‘Una’ Review: Rooney Mara Confronts Her Childhood Predator, But It’s Complicated
Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are riveting, but do we really need another movie that excuses an older man’s sexual abuse?
Benedict Andrews
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‘Una’ Telluride Review: Rooney Mara Molestation Drama Undercuts Its Own Impact
In this adaptation of the stage play “Blackbird,” director Benedict Andrews keeps the audience at a distance, and drives a chemistry-killing wedge between Mara and Ben Mendelsohn
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Theater Review: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster Take a Trip to Dollywood
Tennessee Williams’ idea of illusion and magic has been reduced to a lot of Maybelline and Aqua Net
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‘The Maids’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Enters the Camp Pantheon Wearing Alexander McQueen
When the distraught actress looks into the bathroom mirror to reapply her makeup, nobody smears lipstick with the panache of Blanchett
