Cinema

Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman star in the intoxicating new psychodrama from Todd Haynes (Carol, Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine, Safe).  

At 36, Gracie (Moore) had an affair with 13-year-old schoolboy Joe, earning herself a jail sentence and the collective ire of the whole country. 20-plus years and three children later, however, Gracie and Joe (Charles Melton) are still together. But when Hollywood actress Elizabeth (Portman) visits them to research her role as Gracie in a film about their past, they buckle under the pressure, and troubling similarities and differences between Elizabeth and Gracie begin to ebb and flow. 

A thrillingly campy, seductive and discomfiting watch, loosely inspired by the real-life story of Mary Kay Letourneau, May December explores identity, authenticity, and the impossibility of fully understanding another person.