Franz Rogowski gives a commanding performance full of charisma and sex appeal as a sexually fluid narcissist who can't stand to let anyone around him be happy without him (or even really with him, for that matter). Viewed with a live audience, the movie becomes almost something of a ...
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Passages wouldn’t exist. There’s a deep fascination with the lead character in Ira Sachs’ erotic dramaPassages. Played by German treasure Franz Rogowski, Tomas ...
Mubi has debuted the full official trailer for Passages, the latest film by American filmmaker Ira Sachs. Opening in select theaters this August. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance & Berlin Film Festivals earlier this year, with great reviews out of both fests. The film is about two men who...
Any time a director makes a movie about a director, they run the risk of autobiographical readings — of viewers confusing the fictional artist on screen with the real one behind the camera. In that respect,Passagesis rather courageous. This slender, unsparing new drama fromIra Sachs(Little Men...
I wanted adventure, too, I wanted it “more than I can tell,” as Belle sang inBeauty & the Beastthe year before. To this day, I still use the brass Beast key fob I bought over 30 years ago after seeing that movie. “And for once it might be grand to have someone understand, ...
I first saw this movie when I was six. That was my mom’ s age when she first saw it. Sh e made me wait until then because, in her view, the scary scenes would frighten me. We planned an O z party. For “opening night,” we made popcorn and sat on a yellow blanket—ou r ...