Shot between his directing Alicia Vikander in “Firebrand” and Kristen Stewart in “Rosebushpruning,” “Motel Destino,” which bows in Cannes Competition on May 22, can be seen as a return ...

Slow like honey and heavy with mood — to quote Fiona Apple, though she left out the relevant descriptors “oozy” and “sticky” — “Motel Destino” is correspondingly light on plot ...

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Two young men fight playfully on a beach surrounded by rocky hills in the opening moments of Karim Aïnouz’s Motel Destino, their tanned bodies glistening under ...

Motel Destino, directed by Karim Aïnouz, begins with a burst of energy and intrigue, setting up a promising neo-noir thriller set against the vibrant backdrop of Northeastern Brazil. The film ...

Karim Aïnouz is following up his 2023 English ... For his second consecutive Cannes premiere, Aïnouz helmed erotic thriller “Motel Destino” which will screen in competition at the festival.

Love, sex, power and violence are once again all part of Karim Aïnouz’s latest film, “Motel Destino,” just as they were with his previous, “Firebrand,” even if they are set worlds apart.

Karim Aïnouz has begun the Brazil shoot of erotic thriller Motel Destino, in a return to his roots after English-language drama Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. The new feature ...

Karim Aïnouz is not quite the man you would ... the sordidly incoming Motel Destino. That is a silly thing to say. Many are the horror directors who chortle over hot chocolate.

In the vivid, neon-soaked world of love motels, or places of sexual exchange, Karim Aïnouz’s “Motel Destino” emerges as a striking exploration of desire and desperation. Premiering at the ...

Welcome to the Motel Destino, which may be some distance from ... the run-down roadside sex den that houses most of Karim Aïnouz’s Olympically horny new film isn’t so much a palace of ...