The Deuce, the young HBO drama about the birth of the porn industry amidst a changing Times Square in ’70s New York, begins season 2 on Sep. 9. In EW’s A- review, critic Darren Franich called it “a major work, flaws and all, an examination of porn that’s really an exploration of economic disruption.” As a show about sex, The Deuce has an interesting role in the era of #MeToo. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, co-creator David Simon said it felt like “the right show for the moment.”
“If you are really interested in discussing the culture of [Harvey] Weinstein and [James] Toback, how ingrained it is and how it’s perfectly framed within the vernacular of how men view women, we had a lot to say about that,” Simon said.
Even so, the show did make some changes to its production during season 2. Simon, who helmed the small screen masterpiece The Wire, noted that his team hired an “intimacy coordinator” to make sure everyone on set felt comfortable filming the many sex scenes.
“Her job is to facilitate the filming of simulated sex and intimacy in such a way that we’re protecting the emotions and the dignity of everybody who’s involved. ’Cause it’s hard work, a lot harder than violence,” Simon said. “You know, everyone’s an old pro about simulating violence. But I don’t think I’m ever going to work without an intimacy coordinator again. Because the truth is, we knew we were asking a lot of actors and directors and crew in terms of professionalism and to deliver this material bluntly and honestly. But you can ask all you want — at a certain point everybody has to trust everybody.”
One of the stars of The Deuce, James Franco, was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by five different women earlier this year. Those allegations did not come up during the new interview, but Simon did respond to them when they first came to light back in January, saying in a statement, “Personally I can only speak knowledgeably to The Deuce. I’ve checked with all my fellow producers and other personnel. We have no complainant or complaint or any awareness of any incident of concern involving Mr. Franco. Nor has HBO been approached with any complaint. In our experience, he was entirely professional as an actor, director, and producer.”
At a rally in Montana, President Trump said that the anonymous New York Times op-ed criticizing him is “treason.” Later, he went on to discuss Nike’s ad campaign with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Sept. 6) AP
WASHINGTON – President Trump has narrowed down who he believes wrote The New York Times op-ed that skewers him as being amoral and said his own team was frustrating his agenda.
Trump believes it is “somebody in national security,” Kellyanne Conway told CNN Friday.
“The President just, just today said he believes it’s somebody in national security,” Conway told Christiane Amanpour for her show which premiers on CNN International and PBS on Monday.
Trump said the senior administration official probably has a security clearance and has access to high-level meetings on national security strategy. “I don’t want him in those meetings. We’re looking at it very strongly from a legal standpoint,” he said aboard Air Force One.
The New York Times op-ed written by “a senior official in the Trump administration” landed with a thud on Wednesday and immediately sent off a wild game of “whodunit?”
The op-ed writer said “the root of the problem is the president’s amorality” and calls Trump’s leadership style “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective.”
“The dilemma — which he does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations,” the author writes.
According to CNN, Conway said while some people were investigating, she personally, is “not interested in an investigation of this.”
“I believe the person will suss himself or herself out though because that’s usually what happens,” Conway said. “People brag to the wrong person. They brag that they did this or that they did that.”
The op-ed isn’t the only thing that has sent the White House scrambling this week. A book by journalist Bob Woodward – whose work helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to former President Richard Nixon’s resignation – is set to come out this week but early excerpts released sent Washington spinning. Like the op-ed, the book claims Trump’s aides don’t trust him and are trying to push against his inclinations – including stealing papers from his desk to stall potential action.
At a fundraising event for GOP Rep. Kristi Noem’s bid for governor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Friday night, Trump asked the state’s two senators — Mike Rounds and John Thune — to change libel laws to avoid unfavorable coverage.
“Hey Mike and John, could you do me a favor?” Trump asked. “Create some libel laws that when people say stuff bad about you, you could sue them.”
Earlier in the week, Rounds called the op-ed writer a “disgruntled employee” and laughed when USA TODAY said that there was discussion about Congressional investigations or hearings into the op-ed writer’s identity.
“There’s really no reason to do something about it at this point,” he said.
Contributing: Patrick Anderson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Police released body cam video Friday from the fatal shooting at the Fifth Third building in downtown Provided, Cincinnati Enquirer
He could have been anyone, going anywhere.
A young man in a white buttoned-down shirt and dark pants, black work bag slung over his shoulder, walking across Fountain Square on a Thursday morning.
He made a few stops around the square. Maybe he was looking for a good cup of coffee or a doughnut, or a pastry from Graeter’s. Maybe he wanted a quick breakfast before heading to the office.
He blended into the crowd, moving among the bankers and accountants and lawyers and clerks and secretaries as if he were one of them. As if he belonged.
But he didn’t.
Omar Santa Perez wasn’t going to work or catching a bus. He wasn’t here for a job interview or a meeting.
In his bag, Santa Perez carried a 9 mm handgun and 250 bullets. In his mind, he carried something else entirely. Malice? Anger? Grievances?
Police will spend days or weeks trying to find a reason for what happened next, trying to explain what was going on in the head of a man who might have struggled to explain it himself.
When he’d finished walking around Fountain Square, Santa Perez sat for several minutes at a table near the entrance to the lobby of Fifth Third Center. He sipped coffee from a Starbucks cup. He spoke to no one.
Days later, people would remember seeing him there, alone. But Thursday morning, he was part of the crowd. He could have been anyone, going anywhere.
No one noticed him at all, really, until he rose from his chair at 9:06 a.m. and walked into the lobby, black bag still slung over his shoulder.
…..
Eboni Ginyard stopped pouring the coffee at the Dunkin Donuts counter as soon as she heard the first shot. She didn’t recognize the sound at first and thought maybe it was coming from the construction site nearby.
But then she heard it again. And again.
Bam. Bam.
Ginyard looked around and saw her customers hit the floor, and she did the same. Those were gunshots, she thought, and they were close. More shots followed and she realized they were coming from the Fifth Third lobby, adjacent to her doughnut shop.
She heard breaking glass and screaming. She smelled gunpowder.
They all laid as flat as they could on the floor and Ginyard didn’t dare lift her head to get a better look. She was sure she’d die if she did.
The shooting stopped, resumed, and stopped again. And that’s when Ginyard got even more scared.
He’s reloading, she thought. He has so many bullets he can stop and reload.
…..
On the other side of Walnut Street, Roger Higginbotham was working at the construction site. It was loud work, so he wasn’t sure about all the noise coming from Fifth Third Center.
He spotted a homeless man crouching near his truck.
“Somebody’s shooting a gun!” the man said.
Higginbotham started walking toward the gunfire. He knew it probably wasn’t his brightest move, but he wanted to know what was going on.
From the sidewalk, he saw a man in the lobby with a gun. Through the Dunkin Donuts window, he could see two women huddled together on the floor.
They looked terrified. They looked as scared as anyone he’d ever seen.
…..
At Graeter’s, on the other side of the building, a woman named Bella typed 911 into her cell phone and waited.
She was hiding in a bathroom.
“What’s going on?” the operator asked.
“I don’t know,” Bella said. “We’re hearing what kind of sounded like gunshots.”
Bella’s voice dropped to a whisper. She sounded as if she might cry. “Alright, sweetheart,” the operator said, “I want you to stay where you are.”
“Have you gotten other calls?” Bella asked.
“We’ve got hundreds of calls,” the operator said.
…..
The police officers were already on Walnut Street near Fountain Square when they heard the shots and ran together toward the Fifth Third lobby.
Guns drawn, officers Jennifer Chilton, Gregory Toyeas, Antonio Etter and Eric Kaminsky spread out in a line as they approached the gunfire, taking cover in different spots along the wall and between windows to make it harder for the gunman to zero in on them all.
“On your shoulder,” Chilton told the officer in front of her, letting him know she was there.
As they approached, the pace of the shooting picked up. So much was happening at once. The shots. The breaking glass.
They needed to stop the gunman and they needed to do it fast. But first, they had to find him.
…..
theres a live shooter 2 minutes away from my work. this world is fucking terrifying.
Santa Perez walked quickly through the lobby, with purpose, right arm extended with the 9 mm in his hand.
He shot at people diving under desks. He shot at people running away. He shot at people in an elevator, spraying bullets at the door as it closed.
Unarmed security guards pulled workers around corners and out of the line of fire.
But five times, Santa Perez found his mark.
Whitney Austin, a 37-year-old from Louisville, had her cell phone to her ear as she entered the lobby’s revolving doors. She was on a conference call for work.
A bullet struck her immediately, knocking her to the floor. Santa Perez kept firing at her.
Austin was shot 12 times in all, but she never lost consciousness. She and Brian Sarver, a man who was also shot in the lobby, would survive their wounds. Three others would not.
Richard Newcomer, 64, was supervising a construction project on the building’s third floor. Prudvi Raj Kandepi, 25, was a programmer and consultant for Fifth Third. Luis Calderon, 48, moved to Cincinnati last year to work for the bank.
All three died in the chaos. And Santa Perez kept walking, hand extended, firing at anything that moved.
…..
Michael Richardson was on the square, smoking a cigarette, when he saw Austin walk into the building. Then heard the shots and saw her drop.
More shots followed and Richardson took cover, but he kept watching. He saw a security guard or a police officer, he’s not sure which, grab Austin and drag her away from the shattered glass and gunfire.
Her shirt was covered in blood.
…..
My dad is inside the fifth third building. Said there was a shooter on the first floor and someone he works with was shot at but not hit
From an office building on Fifth Street, across from the square, a man watched from his office window, cell phone in hand, recording the violence below.
He posted it all on Facebook: The police converging on the building. People running from the square. The sound of distant gunshots.
“It’s crazy,” he said.
A woman in the office with him agreed. “You always see it on the news,” she said, “but when it hits home…”
She didn’t finish the sentence.
“Yeah,” he said. “I know.”
…..
Sirens wailed in the background as the man spoke. He told the 911 operator he was on Fountain Square.
“A lot of people are running around saying there’s a shooter,” he said.
“Have you seen anybody with a gun or anything?”
“No, I haven’t seen anybody. I’ve heard things that sound like gunshots, though.”
…..
The four police officers spotted Santa Perez through the window as he walked past, his arm still extended, still firing.
Chilton yelled to her fellow officers. “Shots, shots, shots!”
She stepped from behind a wall and fired several shots. Each smashed through the lobby window and scattered glass everywhere. The other officers fired, too, and the sound echoed across the square, as if someone was firing a machine gun.
There was swearing and confusion. And then nothing. Silence.
The officers crept closer until one of them could see through the shattered window.
“Suspect down!”
…..
Even from a distance, Kick Lee could tell everything was wrong at Fountain Square. He heard sirens and saw people running.
He walked this way every morning before going to work at his recording studio. He liked to get a coffee and just wander a bit, clear his head.
As he passed a group of kids, they shouted to him. “He’s got a gun!” they said. “He’s got a gun!”
Lee didn’t hear any shooting. He saw police, though, maybe more than he’d ever seen. They were swarming all over the square.
They closed down everything, the entire square, right there in the heart of the city.
“Oh, my God,” he thought. “What can I do?”
…..
The officers edged closer and tugged open one of the doors to the lobby. Santa Perez was on the floor, face down. His black bag was next to him, his gun beyond his reach.
He wasn’t moving. The lobby was quiet.
The officers kept moving closer, guns still drawn and pointed at Santa Perez. It was 9:10 a.m., 4 minutes and 28 seconds after it began.
“I’m with you,” Chilton said to the officer in front of her. “I’m with you.”
Then, once more.
“I’m with you.”
Enquirer reporters Sarah Brookbank, Mark Curnutte, Terry DeMio, Kevin Grasha, Amber Hunt, Cameron Knight, Max Londberg, Carol Motsinger, Kate Murphy, James Pilcher, Anne Saker and Hannah Sparling contributed.
Northern Ireland were on top for large periods of the game, orchestrating wave after wave of attacks, but passed up a series of goalscoring opportunities and it was the visitors who proved more clinical.
The defeat deals a major blow to NI’s hopes of success in the new competition which aims to eliminate the number of friendlies played in favour of more competitive games.
Northern Ireland felt they should have had an early penalty for Ervin Zukanovic’s challenge on George Saville
Bosnia-Herzegovina host Austria in their next fixture in Group B3, while NI manager Michael O’Neill is expected to take advantage of the opportunity for some experimentation when his side face Israel in a friendly in Belfast on Tuesday.
The men in green then face a difficult double-header away to Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina in mid-October, before a friendly with the Republic of Ireland and then their final Nations League match at home to Austria in November.
Northern Ireland face uphill struggle
The Nations League sees similarly ranked countries face each other on a home and away basis with promotion and relegation between leagues at stake, plus seedings for the European Championship qualifying draw in December and a potential backdoor route to the Euro 2020 finals.
A second successive appearance at a European finals is the ultimate aim for the Northern Irish and this game was their fourth of 2018 as they build up to the start of that qualifying series, which runs from March to November 2019.
A 2-1 home win over South Korea was followed by a 0-0 draw with Panama and a 3-0 loss to Costa Rica, but this was their first competitive outing since that heartbreaking two-legged reverse to Switzerland in a World Cup play-off 10 months ago.
This was the first meeting between Northern Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, who are ranked 12 places below O’Neill’s men in the Fifa standings. Defeat leaves the home side, who have now won just one of their past eight fixtures, with an uphill struggle to make an impact in the competition.
A mix-up between defender Craig Cathcart and keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell gifted Bosnia-Herzegovina their second goal
O’Neill adds youth to experienced line-up
O’Neill handed Leeds United keeper Peacock-Farrell the number one jersey after the 21-year-old’s impressive start to the season, which has seen him keep three clean sheets in six games for the Championship leaders.
The former Under-21 international was chosen to start ahead of Norwich’s Michael McGovern, who played every minute of the previous World Cup qualifying campaign and Trevor Carson of Motherwell, who had been picked for the three most recent friendlies.
Peacock-Farrell distinguished himself by parrying Roma striker Dzeko’s well-struck first-half shot but a misunderstanding with Cathcart, when he failed to collect the Watford defender’s backward header, allowed Saric the simple task of slotting home for his first international goal.
The NI manager also gave a second international start to left-back Jamal Lewis as he aims to make that position his own following the retirement of Chris Brunt.
Captain Steven Davis, one of a number of players lacking first-team football, set-piece specialist Oliver Norwood and new Middlesbrough signing George Saville were restored to midfield after missing the summer tour to Central America and stamped their authority on proceedings for long periods.
Missed chances costly for hosts
Northern Ireland were left to rue a plethora of missed chances but were denied a penalty in the first minute when Saville appeared to be brought down in the area by Erin Zukanovic with referee Pavel Kralovec waving play on.
The home team enjoyed 64% of the possession in the first half, producing some enterprising play and forcing six corners to their opponents’ none.
Niall McGinn and Stuart Dallas proved a major threat on the flanks, but a tally of 10 attempts on goal but only two on target told its own story for the hosts who, despite their superiority, failed to carve out many clear-cut chances.
Will Grigg’s stoppage-time goal could not save Northern Ireland from defeat in Belfast
McGinn’s effort was well saved by Ibrahim Sehic, Dallas fired wide and Saville squandered another opportunity for an opener as their side failed to translate their relentless pressure into tangible reward.
A lack of composure in front of goal was evident again after the interval as Dallas volleyed into the ground and over the bar from McGinn’s inviting cross and then Kyle Lafferty’s back-post header after a Jonny Evans flick-on was brilliantly denied by a stunning save from Sahic.
Boyce forced Sahic into another fine stop, before Grigg celebrated his return to the international fold after a two-year absence by hooking in a close-range finish from fellow substitute Liam Boyce’s assist for his second Northern Ireland goal.
The Wigan forward had a late chance to level but could not make the necessary contact.
Boost for manager Prosinecki
Bosnia-Herzegovina were playing their first competitive game under new manager Robert Prosinecki, having conceded just two goals in six games since the former Croatian midfielder took charge in January.
Prosinecki, who lost 4-0 on his last visit to Belfast as Azerbaijan manager in November 2016, was appointed after the Bosnians had followed up their failure to qualify for Euro 2016 by not making the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
Former Manchester City striker Dzeko equalled Emir Spahic as his country’s most capped player with 94 appearances and played a key role by providing the low left-wing cross which set up Duljovic for his first international goal.
Conor McLaughlin could have done better in preventing the cross while Duljovic should have added a second in the second half but was off target with his attempt.
Following bans from Twitter and Periscope, Apple has permanently banned Jones’ InfoWars app from its App Store.
Apple confirmed the InfoWars app’s removal to Buzzfeed News after users noticed it was missing on Friday evening and no longer showed up in the App Store’s search results.
The App Store removal shouldn’t surprise anyone. In early August, Apple removed five InfoWars podcasts, including War Room and The Alex Jones Show, from iTunes and the Podcasts app.
An Apple spokesperson told Mashable at the time the company “does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users.”
We’ve reached out to Apple for comment on why it finally banned the InfoWars app, but didn’t receive a response by publishing time. We’ll update this story if we do.
As Buzzfeed News notes from Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, the first clause explicitly states “Apps should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste”:
1.1.1 Defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups, particularly if the app is likely to humiliate, intimidate, or place a targeted individual or group in harm’s way. Professional political satirists and humorists are generally exempt from this requirement.
Ultimately, most people can probably agree with Apple’s latest decision. Many were left scratching their heads after Jones’ podcasts were removed, but the app wasn’t.
Apple’s statement on not removing the InfoWars app in early August:
“We strongly support all points of view being represented on the App Store, as long as the apps are respectful to users with differing opinions, and follow our clear guidelines, ensuring the App Store is a safe marketplace for all. We continue to monitor apps for violations of our guidelines and if we find content that violates our guidelines and is harmful to users we will remove those apps from the store as we have done previously.”
The ball’s now in Google’s court. As of publishing time, the InfoWars app is still available for download in the Google Play Store for Android devices.
Will Google follow suit and take away another platform for Jones to distribute its conspiracy theories and fake news? It has a responsibility to do so.
Each week, Julie Chen will answer a few questions about the latest events in the Big Brother house.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Scottie gets voted out of the house, comes back in, and immediately gets voted out again. Is there anything he could have done differently to save himself this time? JULIE CHEN: If you go back in the House after winning the Battle Back competition, and you don’t have enough friends in the house to help protect and keep you, then you don’t have much chance. That’s what happened to Scottie.
So Brett finds out that the one person the jury seems to hate more than him is Angela. But instead of that making him think they she should bring her to the end, it makes him think he should vote her out. Can you explain that logic to me, Julie? Uh no, I can’t.
You had season 16 champ Derek on the show and he made the case that Kaycee is probably Tyler’s biggest competition in terms of winning this game. Do you agree? I do. She has won her fair share of competitions (including this week’s HOH) and she doesn’t have any enemies. She is a big threat. Plus, she would have the same friends as Tyler on the jury. But, unlike Tyler, she doesn’t have multiple final two deals. Sooner or later, Tyler will have to answer to all his final two people and explain how/why he did or did not honor each deal.
Now that Kaycee is the new HOH, what would be the best and worst move she could make as HOH? Best move is to target Tyler. Get rid of him now. But make it seem like that wasn’t her plan. Worst move, targeting Tyler. She would be hated and not trusted by her alliance.
Tropical Storm Florence, now spinning some 1,500 miles from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, appears headed for a direct hit somewhere along the East Coast next week as a major hurricane.
Meanwhile, the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Gordon will soak portions of the Midwest and East on Saturday and into Sunday, likely leading to widespread and dangerous flooding.
“Many areas in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana will continue to see a risk of flooding during the day Saturday,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Ryan Adamson. Some spots could see a half-foot of rain over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Over 50 million people live where a flood watch or warning is in effect, mainly in the Midwest and in Texas.
As for Florence, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that “gradual restrengthening is forecast over the weekend, and Florence is expected to become a hurricane again by Sunday and a major hurricane early next week.”
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency Friday evening. Cooper said it’s “too early” to know where the storm will go, but residents should use the weekend to prepare for the possibility of a natural disaster.
As of Saturday morning, Florence had winds of 65 mph and was moving to the west at 9 mph. The center of the storm was about 840 miles southeast of Bermuda.
Widespread Showers, Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding this weekend. River Flooding Sunday and next week. Turn Around Don’t Drown! #nwsind#INwxpic.twitter.com/pwBv8dRI1L
The latest forecast shows Florence nearing the U.S. East Coast as a Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds on Tuesday. A Category 4 hurricane can cause power outages that last for weeks to possibly months, the hurricane center said. If the hurricane makes landfall with those winds – which is possible but not certain – “most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.”
Heavy rain could also cause catastrophic flooding well inland from where the storm makes landfall, which is possible anywhere from Florida to New England, AccuWeather said.
The Weather Channel said that “all interests along the U.S. East Coast from Florida to New England should monitor closely the forecast of Florence. If you live in a hurricane-prone location, make sure you have a preparedness plan in place now, before any watches or warnings are issued.”
The hurricane center warned that “swells generated by Florence are affecting Bermuda and will reach portions of the U.S. East Coast over the weekend. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.”
Two other systems, Tropical Storm Helene and Tropical Depression Nine, are also spinning in central and eastern Pacific Ocean. While Helene may not affect land, the tropical depression is forecast to strengthen to Hurricane Isaac and potentially hit the Caribbean later next week.
The first thing Abigail Hernandez considered when she was kidnapped in 2013 was to figure out how to survive.
“I remember thinking to myself, ‘Okay, I got to work with this guy.’ I said (to him), ‘I don’t judge you for this. If you let me go, I won’t tell anybody about this,’” said Hernandez during an interview with ABC’s 20/20 that aired Friday.
Hernandez recounts walking home from school in Conway, New Hampshire when she was 14 years old. She said she accepted a ride from a man, later identified as Nathaniel Kibby.
Hernandez said she asked to be dropped off at a nearby restaurant, but Kibby instead drove to a Home Depot, pulled out a gun, and held her captive.
Kibby repeatedly sexually assaulted and tortured her, including using a stun gun on Hernandez.
“I remember I never said ‘amen’ in my mind,” Hernandez told 20/20. “I never wanted to end my prayers because I didn’t want God to leave me. I just really wanted to live.”
About nine months later, in July 2014, Hernandez was released by Kibby. Security footage from cameras at Hernandez’ home show the moment she returned to her family.
“I never thought it would happen to me, but I’m free,” Hernandez recounts thinking to herself once released by Kibby. “And I just walked home.”
Addiction stories might wind down different paths, but they only have two endings: Sobriety, or death. Beautiful Boy keeps you strung on that line for nearly all of its run time, and sometimes it feels less like a movie than an endurance test — one that’s lovingly, meticulously made but almost too much like real life: an impressionistic series of highs and lows, relapses and recoveries, without the necessary anchor of a cohesive arc.
Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) is a smart and sensitive teenager, no more or less obviously damaged than any child of divorce brought up in the bohemian privilege of Northern California’s Marin County. He loves music and surfing and drawing in his notebook, but nothing makes him feel like drugs do. First it’s weed, then cocaine, pills, and his kryptonite, crystal meth. Nic’s journalist father, David (Steve Carrell), approaches his son’s addiction like a problem he can solve by applying his skill set: ask questions, talk to experts, write it down. Nic can’t stop, though, and he can’t be fixed.
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It’s hard to imagine the movie, based on both Sheffs’ memoirs, working at all without Chalamet; He is beautiful — like a boy on a Grecian urn, with a crack running through it. And his performance feels both exquisitely calibrated and utterly lived in; alternately sweet and addled, furious and catatonic. He comes alive around his younger siblings, and seems to find himself again when he enrolls in college and meets a girl. But a bottle of a prescription pills in the bathroom at a dinner party is all it takes to send him off the ledge again, and as he stumbles in and out of hospitals and rehabs, the people that love him — his father, his mother (Amy Ryan), his stepmom (Maura Tierney) — turn from hope to triage, and despair.
The acting is uniformly excellent, and the movie looks almost disconcertingly great; with his indie-rock soundtrack and verdant, gorgeously shot landscapes, Belgian filmmaker Felix Van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown) oddly recalls the aesthetic of Jean Marc Vallée’s recent prestige miniseries Big Little Lies; except instead of Monterey and murder, it’s Marin and methamphetamine cooked in tablespoons. Even as the narrative meanders and doubles back, Carrell and Chalamet are too good not to make you care; in the end, though, Boy just wear you out. B
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