![]() (B-) INVISIBLE BEAUTY This documentary examines fashion icon Bethann Hardison, a pioneering Black model, modeling agent and activist who helped push the industry toward progress. ![]() R (for language throughout, sexual references and brief drug use). Carney’s script is typically Irish, imbued with playful jabs and crude humor, and Hewson’s forthright and foul-mouthed performance proves to be the perfect hit of sweet-and-sour acid to offset what could have been impossibly treacly. And he’s got a star with a remarkable rock ‘n’ roll pedigree in Hewson, the daughter of U2 frontman Bono. Irish director John Carney has long been a champion of earnestness, making swoony feelings set to incredible music the core of his filmmaking since his 2007 breakout hit Once. ![]() (A-) FLORA AND SON A single mom (Eve Hewson) finds a guitar in a trash bin for her rebellious teenage son (Orén Kinlan), and, with the help of a washed-up musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the mother and son discover the transformative power of music. R (for pervasive language, sexual content, some nudity, and sexual violence). With extremely powerful performances by Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich, Fair Play keeps viewers in its grip as the tension deliciously builds in a battle of the sexes that neither can win. (A-) FAIR PLAY A promotion at a cutthroat financial firm pushes a young couple’s relationship to the breaking point in this smart, crackling thriller about sex, money, gender and power in the modern age from director Chloe Domont.
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