Justin Kuritzkes has written only two feature films, both this year, both for director Luca Guadagnino, and both very gay films. “Queer” depicts both the horniness of Lee — Burroughs’ alter ego — as well as the haziness of his heroin addiction. Kuritzkes takes some liberties with the source material, but “Queer” succeeds in capturing both the spirit of Burroughs …
Fans of Princess Margaret — and Lesley Manville, the actor who has played the late Countess of Snowdon in seasons 5 and 6 of “The Crown” — have had to wait patiently in the final stretch of the Netflix series as it dramatized the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and its long, painful aftermath. But “Ritz,” released with the …
In “ Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” a middle-aged woman of very limited means in post-World War II London dreams of owning a Christian Dior gown. “It doesn’t really explain why Mrs. Harris wants this dress, other than in the most frivolous and superficial terms — it had to be more profound,” Harris said. “I don’t mind whether they’re cleaners …
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