From one point of view, Xavier Dolan’s career looks like a precocious, single-minded blitz. As a director (he’s also a writer and actor), he’s made eight films between 2009 and 2019, with his first ...

After a couple of ambitious letdowns, Xavier Dolan's bittersweet study of male friendship (and maybe more) finds him on restrained, charming form. Most of all, in its relaxed assemblage of themes and ...

Xavier Dolan tones down the stylistic quirks and the rough edges with a heartfelt ode to friendship. ‘Matthias & Maxime’ is 30-year-old French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s eighth film. With it, ...

The subtle shifts in moods he achieves may often be sustained through an unusual talent for picking the right music or song, but the tone is never set in a way that manipulates the audience. This ...

Of the many labels Xavier Dolan’s Matthias & Maxime came attached with ahead of its Cannes premiere, few felt as apt as those that billed the Canadian’s eighth feature as “a return.” Three years after ...

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Quebec wunderkind filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who ten years ago at the age of 20 arrived at Cannes and knocked their socks off with I Killed My Mother, returns to the Croisette with Matthias and Maxime ...

In 'Matthias & Maxime,' the latest from Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan, two childhood buddies are forced to confront their feelings for each other after they kiss for a friend's short film. By Jon ...

After a couple of ambitious letdowns, Xavier Dolan's bittersweet study of male friendship (and maybe more) finds him on restrained, charming form. Most of all, in its relaxed assemblage of themes and ...

If there’s one term that Xavier Dolan probably never wants or needs to hear again, it’s “enfant terrible.” Irresistible to use when the Québécois auteur was 19, rattling out of the gate with his antsy ...