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 ...

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 ...

Xavier Dolan returns to form with a touching drama about two bros whose friendship changes after they kiss each other in a student film. It sounds like the premise of a Duplass brothers movie: Two ...

In Xavier Dolan’s new film Matthias and Maxime, now streaming internationally on MUBI, two young men find themselves at crossroads both personal and professional. One tipsy night, the longtime friends ...

Xavier Dolan’s latest film Matthias & Maxime has been released exclusively online by MUBI on August 28 across the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (excluding Mexico), and ...

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 ...

Music fills in the most tender moments of Matthias & Maxime; surfaces to fill in the silences and to communicate complex emotions; acts as a window to peep into the minds of the primary characters 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, ...

A male friendship is destabilized in this overlong ponder on desire. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

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 ...