Reporting from New York — Michael Fassbender tensed up for the briefest instant when the topic of his relationship with Alicia Vikander, both his co-star and his girlfriend, arose. Then he relaxed and ...

If I didn’t know better, I would have sworn The Light Between Oceans was based on an old novel by Thomas Hardy or someone of his era who wrote this kind of intensely dramatic, almost soapy stories, ...

The Light Between Oceans is the end-of-summer romance you need in your life. The film stars real life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander as Tom Sherbourne and Isabel Graysmark, a young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “dark,” when applied to filmmaking, has become a rather neutral description, because it can mean so many different things ...

“The Light Between Oceans” is easily one of the year’s most visually stunning films. Ironically, it’s also one of the most difficult to watch. The big screen adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s novel is as ...

Blue Valentine, writer-director Derek Cianfrance’s second feature film, struck me on its release in 2010 as one of the most exciting breakthroughs from a young American filmmaker in years. Cianfrance ...

For writer-director Derek Cianfrance, the epiphany struck as he neared the final pages of M.L. Stedman’s novel “The Light Between Oceans” riding on a subway car clattering through the darkness deep ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

The Light Between Oceans, under the skilled guidance of writer-director Derek Cianfrance, is a mesmerizing, engrossing and beautifully made cinematic experience, rare as a pink unicorn, that enchants ...

The Reelist is a column featuring Kristen Page-Kirby’s musings on movies. To read Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday’s review of “The Light Between Oceans,” click here. I wanted four kids. But ...