‘Saltburn’ Review: A Vicious ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ Knockoff From the Director of ‘Promising Young Woman’

‘Saltburn’ Review: Barry Keoghan Lusts After Jacob Elordi’s Life in Amusingly Ridiculous Take on ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’

Emerald Fennell's follow-up to "Promising Young Woman" is another candied provocation whose imagery is more effective than its ideas.

‘Saltburn’ Review: A Vicious ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ Knockoff From the Director of ‘Promising Young Woman’

It’s the moment of truth for Emerald Fennell, whose “Promising Young Woman” established the actor-turned-auteur (last seen playing pregnant doll Midge in “Barbie”) as a formidable new filmmaking talent. Building on the barbed sensibility she established with “Killing Eve,” the writer-director’s zeitgeist-throttling feature debut lured audiences like a bright red candy apple, leaving them with […]