Part of Richard Rodriguez's charm is his refusal to play to people’s expectations of who he should be.
Sin is presented as systemic in “Never Look Away,” built into the structure of German society.
Who, exactly, was the fastidious, mustachioed Hercule Poirot?
“La Religieuse” has been assailed as an attack on the church itself. And by people who had not even seen the film.
“Vice” isn’t a dishonest movie, exactly. It just enables dishonesty.