Andrea Riseborough is one of the most fascinating actors working today. Much like Tilda Swinton, Riseborough seamlessly moves from one genre to the next, always giving a fantastic performance that’s unlike anything she did before, or does after. Though she’s had a horror-heavy year, having starred in “The Grudge” remake, and in the recent “Possessor” Riseborough’s latest, the romantic drama “Luxor,” finally has a trailer.

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It can be difficult to sew old wounds closed when surrounded by relics of the past, especially in a time when human decency appears to be crumbling, as we wake up to more news stories of monstrous terror with every sunrise. Zeina Durra’s meditative PTSD romance, “Luxor,” moves at the deliberate, leisurely pace of a deep breathing exercise meant to alleviate stress.

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“Luxor” feels at home between films such as Kogonada’s discourse poem “Columbus” and Mia Hansen-Løve’s underseen “Maya,” featuring stretches of quiet contemplation and conversations of intimate reflection.

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Academy snubs be damned, 2019 was a spectacular end to a decade of outstanding films directed by women. Joanna Hogg reinvented visual memoir with “The Souvenir,” Lulu Wang challenged American conceptions of family and death in “The Farewell,” and Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” adaptation upended one of the most iconic American novels by and about a woman.

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