New movies out this week: Jun 7-13 New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure. Bangkok Post · Jun 7, 2023
7 top new movies to watch this week on Netflix, Max, Hulu and more (May 29 - June 4) This week's new movies Max's new Sydney Sweeney project: Reality. Tom’s Guide · May 30, 2023
Close review – achingly poignant tale of the end of a childhood friendship Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Oscar-nominated drama about two inseparable boys tragically driven apart is a low-key treat The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023
Close review: Homophobia unravels a childhood friendship in a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated drama At its best, the Belgian nominee for Best International Film is subtle and brutally honest The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
‘I’d love to do a queer Titanic. Well, a queerer one!’ Director and Oscar contender Lukas Dhont Bullied at school for his dance routine to Christina Aguilera’s Fighter, he turned to film, making zombie horrors starring his family. Now Close, his movie about a teen friendship turned sour, is up for an Oscar The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Movie review: Tragic ‘Close’ superb tale of innocence, loss The Cannes award-winner “Close” from Belgian writer-director Lukas Dhont (“Girl”) is a sad tale of innocence and loss. The protagonists are 13-year-old boys who are inseparable. At school, they are teased, sometimes in an ugly manner, about being gay. This causes one of the boys, Leo (a revelatory Eden Dambrine),… Boston Herald · Feb 3, 2023
Close review – a heartbreaking tale of boyhood friendship turned sour When two 13-year-olds are no longer close, the fallout is unbearably sad, in Lukas Dhont’s anguished second feature The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022