'The Chronology of Water' Review: Kristen Stewart's Expansive, Evocative Work of Cinematic Poetry

Actors turning to directing is nothing new, but it's unlikely you've seen a performer's directorial debut as boldly confident and emotionally precise as Kristen Stewart's "The Chronology of Water." Where other performers have stuck to what they were familiar with from past roles or even cast themselves in key parts for their first film behind the camera, Stewart does neither. This is no safe vanity project, but one of immense passion that she has been trying to get made for the better part of a decade. We can now be glad she did; this is a formally ambitious and raw vision that . . .