ROBERT SALERNO

VOX LUX (2019)
Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Maria Dizzia, Meg Gibson and Daniel London. Directed by Brady Corbet.

The rise of Celeste from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop super stardom. The film spans 18 years and traces important cultural moments through her eyes, starting in 1999 and concluding in 2017. In 1999, teenage Celeste survives a violent tragedy.

REVIEWS Vox Lux - Art and violence collide in Brady Corbet's ambitious melodrama

THE SEAGULL (2018)
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Tenney, Mare Winningham, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler and Michael Zegen. Directed by Michael Mayer.

In the Russian countryside at the end of the 19th century, a group of friends who gather at a lush summer estate and the mismatched passions and tragedy that change their lives forever. The story begins when a famous actress Irina brings her younger lover Boris to the family's country home for a weekend. When Boris becomes obsessed with Irina’s son's lover Nina, all goes awry.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016)
Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Isla Fisher, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Armie Hammer, Kim Basinger and Laura Linney. Directed by Tom Ford.

Susan receives a manuscript from her ex-husband, and reading it causes her to recall her first marriage and confront some dark truths about herself.

REVIEWS Nocturnal Animals - Extraordinary and wonderfully twisted