Zendaya in a flimsy tee

French romantic drama. Literally: “The Daughter of a Great Love” Ana and Yves fell in love passionately, then separated. Years later, their daughter, Cécile, made a documentary about their meeting. They meet again on this occasion. Still marked by their past love, they then seek a way back to each…

Russian “thriller” lensed in Dubai. Kristina runs a front for an illegal operation involving numerous women, masquerading as an art exhibition organizer while evading law enforcement scrutiny through her global events for wealthy clientele. This may be the least thrilling thriller ever made. I thought The Brown Bunny was probably…

Dutch drama in Dutch and Papiamento. Set in Curacao in the 1940s, Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story tells of the (fictional) painter Gabriel Goedbloed, who arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a local church. Gabriel is black, originally from Surinam. The colonial Antillian…