Film Reviews

‘How to Have Sex’ review: Molly Manning Walker’s sensational, high-energy debut an equally urgent cautionary tale of consent | Cannes

If asked to describe How to Have Sex in one word, the answer, however strange, comes easily in the form… Read More

May 22, 2023

‘The Little Mermaid’ review: Halle Bailey’s star-making performance saves the latest Disney live-action remake from floundering

In his 1836 fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen states that "mermaids do not have tears, and therefore,… Read More

May 22, 2023

‘May December’ review: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore make a meal out of Todd Haynes’ delicious story of infamy and obsession | Cannes

In 2015, Todd Haynes came to Cannes to premiere Carol that received rave reviews and an instant cult classic treatment.… Read More

May 21, 2023

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ review: Martin Scorsese’s true American crime story of greed, murder and love may be his most empathetic | Cannes

The biggest event of Cannes this year is the return of Martin Scorsese, 38 years after After Hours. The expectations… Read More

May 20, 2023

‘The Sweet East’ review: Talia Ryder is exceptional in this satirically nihilistic look at American anarchy | Cannes

The Safdie Brothers’ Good Time cinematographer Sean Price Williams returns to the Cannes Film Festival after last year’s Funny Pages… Read More

May 20, 2023

‘The Zone of Interest’ review: Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz-set drama is monumental in its representation of the seen and unseen horror of the Holocaust | Cannes

Exactly ten years after the singular sci-fi achievement that was Under the Skin, writer-director Jonathan Glazer is back in Cannes’… Read More

May 20, 2023

‘The New Boy’ review: Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid stun in Warwick Thornton’s spiritually dense Aboriginal fable | Cannes

Australian director Warwick Thornton lets you know from the beginning that the Aboriginal boy (a mesmerizing Aswan Reid), who arrives… Read More

May 20, 2023

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ review: Harrison Ford says farewell in this nostalgic, thrilling final chapter | Cannes

Taking the reins from Steven Spielberg is no easy feat, but James Mangold proves that he’s up for the task… Read More

May 19, 2023

‘Occupied City’ review: Steve McQueen’s documentary feature debut is an ambitious, if overlong, account of occupied Amsterdam | Cannes

Steve McQueen is back with his first film since Small Axe, part of his extremely ambitious 5-film anthology series. His… Read More

May 18, 2023

‘Monster’ review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s return to Japan is a nuanced morality tale | Cannes

Monster marks the seventh in-competition film at Cannes for Hirokazu Kore-eda, who directed last year’s tender Korean film Broker. Back… Read More

May 18, 2023

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