‘Sheep in a Box’ Review: Koreeda’s Take on the AI-ification of Humanity Feels a Bit Soulless [C] Cannes
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes competition entry, Sheep in the Box — in which grieving parents adopt an A.I. replica of their dead child — invites inevitable... Read More
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Fatherland Review: Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler are Sensational in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Transcendent Chamber Piece [A-] Cannes
In Thomas Mann’s final novel, “Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by A Friend,” the Nobel Prize-winning writer repositions... Read More
‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude Dissects Bourgeois Rot Through Formal Mischief and Corrosive Irony [A] Cannes
Octave Mirbeau’s seminal 1900 novel, The Diary of a Chambermaid, has been adapted for the screen five separate times: by M. Martov in 1916, Jean... Read More
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: I Saw the Twin Peaks Glow [A-] Cannes
When watching a film by director Jane Schoenbrun, one can’t help but dive back into their own past. As their protagonist Kris (Hannah Einbinder) explains... Read More
‘Nagi Notes’ Review: Kôji Fukada’s Gentle Examination of Intimate, Small Town Relationships Pays Off for Those with Patience [A-] Cannes
Kôji Fukada has spent the past two decades quietly consolidating his place in world cinema, advancing by increments from the sidebars to the main slates... Read More
‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor’s Tender Romance is a Silver Dagger to the Heart [A-] Cannes
“My grandfather once said that happiness isn’t a story.” In the traditional folk song “Silver Dagger,” the lyrics go “All men are false, says my... Read More
2025 Cannes Film Festival Reviews: ‘Eleanor the Great,’ ‘Miroirs No. 3,’ ‘A Pale View of Hills,’ ‘The Richest Woman in the World,’ and ‘Vie Privée’
In my final set of reviews from the 78th Cannes Film Festival, we’re taking a look at five films from three of the Festival’s sidebar... Read More
2025 Cannes Film Festival Reviews: ‘Enzo,’ ‘Urchin,’ ‘Pillion’
From boys to men, these three films look at a teen’s coming out, a man’s struggle with his darkest demons and two men who find... Read More
‘Nouvelle Vague (New Wave)’ Review: Richard Linklater Channels His Inner French Cinephile with Impeccably ‘Breathless’ Recreation [A-] Cannes
“The best way to criticize a film is to make one.” Jean-Luc Godard’s famous quote, among many others, finds its way early in Nouvelle Vague... Read More
‘Young Mothers’ Review: The Dardennes Mine Emotional Trauma and Resilience of Teen Motherhood [B-] Cannes
Belgian brothers in both blood and cinema, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have long been masters of portraying the gritty realities of working-class life in their... Read More
‘The Death of Robin Hood’ Review: Gritty Take on the Folk Legend Takes Rich Text and Makes it Poor [C-] 
Daddy Issues, Aliens, Sharks, and Nazi Hunters: Ranking Our 15 Favorite Steven Spielberg Films 
Interview: Leslie Bibb Straps In to Talk About Her Hilarious Guest Spot on the Final Season of ‘Hacks’ 
Make it a Double Feature: ‘Breaking Fast’ and ‘Flee’