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In the mid-1960s, photojournalist Danny Lyon embedded himself with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the suburbs of Chicago, snapping portraits and candid photographs while interviewing members of the gang. The result was a photo book called “The Bikeriders,” published in 1968, that serves as the inspiration for director Jeff Nichols’ latest film of the same name, a meditation on American motorcycle culture, the birthplace of a certain kind of cool.

Nichols is clearly enchanted by the inimitable style and intoxicating lore that Lyon’s photographs conjure, and he populates his cinematic Chicago-based motorcycle club — rechristened the Vandals — with a coterie of ruggedly handsome stars who can make sideburns and motor oil look good, including Tom Hardy, Austin Butler , Norman Reedus, Beau Knapp, Boyd Holbrook, Emory Cohen and Damon Herriman. There are also some unexpected and welcome casting choices like Karl Glusman and young Australian actor Toby Wallace, who is terrific as a young Vandals wannabe.

As the enigmatic Benny, Butler’s supernova star quality is undeniable, and the film opens with a bourbon and a bang — a shovel to the back of his head during a bar brawl that will haunt the rest of the film. In this bit of bravura filmmaking, Nichols demonstrates a slick style and rhythmic musicality that instantly draws us into this world.

Sixty years ago, a photographer rolled with a biker gang. Now his life is a movie

“The Bikeriders” began as a book of photographs taken by an embedded Danny Lyon. Those images have inspired a film starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Mike Feist.

June 19, 2024

When we next lay eyes on Benny, he’s hulking over a pool table at a bar, his long golden arms and tousled blond coif raked over by the greedy gaze of Kathy ( Jodie Comer ) who stops in for a drink and leaves with a lifetime lover. Nichols’ camera eats Butler up hungrily, every inch of battered denim and well-worn leather; every soulful pout and blood-spattered grin wordlessly seducing Kathy to the dark side. It’s no wonder Kathy’s boyfriend beats it as soon as Benny turns up on their curb, and it’s no wonder Kathy bends her life around her new brooding boyfriend and his clan of grease-streaked miscreants.

Kathy becomes our narrator, her mile-a-minute Midwestern patter adding a layer of percussion to the rumbling engines and plaintive crooning of ’60s rock ‘n’ roll on the soundtrack. In a rapid-fire Chicago cadence expertly enunciated by Liverpudlian actor and master of accents Comer, Kathy reels off stories about the boys into the microphone of photographer Lyon ( Mike Faist ). She’s the observant eyewitness and caretaker of their oral history, though the details are potentially lost, muddled or otherwise exaggerated by our storyteller. We see them through her eyes: sexy, dirty, violent and often tragic.

We also see them through re-creations of Lyon’s photographs, which Nichols and longtime cinematographer Adam Stone painstakingly compose and set to motion. In a montage, we see Lyon snapping portraits of characters like Cockroach (Cohen), Wahoo (Knapp) and Corky (Glusman), or capturing candids of the gang from the back of a bike. We see an image of a relaxed Benny riding over a bridge, one hand lazily gesturing behind him. Nichols improves upon Lyon’s shot by having our subject face the camera, rather than looking away.

Watching “The Bikeriders” feels like flipping through a photobook filled with arresting compositions and snippets of stories, and there’s a sketchy, snapshot quality to Nichols’ screenplay as well. The film is an evocation of character, place and time, the tempo alternating between moody and lively, like our central odd couple, laconic Benny and chatterbox Kathy.

Kathy has plenty to say about Benny, though we rarely see his unique qualities in action. He’s somewhat underwritten, and while Butler has the outsize presence to inhabit the iconic image, Kathy takes up all the air in the script. Benny is reduced to a symbol of sorts, a visual emblem of the Vandals’ dangerous glamour. Their mutual attraction is initially palpable, but we don’t see the glue that keeps them together throughout the years of peril and partying. The mysterious Benny has more chemistry with Johnny (Hardy), the Vandals founder and leader, and so too does Kathy.

Hardy is typically fantastic and fantastically weird, and he emerges as the gravitational center, not just of the Vandals, but of the film itself. Johnny leads by his own specific instinctual code based on whim and personal values, which gets harder to enforce as the club grows, with veterans returning from Vietnam seeking camaraderie, and bringing back darker vices.

“The Bikeriders” is a great hang until the party’s over and it’s time to hit the road. Though the dramatic thrust of the narrative never quite coheres, there is plenty of pathos, and the ebb and flow reflects both life itself and the uniquely human nature of the storytelling, as Kathy regales us with tales of these wild ones, who now live with the sound of roaring engines only haunting their memories.

Katie Walsh is a Tribune News Service film critic.

'The Bikeriders'

Rating: R, for language throughout, violence, some drug use and brief sexuality Running time: 1 hour, 56 minutes Playing: In wide release Friday, June 21

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Crowe stars in his second exorcist film in a year. His acting isn't bad, but by the end the message seems to be: The power of residuals compels you.

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While we’re on the subject of art-and-life parallels, this is the second exorcist film that Russell Crowe has made in a little over a year (the first, “The Pope’s Exorcist,” was released in April 2023), and that might well be the sign of a once-hot movie star’s fall from grace. But Crowe remains too good an actor to phone in what he’s doing, and his performance as Tony has an undercurrent of shaggy despair unusual for the genre.

Early on, Tony’s 16-year-old daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), returns to his funky New York loft apartment after she gets kicked out of Catholic boarding school. For a while, we’re invested in whether Tony can mend fences with her, and whether he can turn his broken life around by portraying the priest in a movie whose director, played with amusing Machiavellian ruthlessness by Adam Goldberg, will do whatever it takes to wring a good performance out of his leading man, even it means abusing the hell out of him. (In this case that’s no metaphor.) “You still devout?” asks Goldberg’s Peter, saying it like it’s a dirty word. Tony is a former altar boy, so I guess that’s supposed to hit him hard.

On set, Lee bonds with Tony’s pop-musician costar, Blake (Chloe Bailey), the lead singer of Vampire Sorority. And Tony is coached by an on-set priest, Father Conor, a kind of intimacy-with-the-almighty coordinator played with amiable cynicism by David Hyde Pierce. There are omens, like Tony’s bloody nose on the first day of shooting. The bottom line is that Tony is not giving a good performance, and what’s standing in his way is his guilt for his sins, as well as the “mysterious” trauma that brought on his bad behavior. This is a movie that plays connect-the-dots with exorcist/Catholic/addict themes.

“The Exorcism” was directed by Joshua John Miller, who’s the son of Jason Miller, the late costar of “The Exorcist,” which creates, I guess, a kind of Satanic synergy. As the movie goes on, Tony starts slugging whiskey again, which on the story’s terms is a sign that the devil has appeared. The trouble is that a good exorcist movie requires a confrontation with the devil. Crowe is playing an actor playing an exorcist, and the way “The Exorcism” is structured what he needs to be is the therapeutic Father Merrin of his own soul. But the darker the movie gets, the less there is at stake, and the more that Crowe seems to be going through the motions of trying to save not his soul but his career. The power of residuals compels you.

Reviewed at Digital Arts, New York, June 13, 2024. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 93 MIN.

• Production: A Vertical Entertainment release of a Miramax, Outerbanks Entertainment production. Producers: Kevin Williamson, Ben Fast, Bill Block. Executive producers: Padraic McKinley, Scott Putman, Andrew Golov, Thomas Zadra.
• Crew: Director: Joshua John Miller. Screenplay: M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller. Camera: Simon Duggan. Editor: Matthew Woolley. Music: Daniel Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans.
• With: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpjkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, David Hyde Pierce.

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The definitive ranking of all 28 Pixar movies (including 'Inside Out 2')

No animation outfit has made us laugh as loud and cry as hard as Disney's Pixar.

From the best friendship of Woody and Buzz in "Toy Story" to tear-jerking moments in "Coco" and "Up" that turned us into weepy mush, Pixar has been entertaining kids of all ages for three decades with a slew of beloved movies and even some Oscar winners. "Inside Out" is one of those, taking home the Academy Award for best animated feature in 2016, and the crew of emotions is back in the new sequel "Inside Out 2" (in theaters now).

How does it compare to the rest of the Pixar canon? We ranked all 28 movies so far, from worst to best. (And if you need to catch up, the previous films are streaming on Disney+ .)

28 'Cars 2' (2011)

Oh, "Cars 2." What to say about you? You were the movie that made us lose confidence in Pixar, ever so briefly. We get why you exist, we do, but we’d prefer to pretend otherwise.

27. 'Cars 3' (2017)

What the third installment in the "Cars" franchise has going for it mostly is that it's not "Cars 2." Despite adding a laundry list of talent (including Kerry Washington and Chris Cooper) to the voice cast, it's mostly just a slightly less disappointing "Cars" film.

26. 'Cars' (2006)

Are we noticing a pattern here? The "Cars" sequels have unfortunately tarnished the memory of the original a little bit. We're not mad at the first "KACHOW!"-fest, but Lightning McQueen and Co. just don't bowl you over like many Pixar films do.

25. 'The Good Dinosaur' (2015)

"The Good Dinosaur" gets an unfortunate rap. It's not top-tier Pixar by any stretch, but the tale of a dino and a Neanderthal boy has a big heart − and any movie with Sam Elliott as a T. rex can't be all bad.

24. 'Onward' (2020)

We'll forever refer to this as "the movie about the pants." This offbeat fantasy road movie centers on two elf brothers (Chris Pratt and Tom Holland) traveling with their dead dad's sentient legs – and learning to say goodbye to him in the process.

23. 'Monsters University' (2013)

"Monsters, Inc." has one of the best Pixar endings, so it was best the studio didn’t make a sequel. The prequel they gave it instead is fun – think "Animal House" for kids – yet misses the sense of wonder and themes about childhood that made the original so great.

22. 'Elemental' (2023)

Like "Zootopia" but with more casual racism, the film overreaches trying to be both peppy rom-com and emotional immigrant story . We do adore hot-tempered Ember (Leah Lewis) and sensitive watery sort Wade (Mamoudou Athie) as a couple, though.

21. 'Brave' (2012)

"Brave" had so much potential and gave Pixar its first female protagonist, but it just couldn't click. Maybe it was the structure of the story, subpar humor or failed attempts at feminism. The lesson here: Fairy tales are strictly old-school Disney's game.

20. 'Lightyear' (2022)

Pixar's meta version of “Star Wars," the straightforward sci-fi "Toy Story" spinoff casts Chris Evans (aka Captain America) as a young Buzz Lightyear, who trains up a bunch of rookies to take on the evil Zurg, and actually pulls off a meaningful LGBTQ moment .

19. 'Incredibles 2' (2018)

The sequel arrived 14 years after the original blew audiences away in theaters. Superhero cinema has dominated since then, and Brad Bird's visual style and humor feel less novel. Still, it's an entertaining ride with many of the familial themes that made the first one great.

18. 'A Bug's Life' (1998)

Not all Pixar projects have to be convoluted and emotionally manipulative. Sometimes, it's fine for a kids' movie just to be about little critters, and this underrated gem is refreshing in its simple premise, slapstick humor and endearing cast of tenacious ants and quirky bugs. 

17. 'Finding Dory' (2016)

Another of Pixar's sequels more than a decade after the original film, "Dory" mostly recaptures the themes of family and loneliness but more importantly puts the spotlight on Ellen DeGeneres' forgetful title fish, giving depth and context to her disability .

16. 'Toy Story 4' (2019)

Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) returned for a "Toy Story" that's more adventure-driven than others but still delivers a poignant sendoff to our favorite cowboy and space ranger. Plus, it gave us Forky, a spork with a death wish who's pure chaos and totally charming. 

15. 'Luca' (2021) 

Young sea creature Luca explores the world outside the ocean with Alberto, a slightly older half-human, half-fish. The queer allegory is undeniable, as Luca grapples with identity, prejudice and acceptance, plus learns the meaning of chosen family one memorable Italian summer.

14. 'Soul' (2020)

This jazzy riff on humanity and the hereafter brings a cartoon New York City to vibrant, diverse life with Pixar's first Black lead character, a band teacher (played by  Jamie Foxx ) who meets a jaded soul (Tina Fey), and asks big questions about the meaning of life.

13. 'Toy Story 3' (2010)

Perhaps the most millennial movie that Pixar has ever made, it finds Andy getting ready for college in a tale about life transition and the inevitability of death – heady stuff for a kids’ movie but it miraculously works. It's also the rare kids' movie depicting daycare as a deranged prison state. 

12. 'Up' (2009)

Fun fact: There's more to this movie than its opening salvo of complete emotional devastation. Imagine pitching this story: Who wants to see a movie about an old man, an outcast kid, a talking dog and another old man who's a villain? "Up" shouldn't be this powerful but it is. 

11. 'Toy Story 2' (1999)

All of the "Toy Story" films are about growing up and growing apart, but none so mournfully as the second installment, which introduces Jessie (Joan Cusack), a toy whose owner has grown up and moved on. It kept the essential franchise theme while also cleverly expanding the universe.

10. 'Turning Red' (2022) 

Like "Inside Out," "Turning Red" depicts a young girl learning to harness her emotions . Here it's a brainy, boy-crazy Chinese-Canadian teen in the throes of puberty who learns you don't have to hide the messier parts of yourself in a combo of coming-of-age movie and kaiju flick.

9. 'Ratatouille' (2007)

"Ratatouille" is one of Pixar’s most earnest films, turning a rat into an absolutely adorable hero. Pair that with one of the studio's best side characters, food critic Anton Ego (Peter O’Toole), and this effort manages to feel as intimate as a Parisian dinner.

8. 'Inside Out 2' (2024)

The sequel introduces Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke) into the emotional mix, and chaos ensues inside and out of now-teenage Riley. It's a clever and ambitious exploration of puberty, and many kids (as well as adults) will feel seen in its honest depiction of mental-health struggles.

7. 'Finding Nemo' (2003)

The sea tale of an overprotective father (voiced by the inimitable Albert Brooks) searching for his lost son is one of Pixar’s most overt stories meant for both parents and kids, but it never lets the sentiment overpower the comedy. 

6. 'Toy Story' (1995)

The revolutionary film pioneered computer animation and featured all the ingredients that have become Pixar staples: emotional storytelling, action sequences, insights on the human condition, an all-star voice cast and protagonists you never would have thought of yourself.

5. 'WALL-E' (2008)

With a story this harsh on humanity, it helps to have a protagonist as innocent and (literally) wide-eyed as the title trash-compacting robot left all alone on a destroyed planet Earth. A searing critique of consumerism that's still a very enjoyable movie for children (and plenty of adults). 

4. 'Inside Out' (2015)

The first "Inside Out" exquisitely brought a child's mind alive in the most imaginative ways. It's a madcap adventure where cheery Joy (Amy Poehler) and mopey Sadness (Phyllis Smith) have to find common ground but also a heartbreaking tale reminding parents that time is fleeting and kids grow up quickly.

3. 'Coco' (2017)

Musical, magical and visually splendid, Pixar's adventure in the Land of the Dead found a new way for the studio to examine loss and grief. We dare you not to weep through the last 10 minutes when the stirringly beautiful (and Oscar-winning) "Remember Me" comes on. 

2. 'Monsters, Inc.' (2001)

It’s easy to forget that the John Goodman-Billy Crystal buddy comedy is essentially about two guys who work at a power plant. The fact that it also tackles childhood, loss of innocence, what we're truly afraid of and the nature of good and evil is what makes it one of Pixar's most imaginative outings.

1. 'The Incredibles' (2004)

Sorry, Marvel, this remains the best Fantastic Four movie ever. A family of superheroes with secret identities stars in an entertaining masterpiece about identity, with a middle-aged couple finding each other again and kids figuring out their place in the world.

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'Thelma': Grandma wants scammers to feel her wrath in warm and witty action movie

At 94, screen veteran june squibb gets her first leading role and carries the movie with style..

In “Thelma,” the title character (June Squibb) enlists a widowed friend (Richard Roundtree) to help her find the scammers who bilked her out of $10,000.

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Of all the criminal phishers out there who employ sophisticated and devious means to separate innocent victims from their money, none are more despicable than the scammers who target the elderly, whether it’s via email or text or AI-enhanced phone call. Writer-director Josh Margolin’s grandmother Thelma nearly fell for a senior-targeted scam, an incident that serves as the inspiration for “Thelma,” a warm and witty comedy starring the invaluable character actress June Squibb (“About Schmidt,” “Nebraska,” “Inside Out 2”), who gets her first leading role at the age of 94 and delivers a knockout of a performance.

This is a pure comfort-viewing experience, filled with authentic characters who talk the way real people talk, even when the situations stretch credulity. Every production design detail in “Thelma” feels spot-on; when the camera moves through the title character’s home and lingers on the furniture and the knick-knacks and the photographs, you instantly know that an older person lives there. (That’s not a knock on “Grandma Houses,” not at all. There’s just a certain décor, a certain vibe, that we all would recognize.)

Squibb’s Thelma is a widow who lives alone and refuses to even consider the idea she’s losing her independence, though it takes her a long time to move from Point A to Point B, and she’s practically deaf without her hearing aids, and she’d be hopeless on the computer without the help of her goofy but good-hearted slacker grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger, playing a character no so different from the socially awkward son he portrayed on Season 1 of “The White Lotus”).

One afternoon, Thelma gets a call from a distraught Danny, telling her he’s in jail with a broken nose after he hit a pregnant woman while driving. Danny tells Thelma she’s going to get a call from a defense attorney and sure enough, the phone buzzes, and the attorney tells Thelma she needs to send him $10,000. In cash. To a post office box.

Uh-oh. Thelma tries to reach her daughter Gail (Parker Posey) and her son-in-law Alan (Clark Gregg), but they’re both busy at their respective jobs and they don’t see the calls, so Thelma takes a cab to the post office and mails the 10 grand. A few hours later, when Danny finally wakes up after a night of partying — in his own bed, not in jail, no broken nose, no accident — the reality sinks in. Thelma has been scammed. (Hey, wasn’t this the launching point of the plot of “The Beekeeper”?)

The police say there’s not much that can be done, and Thelma’s family tell her it’s a lesson learned but at least nobody was hurt, but Thelma is having none of that. She’s going to track down these scammers and get her money back. It’s not just about the money. It’s about proving Thelma isn’t “losing it.”

This is when “Thelma” switches into low-key caper mode, with Thelma (perhaps inspired by a recent viewing of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” with her grandson) determined to exact her revenge and retrieve her cash. With an infectious, jazzy score by Nick Chuba that has echoes of David Holmes’ work on the Soderbergh “Oceans” movies helping to set the tone, Thelma first tries to enlist the help of some old friends she hasn’t seen for some time — but in a morbid but funny twist on the “round up the gang” trope, she learns they’re all dead.

Only then does Thelma reluctantly turn to her late husband’s old friend, a widower named Ben (the late Richard Roundtree in his final film role), who has a tendency to grate on her nerves with his upbeat personality and his chattering about how much he enjoys life in an assisted living facility. Ben winds up teaming up with Thelma, though neither of them is initially thrilled with the idea.

With Thelma’s family worried that she’s had an episode of Transient Global Amnesia, Thelma and Ben run into some troublesome obstacles as their quest veers close to becoming a dangerous folly. Even when “Thelma” indulges in broad comedy, e.g., a motorized scooter chase through the facility, what could be cringey material is handled deftly. This is an action movie, starring a mismatched pair of seniors who make the unwise decision to travel across Los Angeles to track down those scammers. (And hey, Richard Roundtree has some experience playing a sleuth who works the streets.)

The hijinks occasionally take a back seat to some serious business, as when Ben gently but firmly tells Thelma they have to accept the fact they’re “diminished” and “not what we were.” It’s a beautifully played scene, with old pros Squibb and Roundtree turning in captivating and elegantly grounded performances. “Thelma” pushes the limits of plausibility in some late developments, but by that point we’ve been won over, and we’re hoping Thelma and Ben will take down those dastardly scammers.

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The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and writes frequently on that topic and condition. Her 2001 novel Too Many Men is about a father and daughter who travel to Poland to explore the father’s tragic past. One of the book’s many features is a series of conversations the daughter has with what she imagines as the ghost of Auschwitz commandant Rudolph Hoess. That’s right, the Rudolph Hoess, also spelled Hoss, a real-life personage who was the lead character in Jonathan Glazer ’s controversial “ The Zone of Interest ” last year.

In adapting Brett’s novel for the screen, director and co-writer (with John Questor) Julia von Heinz omits the Hoss material, possibly wisely, but what she comes up with to add in its stead is relatively mortifying. “Treasure” retains the father-daughter journey narrative — set in 1991, if you were wondering just how old these characters are, anyway. Ruth Rothwax, played by Lena Dunham , is a New-York-based journalist consumed with self-loathing over a failed marriage, her weight issues (she carries with her plastic containers of stems and nuts with which she makes parsimonious meals at her hotel breakfast table), and her tetchy relationship with father Edek, a Polish Jew played by Stephen Fry . Ruth is perpetually tetchy, not least because she thinks Edek is being a bit too blithe about their shared investigation into his harrowing past. Ruth is also very big on expecting everyone around her to understand and speak English, an annoying trait among American tourists in general, and even more annoying somehow when it’s repeated ad infinitum in a movie narrative.

Did I say narrative? “Treasure” is packed with emotion and emoting at the expense of story. Things do happen, of course: In Lodz, where Edek was raised before being plucked out with his family and sent to Auschwitz, his old house is occupied by a nasty and poverty-stricken family that’s apparently been there since 1940 and still has the fine China owned by the Rothwax family. Well, Ruth wants to get it back, and Edek wants to let it go.

Then there’s the matter of Auschwitz itself. Will Edek go with Ruth when she visits the death camp — which several Poles they interact with call a “museum,” eliciting a furious response from Ruth — or not? This is one of many bones of contention.

People who possess a certain empathy can intuit that the reason some people who’ve experienced trauma in their past don’t wish to discuss that trauma, because it’s, you know, triggering. Ruth really isn’t one of those people. She holds her father’s reticence against him while holing up in her hotel room, consuming Nazi history and trying not to eat. In the meantime, Edek is partying with some female seniors. His wife had died the year before; the very idea of her father enjoying some companionship now is enough to turn Ruth into a petulant prig tyrant.

This is a confounding movie. Its pace is leaden, its structure lopsided, and while Dunham and Fry are both first-rate performers, their respective personae — both public and on-screen — are difficult for them to fully transcend. Still, they break through in powerful individual scenes, such as when Edek is inappropriately nosy (with a point) about Ruth’s personal life or when Ruth semi-haggles over the china with those house occupants. And the Auschwitz sequence is surprisingly well-handled. Almost enough that you might feel inclined to forgive the sentimental denouement. 

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Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. He has written for a host of other publications and resides in Brooklyn. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here .

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Guy and Prisca try to protect their kids and calm

High body count: Characters succumb to everything

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Occasional "damn," "goddamn," and one use of "f--k

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Parents need to know that writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's Old is a thriller that explores what happens when vacationing strangers are stranded on a beautiful beach that ages them at a remarkable rate. Like all of Shyamalan's movies, there are plot twists and turns, as well as a sustained sense of peril…

Positive Messages

Not many overtly positive messages, but it does explore moral ambiguity of certain kinds of research, as well as importance of truth-telling within families and sticking together in difficult circumstances.

Positive Role Models

Guy and Prisca try to protect their kids and calm people when they can. Patricia and Jarin try to gather everyone, ask them to voice their feelings, work together. As a nurse, Jarin helps take care of everyone as they get sick and exhibit symptoms. Trent and Maddox are devoted siblings. Main cast is moderately racially/ethnically diverse, including an interracial couple (Black and Asian), a Black musician, two White families, a couple of BIPOC supporting characters. Everyone is heterosexual. Several characters have different chronic illnesses or invisible disabilities. A man seems to have early onset dementia but turns out to be schizophrenic and behaves in a way that's drawn from stereotypes about mental illness (he's homicidal).

Violence & Scariness

High body count: Characters succumb to everything from water (drowning) to one another (one person is stabbed to death, one is slashed but survives, another dies from blood poisoning). People have epileptic seizures, have emergency surgery, experience a host of other terrible things. Several dead bodies are shown; they decompose to bones and ash incredibly quickly.

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Brief shot of a woman's bare back and butt as she undresses to swim in the nude. A woman flirts with a server. A married couple embraces and kisses. Teens hold each other; they have sex off camera and a teen girl gets pregnant.

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Occasional "damn," "goddamn," and one use of "f--king."

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Parents need to know that writer-director M. Night Shyamalan 's Old is a thriller that explores what happens when vacationing strangers are stranded on a beautiful beach that ages them at a remarkable rate. Like all of Shyamalan's movies, there are plot twists and turns, as well as a sustained sense of peril throughout. There's a considerably high body count, with several disturbing scenes of dead bodies/characters getting sick, a surprise pregnancy and birth, emergency surgery, and the implications of children growing into young adults in a matter of hours. Various characters have chronic illnesses that manifest themselves in frightening ways. While the only sex in the movie takes place off camera, there's kissing and a scene of a woman stripping to swim in the nude (her bare back and butt are visible). Language is fairly tame except for a few uses of "damn," "goddamn," and one "f--king." Adults get special cocktails. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Good thriller but cringe, what's the story.

M. Night Shyamalan 's creepy mystery/thriller OLD, based on the graphic novel Sandcastle , follows four groups of vacationing strangers who are visiting their resort's special private beach together for the day when they realize that something is going irrevocably wrong. A family of four -- dad Guy ( Gael García Bernal ), mom Prisca (Vicky Krieps), 11-year-old Maddox (Alexa Swinton), and 6-year-old Trent (Nolan River) -- arrives at a tropical resort in an unspecified location. The manager recommends an exclusive excursion to a private nature preserve's nearby beach. They join a wealthy multigenerational family that includes an English chief of surgery ( Rufus Sewell ), his elderly mother (Kathleen Chalfant), trophy wife Chrystal (Abbey Lee), and their 5-year-old girl, Kara. They also realize that there's a single man there, whom tween Maddox identifies as rapper Mid-Sized Sedan ( Aaron Pierre ). Soon after, young Trent discovers a dead woman in the water: the fellow resort-goer who'd gone to the beach with Mid-Sized Sedan earlier in the day. A final married couple -- nurse Jarin ( Ken Leung ) and psychologist Patricia (Nikki Amuka-Bird) -- appear amid the chaos, and it's soon clear that the beach has unthinkable effects on everyone. They're all aging approximately two years per hour, leading the kids to quickly morph into teen versions of Maddox ( Thomasin McKenzie ), Trent ( Alex Wolff ), and Kara ( Eliza Scanlen ).

Is It Any Good?

Shyamalan's thriller has a strong cast and an initially riveting concept, but it's uneven, and most of the best parts are revealed in the trailer. The performances are serviceable -- particularly Wolff, who's become an expert at the emotional range necessary for creepy horror/psychological thrillers. McKenzie is also notably good at portraying someone who's aged too quickly and is having trouble processing all of her complicated feelings. The adults range in effectiveness, with the striking Pierre (who's excellent in The Underground Railroad ) having little to do as the confused and quiet rapper, Sewell chewing up the scenery as an arrogant surgeon, and Bernal and Krieps trying to telegraph how a marriage on the rocks would react when faced with an unthinkable crisis. Stand-outs include Leung and Amuka-Bird, who play the story's sole likable and stable couple.

As in all of his films, Shyamalan also cast himself in a notable, more-than-cameo role, and, while it was predictable, he should have given himself an even smaller part. The twists here, once the titular premise is revealed, are underwhelming (and one is as obvious as Chekhov's gun). There's no gasp-worthy Sixth Sense or The Others moment, which is fine, but the "aha!" doesn't even matter much, because audiences may no longer be invested in the outcome. The best, freakiest parts of the movie rely mostly on the kids' accelerated growth, along with the physiological abnormalities that different characters face while aging a lot in one day (not a spoiler; it's right there in the title). Old ranks somewhere in the bottom half of Shyamalan's filmography, but even so it's worth a look -- if only to see the kids fast-forward into teens.

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Movie Details

• In theaters : July 23, 2021
• On DVD or streaming : October 19, 2021
• Cast : Gael Garcia Bernal , Vicky Krieps , Embeth Davidtz , Thomasin McKenzie , Alex Wolff
• Director : M. Night Shyamalan
• Inclusion Information : Latino actors, Female actors
• Studio : Universal Pictures
• Genre : Thriller
• Topics : Brothers and Sisters
• Run time : 108 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG-13
• MPAA explanation : strong violence, disturbing images, suggestive content, partial nudity and brief strong language
• Last updated : December 27, 2023

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What Does 6PR Mean on a Tire? Understanding Ply Ratings and Their Importance

Ever glanced at the sidewall of your tire and wondered what all those numbers and letters mean? You’re not alone. One term that often raises eyebrows is “6PR.” It’s more than just a random code; it holds vital information about your tire’s durability and performance.

In simple terms, “6PR” stands for “6 Ply Rating.” This rating indicates the tire’s strength and its ability to carry weight. Understanding this can make a significant difference in your driving experience, ensuring you choose the right tire for your vehicle and driving needs. Let’s delve into what 6PR means and why it matters for your ride.

Key Takeaways

• Understanding “6PR”: “6PR” on a tire stands for “6 Ply Rating,” indicating the tire’s strength and ability to carry weight. This rating is crucial for selecting the appropriate tire for your vehicle’s needs.
• Significance of Ply Ratings: Ply ratings determine a tire’s load-carrying capacity and overall toughness. Higher ply ratings enable the tire to support more weight and perform better under tough conditions.
• Impact on Durability and Load Capacity: A 6PR tire can manage heavier loads, up to 1,870 lbs per tire at 50 psi, offering enhanced durability and reduced risk of damage, making it suitable for commercial vehicles.
• Influence on Flexibility and Comfort: Higher ply ratings like 6PR create stiffer tires, providing stability but potentially reducing ride comfort. Lower ply ratings offer more flexibility and a smoother ride.
• Comparing Ply Ratings: 4PR tires are more suited for passenger vehicles due to their flexibility and smoother ride, while 6PR tires are better for vehicles that need moderate load-carrying capacity and durability.
• Higher Ply Ratings Necessity: Higher ply ratings, such as 8PR or 10PR, are essential for heavy-duty applications, providing superior load support and puncture resistance, albeit at the expense of ride comfort.

Understanding Tire PLY Ratings

What is 6pr.

The term “6PR” means “6 Ply Rating” on a tire. This rating indicates the tire’s strength and its ability to carry weight. Historically, it referred to the number of fabric layers or “plies” within the tire. Modern tires don’t always use multiple plies, but the rating remains to signify equivalent strength. For example, a 6PR tire in today’s standards offers durability comparable to older models with 6 fabric plies.

Significance of Ply Ratings in Tires

Ply ratings indicate a tire’s load-carrying capacity and overall toughness. Higher ply ratings mean the tire can support more weight and withstand rougher conditions. For instance, commercial vehicles often use tires with higher ply ratings than passenger cars. When selecting tires, matching the ply rating to the vehicle’s requirements is crucial for safety and performance.

How PLY Ratings Affect Tire Performance

Impact on Durability and Load Capacity

Higher ply ratings significantly boost a tire’s durability and load capacity. A 6PR tire, for example, supports higher loads compared to a 4PR tire, handling up to 1,870 lbs per tire at 50 psi. Enhanced durability stems from the tire’s structural integrity, reducing the risk of punctures and sidewall damage. Commercial vehicles often use high ply-rated tires to endure heavy loads routinely.

Influence on Tire Flexibility and Comfort

Ply ratings also affect tire flexibility and driving comfort. Higher ply ratings, like 6PR or 10PR, make tires stiffer, providing less flex. This firmness ensures stability under load but may decrease ride comfort, leading to a rougher driving experience. Conversely, lower ply ratings offer softer rides, ideal for passenger vehicles that prioritize comfort over carrying heavy loads.

Comparing 6PR with Other Ply Ratings

4pr and 6pr: differences and applications.

4PR and 6PR tires differ primarily in strength and load-carrying capacity. A 4PR tire, with a lower ply rating, supports less weight than a 6PR tire and is usually more flexible, providing a smoother ride. Lower ply ratings like 4PR suit passenger vehicles, where comfort and flexibility are critical.

Conversely, a 6PR tire handles more weight and offers greater durability. It’s stiffer, enhancing stability, especially useful for light trucks and commercial vehicles carrying moderate loads. Both ply ratings have their specific applications: 4PR for comfort and 6PR for moderate load-carrying needs.

Higher Ply Ratings: When Are They Necessary?

Higher ply ratings, such as 8PR or 10PR, become necessary when dealing with heavy loads or rugged terrains. These tires support substantially more weight and resist punctures better, making them ideal for heavy-duty trucks, agricultural vehicles, and off-road conditions.

Examples include construction equipment or long-haul trucks that need high ply-rated tires to handle the demanding load capacity and harsh environments. While these tires offer exceptional durability and strength, they sacrifice ride comfort due to their increased stiffness.

Understanding the “6PR” marking on your tire can significantly impact your vehicle’s performance and safety. While 4PR tires offer a smoother ride for passenger vehicles 6PR tires are ideal for handling moderate loads and providing enhanced durability and stability. For those needing to tackle heavy loads or rugged terrains higher ply ratings like 8PR or 10PR are the way to go. Choosing the right ply rating ensures you get the best balance of comfort strength and performance for your specific driving needs. Always consider your vehicle’s requirements and your driving conditions when selecting tires.

The “6PR” marking on a tire stands for “6 Ply Rating,” indicating the tire’s strength and load-carrying capacity. Ply ratings were originally based on the number of cotton layers, but modern tires use fewer, stronger layers made from synthetic materials, as detailed by Tire Rack . Understanding ply ratings helps in selecting the right tires for your vehicle’s load requirements, enhancing safety and performance, as emphasized by Bridgestone .

Frequently Asked Questions

What does “6pr” mean on tire sidewalls.

“6PR” stands for “6 Ply Rating,” indicating the tire’s strength and weight-carrying capacity. It implies that the tire is constructed to offer durability and support for moderate loads.

How do ply ratings affect a tire’s load capacity and durability?

Higher ply ratings like 6PR provide better load capacity and durability. They make the tire stronger and more resilient, ensuring it can handle more weight and offer longer-lasting performance.

What are the differences between 4PR and 6PR tires?

4PR tires are more flexible and designed for passenger vehicles, prioritizing comfort. In contrast, 6PR tires can handle more weight, offer enhanced durability, and improve stability, making them ideal for light trucks and commercial vehicles with moderate loads.

When should I consider using 8PR or 10PR tires?

Consider using 8PR or 10PR tires for heavy loads and rugged terrains. These tires offer exceptional durability and strength but are stiffer, which may reduce ride comfort. They are ideal for demanding conditions requiring maximum support.

Are higher ply rating tires less comfortable to ride?

Yes, higher ply rating tires like 8PR or 10PR are generally stiffer and less comfortable than lower ply rating tires. The increased stiffness, while providing better support and durability, can result in a harsher ride.

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I’m not going to go into a lot of depth about the story in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” Miami detectives Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back to have another cop adventure. They do some investigating, clash with superiors, run afoul of bad guys, the bad guys endanger their loved ones, and then there’s a big showdown with the bad guys at the end.

There’s no suspense in predicting that the movie will stick to that formula. The real suspense comes from wondering what the action scenes will entail, what jokes will be cracked, and, this being a “Bad Boys” movie, how ridiculous it will all be. With that in mind, I have some thoughts…

-Will Smith is back! The A-lister’s career has gone through some major ups and downs over the past few years, with the pinnacle of each coming at the same Oscars ceremony. He was unofficially suspended from the limelight for a while, but this movie marks his comeback. And I’m glad to have him back, with his blockbuster presence as strong as ever, if not with a sharper edge. Fans are eager to find out if and how the film will address Smith’s real-life bad-boy behavior. I’ll give you this tease: someone gets slapped in this movie.

• Martin Lawrence is back too. I don’t have much to say about his star power, but I will praise his performance. Marcus suffers a heart attack early in the movie and spends much of his screen time spouting apparent nonsense about his experience in a coma.

Since I saw this movie, I have encountered no fewer than two individuals on the New York City subway with similar tendencies. They made me appreciate Lawrence’s cadence in this movie. I don’t know if it’s research or just keen observation, but he’s really got it down.

• The evil plan of bad guy McGrath (Eric Dane) involves framing Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano), Marcus and Mike’s longtime superior who was killed in the last movie. The plan makes zero sense, since it draws attention and scrutiny to crimes that probably would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Advertisement

Howard himself has a sizeable presence in the movie, with everything from memorial photos and news footage to pre-recorded messages and appearances during near-death experiences. We know the characters miss him, but how can we miss him if he won’t go away?

• Howard warns Mike and Marcus that there’s been a decades-long cartel mole in Miami. Realistically, how many characters could this be? Fellow team members played by Vanessa Hudgens and Alexander Ludwig are too young. Howard’s daughter (Rhea Seehorn) is a U.S. Marshall who probably doesn’t even live in Miami.

I suppose it could be new captain Secada (Paola Nuñez), but I can’t help but notice that she’s engaged to a smarmy politician (Ioan Gruffudd). Does the movie realize which of these two is the obvious suspect and who would count as subversive?

• To get information on the mole, Mike and Marcus have to interview Mike’s imprisoned son Armando (Jacob Scipio) from the last movie. Eventually, the three have to work together to combat the bad guys. I was skeptical about bringing Armando back, thinking that the character might not be interesting enough to span multiple movies. But I had nothing to worry about, Scipio makes a good action hero, better than he did a villain.

• But Armando’s return has nothing on Reggie (Dennis McDonald), Marcus’s notoriously bullied, seemingly unmotivated son-in-law. Turns out Mike isn’t the only one with a family member with action chops. As I was leaving this movie, nobody was talking about Will Smith, everybody was talking about Reggie.

And I’ll say that Reggie is just what the movie needs to bump it up to a recommendation. I was on the fence about where I stood on the whole “it’s dumb, but it’s supposed to be dumb” attitude that these movies embrace. But with Reggie, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has enough heart to cover the missing brain.

Grade: B- “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” is rated R for strong violence, language throughout, and some sexual references.

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Radio listeners tune out of 6pr as flagship programs hosted by liam bartlett & gareth parker plunge in ratings.

Nine’s talkback radio station 6PR has suffered dramatic losses in the latest Perth ratings — with big-name star signing Liam Bartlett losing a whopping 22.5 per cent of his audience and Gareth Parker losing ground for the third survey in a row in the crucial breakfast slot.

Parker shed 11.5 per cent of his audience to now sit in fifth position with a 9.2 per cent total audience share.

Earlier this year Parker peaked at a 11.9 per cent share before his colleague Bartlett went on to out-rate him in the following survey.

But it seems Perth listeners are tiring of the pair, with Bartlett’s significant drop putting him back on an 8.6 per cent total audience share in the morning slot.

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In breakfast, rival talkback host Russell Woolf, above, with the ABC has enjoyed a bump to land on a 10.9 per cent total audience share. That puts him comfortably above Parker.

Nova is still well out ahead in first place at breakfast — with Nathan Morris, Nat Locke and Shaun McManus boasting a 14.3 per cent total audience share.

Former 6PR host and current Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas continues to struggle to find his feet in his new home of Triple M — with the show he headlines alongside former West Coast Eagle Xavier Ellis and The West Australian’s assistant editor Jenna Clarke falling to a 5.4 per cent total audience share.

Triple M at breakfast now trails behind “golden oldies” AM station 6iX, which has a 5.7 per cent share.

6PR’s content manager Emily White labelled the radio ratings as “solid audience figures”.

“We refreshed the line-up at the beginning of the year and Perth audiences are responding to our strategy of live and local,” she said.

Sources at the Nine claimed its Perth station was still performing above expectation for its five-year average.

And it had seen increases in live streaming.

Mix 94.5 took out the overall No.1 radio station in Perth, forcing Nova 93.7 into second position.

Its content director Erica McGee said it was a testament to “relentless hard work behind the scenes”.

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As Inside Out 2 gets under way, things are looking up for Riley, the hockey-loving kid who moved with her parents from Minnesota to San Francisco in the first Inside Out . She’s adjusted to her new life, school and friends, and her five personified emotions — who share the high-tech headquarters of her brain — have learned to work together in relative harmony. Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler , is still mostly in charge, but now she and Sadness — the incomparable Phyllis Smith — make a great team, along with the other key emotions, Anger, Fear and Disgust.

But now Riley is 13, which means pimples, growth spurts and a much more complicated emotional life. The director Kelsey Mann, taking over for the first film’s Pete Docter , cleverly dramatizes the onset of puberty as a huge disruption for Joy and Company, who don’t know why their usual routine is suddenly causing Riley to undergo wild mood swings. It turns out, a new emotion has joined headquarters: Anxiety, voiced by a terrific Maya Hawke.

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Anxiety has brought along her own team of emotions. They’re basically the three E’s: Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment, voiced by Ayo Edebiri , Adèle Exarchopoulos and Paul Walter Hauser. Some of this stretches conceptual credibility: Surely this isn’t the first time in her life that Riley has experienced some of those feelings. But that’s part of the whimsical pleasure of the Inside Out films: It’s fun to feel your own brain arguing with how it’s represented. It’s also fun to see new regions of Riley’s mental landscape, like the giant ravine that fuels her contemptuous side — naturally, it’s called the Sar-chasm.

The story kicks into gear when Riley is sent to an elite three-day hockey camp, where she’s forced to make some tough decisions, like whether to stick with her two closest friends or hang out with the cool older kids. As the pressure on Riley mounts and the competition gets more cutthroat, it’s Anxiety who emerges as the movie’s villain.

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Hawke does a great job of making the character’s polite bundle-of-nerves routine a little more annoying — and sinister — in every scene. Anxiety basically engineers a hostile takeover of Riley’s mind, banishing Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust to the outskirts of consciousness, and setting out to mold Riley into a more successful version of herself. What she’s unwittingly doing is making Riley more ambitious and conniving.

Inside Out 2 , in other words, is something of an anti-stress movie, where unchecked drivenness can destroy a person’s true sense of self. It’s hard to argue with that, but it’s also hard not to push back a little. This isn’t the first Pixar movie that’s tried to teach us to lighten up and let things go, a lesson that dates as far back as the first Toy Story. But it’s always struck me as a bit rich coming from Pixar, given the hyper-ambition and perfectionism that have long defined the studio’s brand.

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Fortunately, there is a better, deeper message at the heart of Inside Out 2 , that encourages us to take a more expansive view of ourselves — to acknowledge that we all have the capacity for good and bad. As in the first movie, the goal is to strive for balance, embrace complexity and learn to be OK with imperfection.

I’m trying to do that myself with Inside Out 2 , which, despite its many pleasures, is a pretty imperfect movie. It isn’t nearly as emotionally overwhelming as its predecessor, but how could it be? The first Inside Out was a piercing lament for childhood’s end, with Joy and Sadness’ frenemy dynamic as its irresistible core.

Now, Riley’s older and maturing, and it’s natural that her latest adventure should hit us differently. But there are also some bewildering choices here that suggest the story could have used, well, a rethink. There’s one overlong sequence, in which Joy and her friends encounter memories of old cartoon and video-game characters buried deep in Riley’s mind; it’s a cheap gag, and it almost pulled me out of the movie entirely. And there’s a recurring joke, involving Riley’s sense of Nostalgia, that strikes a weirdly sour note. Ironically, it made me feel a little nostalgic myself — for the days when Pixar would have known to leave a bit like that on the cutting-room floor.

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Australian tennis great Ash Barty will make a return to the grass courts of Wimbledon for the first time since winning the 2021 grand slam title.

Barty will be back on the main stage at Wimbledon after accepting an invitation to take part in the invitational doubles match.

The match will be the first time the 28-year-old takes to the courts since announcing her shock retirement in 2022 .

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The event will be played on July 10 and will include a women's doubles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles event.

Wimbledon announced the news on Instagram on Wednesday morning.

"Reunited with the Wimbledon grass," the All England Club said.

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"Delighted to have our 2021 singles champion Ash Barty returning for this year's Invitational Doubles."

Barty's Wimbledon victory famously ended Australia's 41-year drought at the event, with her idol, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the previous Australian woman to lift the trophy in 1980.

Barty won at Roland-Garros in 2019 before claiming her third grand slam title at the Australian Open in 2022, which marked the end of her tennis career.

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Since her retirement, Barty married her partner Garry Kissick and gave birth to her son, Hayden.

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“The Devil’s Bath” looks and sounds like your average horror movie — there are perturbing scenes of bodily mutilation, menacingly quiet long shots of stark Austrian woodlands and a young woman, Agnes (Anja Plaschg), who spirals into madness.

Yet the cleverness of this psychodrama, by the Austrian directing duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (“The Lodge”), is that it employs the tropes and tools of folk horror without any of that genre’s supernatural flourishes. The film is grounded in a harrowing historical reality, about the terrifying lengths to which women will go to liberate themselves from destructive domestic conditions. Franz and Fiala bring out this reality’s latent horrors through a series of suspense-building strategies.

The prologue sets the tone. “As my troubles left me weary of this life, it came to me to commit a murder,” reads the opening title card. We see a nameless woman toss a baby off a waterfall and then turn herself into the authorities, going through these motions with a deadeye roboticism. We’re in the boonies of 18th-century Austria, a land of tall, lonely forests and craggy hillsides. Families live in stone cottages and customs are dictated by severe Roman Catholic doctrines inflected by pagan superstitiousness. In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

When we finally meet Agnes, a devout Catholic, she is initially excited about her marriage to Wolf (David Scheid), a stout, jovial young man who moves his new family into a remote cottage. Things sour quickly: Wolf proves uninterested in physical intimacy with his eager wife (and probably any woman), and Wolf’s cruel, domineering mother (Maria Hofstätter) blames Agnes for their lack of children.

Shifting between naturalistic camerawork and static shots of uncanny landscapes and sunless skies, the film zooms in on Agnes’s deteriorating psychological state with minimal dialogue. A mood of desperation sinks in as the film showcases the punishing routines of rural peasant life, best exemplified by fishing scenes in which the slender Agnes struggles to keep up with the other workers. At one point, she’s stuck in a stretch of viscous black muck at the edge of the lake, a palpably distressing image that draws mockery from her mother-in-law, the fishing crew’s organizer.

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