It looks like a really strong late May at the movies, with several promising releases for Memorial Day weekend. I’ve already seen Polisse, a riveting French police procedural about the child protective services unit – it’s one of the best films of the year.
Intouchables is story of a paraplegic rich French guy who hires a black street guy as his caretaker; though not critically praised, it’s the second most popular movie of all time in France.
Moonrise Kingdom is another entry from Director Wes Anderson, who has had some quirky hits (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore) and some quirky misses (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), but he’s always original.
With Hysteria, director Tanya Wexler brings us a female look at how Victorian medicine addressed female sexuality. Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as a proto-feminist and High Dancy plays the doc who invented a proto-vibrator.
You can read descriptions and watch the trailers on my Movies I’m Looking Forward To page. Here’s the trailer for Polisse.