11 Films to See in May
May marks the official start of the summer movie season. While that means the usual assortment of superhero films (including, this week, the rather promising Captain America: Civil War), this May will also bring an atypically strong crop of indie and foreign releases, including new films from Whit Stillman, Jacques Audiard, Yorgos Lanthimos, Rebecca Miller, and more.
Finally being released by A24 after its original distributor, Alchemy, ran into financial trouble, this latest oddball from Dogtooth and Alps director Yorgos Lanthimos’ serves as his English-language debut and was also his first film to play in competition at Cannes (where it won the Jury Prize in 2015).
Like his previous features, The Lobster mines a surreal premise to comment on modern society. It’s the near future, and Colin Farrell’s David, a divorcee, must check into a hotel where he has 45 days to find a mate. If he fails, he will be turned into the animal of his choice (the lobster of the title). Rachel Weisz plays a potential mate who has escaped the hotel and lives in the forest amongst the Loners, and John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, and Lanthimos regular Angeliki Papoulia are other singles looking for love.
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