Film Reviews

Cannes Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Pedro Almodóvar’s magnum opus

Antonio Banderas and Nora Navas in Pain and Glory (Image Credit : Manolo Pavón) Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film is a… Read More

May 18, 2019

Cannes Review: Jessica Hausner’s ‘Little Joe’ is engaging, haunting and reflective

Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw in Little Joe (courtesy The Cannes Film Festival) Jessica Hausner’s atmospheric new film is an… Read More

May 18, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Sorry We Missed You’

Katie Proctor and Kris Hitchen in Sorry We Missed You (Image Credit : Joss Barratt) Ken Loach’s latest film is… Read More

May 17, 2019

Review: ‘Booksmart’ is one of the year’s best films

Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein in Olivia Wilde's Booksmart (Annapurna Pictures) Just when you think you didn’t need another ‘last… Read More

May 17, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Atlantics’ (Atlantique) is beautiful, painful and poetic

Image Credit : Les Films du Bal - Cinekap - FraKas - Arte France Cinéma- Canal Plus Mati Diop’s film,… Read More

May 17, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘And Then We Danced’ is a brave, urgent and revolutionary statement

Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Director Levan Akin confronts Georgia's (former USSR/Eastern Europe) conservative, moralising, antiquated attitude towards sexual freedom,… Read More

May 17, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Rocketman’

Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard and Richard Madden glam it up in 'Rocketman' Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic is an… Read More

May 17, 2019

Cannes Review take two: ‘Les Misérables’ is “one of the most timely and urgent films of the year”

Les Misérables (Image Credit : SRAB Films - Rectangle Productions - Lyly films) Ladj Ly’s debut feature is a stunning,… Read More

May 16, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Bull’ has good intentions but feels all too familiar

Amber Havard and Rob Morgan in Bull from Annie Silverstein (photo: Cannes Film Festival) First time feature director Annie Silverstein… Read More

May 16, 2019

Review: ‘Her Smell’ is a postmodern masterpiece with an indelible performance by Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss burns up the screen in Alex Ross Perry's Her Smell (photo: Don Stahl) Alex Ross Perry makes films… Read More

May 16, 2019

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