‘Memoria’ review: Tilda Swinton investigates an eerie mystery in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s slow-burning epic [Cannes Review]
It starts with a bang. Not the metaphorical, head-first into action kind of bang — not that you would ever expect that from an Apichatpong... Read More
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‘Blue Bayou’ review: Justin Chon’s stunning portrait of immigration and what it means to be an “American” [Cannes Review]
What does it mean to be an American? The question reverberates throughout every frame of Blue Bayou, the new film from Ms. Purple and Gook... Read More
‘Red Rocket’ review: Simon Rex puts the come in comeback in Sean Baker’s nuanced Trump country exposé [Cannes Review]
Perhaps even more so than The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s financial and ideological investment in celluloid film pays off in Red Rocket. His latest film,... Read More
‘Titane’ review: Julia Ducournau revs up the body horror in her masterfully audacious follow-up to ‘Raw’ [Cannes Review]
How do you solve a problem like talking about Titane? Julia Ducournau’s film is best seen blind. Really, if you haven’t watched it, you should... Read More
‘La Traviata, My Brothers & I’ review: Yohan Manca’s winsome family drama is a winning debut feature [Cannes Review]
After a year off, Cannes has returned with a lineup that’s an embarrassment of riches, seemingly designed to make even the most jaded cinephile feel... Read More
‘JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass’ is a dense and detailed return to the conspiracy 30 years after Oliver Stone’s masterpiece [Cannes Review]
In the 30 years since JFK made global headlines for its excoriation of the military-industrial complex – and garnered eight Oscar nominations for its trouble... Read More
‘The French Dispatch’ review: Wes Anderson dials up the quirk in anthological homage to journalism [Cannes Review]
“The New Yorker will be the magazine not published for the old lady in Dubuque,” editor Harold W. Ross wrote in the founding prospectus for... Read More
‘Bergman Island’ review: A Mia Hansen-Løve letter on filmmaking with stellar performances from Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth and Mia Wasikowska [Cannes Review]
Mia Hansen-Løve’s directorial style seems to be less about style or genre and more about mood. Her 2018 travelogue romance film Maya had very little... Read More
‘The Worst Person in the World’ review: Joachim Trier’s flirtatious love story might be the best film at Cannes [Cannes Review]
The kind of movie which reminds you just how beguiling top-tier cinema can be, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World is a triumph.... Read More
‘Benedetta’ review: Praise be, Paul Verhoeven’s silly and sizzling hot nun summer is here [Cannes Review]
“We’re all entitled to a sin,” one nun confesses to her attentive Sister Benedetta (Virginie Efira). And sin she indeed does, so much so that... Read More
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