Under the leadership of child-fearing, type A, borderline alcoholic, “Annie” (Melanie Lynskey), four couples return to a sprawling childhood summer home for a weekend away. But the weekend getaway is actually an artful guise for a marital intervention the group has planned for one of the couples. As tensions run high, friendships are tested and… Continue reading THE INTERVENTION
Tag: Alia Shawkat
MAY IN THE SUMMER
Cherien Dabis’s Jordan-set story May in the Summer centers on “May,” (Cherien Dabis) a New York City writer on the verge of marrying a Palestinian scholar. May is the daughter of long-since separated parents, an American diplomat Edward (Bill Pullman) and a Palestinian Jordanian, “Nadine” (Hiam Abbass). Aside from the parental relationships, there are significant… Continue reading MAY IN THE SUMMER