Bones and All
2022
***½
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, David Gordon Green, Jessica Harper, Jake Horowitz, Kendle Coffey
In the late 1980s, Maren, a teenager with uncontrollable cannibalistic urges, sets off on a road trip in search of her mother. Along the way she bonds with Lee, an eater like her, and the two must navigate their love and disturbing appetites. Luca Guadagnino's unusual but compelling romantic horror film uses cannibalism as a metaphor for loneliness, acceptance, queerness, or HIV. While Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet give strong lead performances, it's not easy to feel sorry for them, as they are ultimately two serial killers on the run, not unlike the lovers in Natural Born Killers and Badlands. Mark Rylance's character is one of the most bizarre in recent memory. Based on the 2015 novel by Camille DeAngelis.
