The trailer for Chevalier aims to tell the story of Joseph Bologne, who would later become known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the 18th-century composer who was the illegitimate son of an enslaved African and a French plantation owner,
Despite Frances O’Connor’s best efforts to unravel and reconstruct the scant details we know about the elusive Brontë, her directorial debut, Emily, can’t avoid feeling slight itself.
The Wonder is an exploration of faith versus science that never quite gets a grip on the mystical side of its subject, but nails what is truly holy behavior on Earth.
