“I think I deserve a good death,” Martha laments to her friend and fellow writer Ingrid in “The Room Next Door,” a film fixated on the end — of a life, of a relationship, maybe even of the planet ...

Sigrid Nunez on and off the big screen. Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed? Introducing his ...

Pedro Almodóvar’s moving drama stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as friends facing mortality together. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...