Anael Snoek in the season two finale of The Serpent Queen

A new mini-series from Paramount+, UK division. Part 1 of 6. A group of new mother friends are torn apart when one is accused of injuring her baby, fracturing their bond and nearly destroying their families. Diane Kruger turns 50 in July, but her career seems hotter than ever. She’s…

French drama. A student befriends a homeless woman. Johnny Moronic reviewed it as follows: It’s more 90s with another French movie, the 1991 postmodern comedy/drama Merci la Vie, an incredibly odd movie about two lonely women Camille (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Joëlle (Anouk Grinberg) who meet and decide to become friends…

This weird black comedy is one of Roman Polanski’s more obscure efforts, little remembered today, although it was released not long after after his acclaimed Repulsion. A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful…