The characters are all types but the story hits home.

An inevitable sequel decides to have some fun.

In a foundering summer theater camp in upstate New York, we find kids and adults who view staying in character as a core life philosophy.

Structured like a play, with colored lights swirling down between acts, the film is remarkable for never feeling stagey.

Like a Schiele painting, the actor wastes away into a portrait of obsession.

This is not a film Nancy Reagan would have screened for Ronnie at the White House.

Director Damien Chazelle brings the razzle-dazzle but skimps on real emotion.

What charms in the source material falls flat on the screen.

Elegance Bratton’s stirring autobiographical debut brings empathy and egalitarianism to all of the characters, major and minor.

“Life, this sonically rich film suggests, is very much about what we hear, but not necessarily about what we say.”