The psychological drama “After the Hunt,” which is having its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival, begins at a Yale University cocktail party. movie review

AFTER THE HUNT

Running time: 139 minutes. Rated R (language, sexual content). In theaters Oct. 10.

Windbag academics lounge on a couch, debate philosophy and discuss their dissertations. Booze is binged.

Yet director Luca Guadagnino’s movie starring Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri can, at times, feel rather late to the party.

It’s a “he said, she said” MeToo story that unfolds on a college campus that’s grappling with the usual culture-war battles over race and pronouns.

Gen Z’s “triggers” are brought up derisively by Roberts’ Arctic-cold Gen X professor Alma. The script presses hot buttons that have turned warm

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