‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut Is a Stirring Drama of Abuse and Salvation, Told With Poetic Passion

Imogen Poots seizes the screen as Lidia Yuknavitch, who embraces swimming and sex and drugs and anger, all to make herself whole.

I’m always up for a movie directed by an actor I love. Often, that actor will turn out be good at directing other actors, and building a serviceable movie around that, and that’s about it. Yet there’s still an adventure involved when you feel like you really know an actor. I went into “The Chronology of Water,” the first movie directed by Kristen Stewart, with a heightened curiosity and a heightened hope. I’ve long felt that she’s a great actor and a great star. What would she reveal as a filmmaker?

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