Cannes Film Festival

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

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

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’Cannes Review: ‘Rocketman’

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

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

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
Cannes Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a technical marvel and a breathtaking debutCannes Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a technical marvel and a breathtaking debut

Cannes Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a technical marvel and a breathtaking debut

Les Misérables (photo credit: SRAB Films - Rectangle Productions - Lyly films) Ladj Ly’s supremely confident debut feature recalls the… Read More

May 16, 2019
Cannes Review: ‘Bacurau’Cannes Review: ‘Bacurau’

Cannes Review: ‘Bacurau’

Bacurau (Photo: Victor Jucá) For Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho, Bacurau is a step down from Filho’s masterful Aquarius… Read More

May 16, 2019
Cannes Review take 2: ‘The Dead Don’t Die’Cannes Review take 2: ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Cannes Review take 2: ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Tilda Swinton in The Dead Don't Die (photo courtesy of Cannes Film Festival) Jim Jarmusch’s most commercial film to date… Read More

May 15, 2019
Cannes Review: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’Cannes Review: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Cannes Review: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny and Adam Driver do some zombie killin' in The Dead Don't Die Much like the zombies… Read More

May 15, 2019
Cannes Review: ‘The Unknown Saint’ (‘Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu’)Cannes Review: ‘The Unknown Saint’ (‘Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu’)

Cannes Review: ‘The Unknown Saint’ (‘Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu’)

'The Unknown Saint' ('Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu') Courtesy of Le Moindre Geste Alaa Eldin Aljem’s debut feature is the… Read More

May 15, 2019