It is a fact, sadly, that addiction will touch almost everyone’s lives, even the most accomplished among us. This is what happened to Nic Sheff, a top-of-his-class teen who started experimenting with pot before moving into harder drugs, gradually spiraling into a harrowing cycle of highs, lows, homelessness, sobriety and relapse. His father, Rolling Stone writer David Sheff, could only watch ... more >
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“Beautiful Boy,” or how the loving and considerate can also be destructive and self-obsessed
Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
Beautiful Boy
The unfeel-good movie of Summer
Michael Sheen, Maria Bello and Kyle Gallner
Directed by Shawn Ku
It’s clear from the early stages of “Beautiful Boy” that a dish will be thrown. The school-shooting/domestic drama is a classic example of a dish thrower, the sort of movie where quiet but steady family tension eventually takes its punishing toll on the family tableware. Like ancient Greek actors, the dishes perform in the horror of not knowing if they will survive the shoot. If the props guys ... more >