022The actress stars alongside Dermot Mulroney in Eli Horowitz's debut feature, a thriller about a woman whose boyfriend disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Read more »
‘Chee$e’: Film Review | SXSW 2022A restless cheese apprentice, yearning to escape his claustrophobic island, becomes a drug dealer in Damian Marcano’s feature.
Read more »
Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood’: Film Review | SXSW 2022The director takes a deep dive into a formative moment in his Houston childhood, paralleling the first moon landing with his own astronaut fantasy in this Netflix animated feature narrated by Jack Black.
Read more »
SXSW Film Review: Gracie Otto’s ‘Seriously Red’“We need more Dollys in the world,” is the message of this raucous but hugely enjoyable comedy, which, at the same time, reminds us that there is—and can only be—one Dolly Parton. The 76-year-old c…
Read more »