Hearts of Glass: Hadžihalilović Casts a Wintry Spell

A chilly scene of winter unfolds in La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower) at a glacial pace, content with shattering itself into pieces for those desiring to get anywhere near it. The fourth feature from Lucile Hadžihalilović bears all the earmarks of her previous features, all pregnant with an ambiguous menace while its anxious characters use each other for reasons almost too obscure until it’s too late to avoid something terrible. Her latest venture is a reunion with Marion Cotillard, who headlined Hadžihalilović’s first feature, Innocence (2004), about an all girls’ school where the children are being groomed for a sinister purpose.…...