‘Flies’ Review: Family Crisis Disrupts a Woman’s Solitude in Fernando Eimbcke’s Lovely, Lingering Charmer

It’s a reliable arthouse rule of thumb that putting any scrappily appealing kid in the path of any sour, set-in-their-ways adult character will eventually yield a thaw — and, if the filmmakers get the tone just right, a full-waterworks crowdpleaser in the vein of “Cinema Paradiso,” “Kolya” or “Central Station.” The fifth feature from stylish […]

By Guy Lodge