Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival Atlantique, the first feature from director Mati Diop is a cinematic puzzle worth putting together. Move all the pieces to the proper place and discover a clever story with a strong message that will fill its audience with hope. However, getting to the conclusion can be tough. The film starts in Dakar with Souleimane …
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Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas and Xavier Dolan in Matthias and Maxime (Photo: Shayne Laverdiere) Xavier Dolan’s latest is cluttered, uneven but well-intentioned film about repressed love In his follow-up to a string of negatively received films (It Must Be The End of the World and The Death and Life of John F. Donovan), Xavier Dolan’s latest is a step-up from his …
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Parasite (Photo : 2019 CJ ENM Corporation, Barunson E&A) Joon-ho Bong delivers the best film of the Cannes Film Festival so far Known for his genre-twisting work, Joon-ho Bong is a director that never operates within a comfort zone. From sci-fi monsters to dramas and comedies, he is one of the world’s most inventive filmmakers today. With Parasite, he delivers …
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Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) leaps into action in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival) Quentin Tarantino’s latest is a delicious, subversive and audacious takedown of Hollywood In one of his most nuanced, poignant and entertaining films to date, Quentin Tarantino creates a film that shows Hollywood’s true colors while managing to be entertaining …
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Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lux Æterna (© Gaspar Noé) Is Gaspar Noé’s Lux Æterna a big middle finger to the Time’s Up/Me Too movement? Or is it his way of being woke to the plight of women in the film industry? Knowing how Noé operates, it could be one, both, or neither. As one of the most apathetic …
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Isabelle Huppert and Jérémie Renier in Frankie (Image Credit : 2019 Photo Guy Ferrandis / SBS Productions) Ira Sachs’ latest is a hollow yet picturesque film on a decaying star In his follow-up to Little Men, Ira Sachs delivers a picturesque but hollow film that features talky scenes combined with postcard-like scenes of the beautiful town of Sintra in Portugal. …
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Leyna Bloom as Wye in Port Authority (Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival) I grew up slightly outside the New York City ball and vogue scene with the likes of legends like Kevin Aviance, Leiomy, Pony Blanik, and Kassandra Ebony. Imagine my excitement when I heard director Danielle Lessovitz new movie Port Authority was competing in Uncertain Regard at Cannes. …
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Asif Kapadia’s new documentary is an engrossing portrayal of a football legend One of the most interesting documentary filmmakers working today, Asif Kapadia has built quite the name of himself, taking iconic figures in public life and showing audiences their most vulnerable, intimate and private moments that define who they were behind the camera. Whether it’s Ayrton Senna or Amy …
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(Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival) Robert Eggers follows up The Witch by crafting The Lighthouse, a sublimely nightmarish tale about madness and solitude Few thrillers will draw you in and hypnotize you as much as Robert Eggers’ new film, The Lighthouse. Shot in 35mm black and white and in the classic Academy ratio, it features only two characters wrestling …
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Image Credit : Iris Productions Terrence Malick’s latest is a magnetic, contemplative and epic film that asks big, timely questions coupled with fantastic technical credits and performances A return to form of some sorts after a couple minor films, A Hidden Life has the same feel as The Tree of Life. Contemplative, sobering, atmospheric and gorgeously shot, this is a …
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