In “ The Ugly Stepsister ,” an impressively gruesome feature debut from Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt (now in theaters), the titular character is Elvira (Lea Myren), the eldest child of ...

Long the woman-behind-the-man, Bernadette Chirac (Catherine Deneuve) arrives at the presidential Elysée Palace in 1995 frustrated and all but cast off by her newly elected husband, Jacques (Michel ...