In her new film, “Bonjour Tristesse,” and in her writing, the director Durga Chew-Bose knows how to create an atmosphere. By Lindsay Gellman It was a Thursday night in early May, and Durga ...

director Durga Chew-Bose announces herself as one of the great contemporary image-makers. For anyone who’s fitfully torn through the pages of Chew-Bose’s 2017 essay collection, “Too Much and ...

“I’ve been young for so long, and so old for longer.” — Durga Chew-Bose, from Too Much and Not the Mood (2017) “Certain phrases fascinate me with their subtle implications, even though I may not ...

In one of the most evocative scenes in Durga Chew-Bose’s new film adaptation of Bonjour Tristesse, 18-year-old Cécile, played by Lily McInerny, is sitting on the kitchen floor, having a ...

Bose’s intoxicating, ASMR-worthy adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s cult 1954 novel. Now, they’re basically best mates.

Durga Chew-Bose boldly reimagines a work once adapted by Otto Preminger in her beguiling first film set on the French Riviera. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

This coolly transgressive text is now the basis of a remarkable 2024 adaptation, transposed into the French Riviera of today by Montreal-based essayist Durga Chew-Bose (Too Much and Not the Mood).

Durga Chew-Bose, a journalist and writer known for the 2017 book “Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays,” makes her directorial debut with the film. It’s a modernized adaptation of French writer ...

In the case of Canadian writer-director Durga Chew-Bose’s confidently composed debut feature, the answer is both yes and not quite. Some backdrops and scenarios are sturdy enough to keep their ...

In one of the most evocative scenes in Durga Chew-Bose’s new film adaptation of Bonjour Tristesse, 18-year-old Cécile, played by Lily McInerny, is sitting on the kitchen floor, having a ...