REVIEW: ‘Greta’ (2019) is Genuinely Unnerving Without Taking Itself Too Seriously

A naïve young girl named Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) finds a lost handbag on the subway, and against her roommates warnings takes it to the address found on a driver’s licence in the bag. The bag belongs to a lonely widow named Greta Hideg (Isabelle Huppert), and the two strike up an unlikely friendship, bonded…

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BFI FLARE REVIEW: ‘Greta’ (2019) Director Praca is Poised To Emerge as a Breakout Success

After three Oscar nominations and over 30 prominent film roles, the quote most often attributed to actress Greta Garbo is her iconic Grand Hotel retort: “I want to be alone.” The star later clarified in an interview, “I only said I want to be left alone. There’s a difference.” In the northeastern Brazilian town of…

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