The worst thing about Donald Trump is that he’s everywhere. It’s impossible to turn on the news or access the internet without encountering headlines about him, along with the endless raging dissection of those headlines. Conversations unintentionally drift in his direction. He’s also infected pop culture, coloring the criticism of every new release. Any movie about the immigrant experience, sexuality, medical access, women, young people, politics, or the general resistance of prejudice or oppression becomes a bold and necessary stand “in the age of Trump.” When Green Room premiered at Cannes in May 2015, it felt like a dark fantasy adventure. But by the time it arrived in US theaters a year later, critics saw it as a timely parable...
