Lovers and other strangers

Is May December an obfuscation or a mystery?

A well-known actress visits a notorious woman to study her for a part in a biographical film. It’s a good premise for a movie but I know several people – many of them Todd Hayes fans – who seem baffled by his new movie on the subject, May December. I’m not sure about it myself, but I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it for two days, and I think …