Cannes Review: ‘I Lost My Body’
Jérémy Clapin’s film is a unique, inventive if slightly undercooked, animated gem In his debut animated feature, Jérémy Clapin goes for a dark, uncompromising and... Read More
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Review: ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ is nostalgic and fun, but not much else
In all honesty, Pokémon Detective Pikachu is exactly what you’d expect from a modern live-action Pokémon film, and will certainly divide audiences – it isn’t... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Pedro Almodóvar’s magnum opus
Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film is a masterpiece that balances the personal with the relatable How do you make a film about yourself? Perhaps the better... Read More
Cannes Review: Jessica Hausner’s ‘Little Joe’ is engaging, haunting and reflective
Jessica Hausner’s atmospheric new film is an engaging, if somewhat lacking, work Part-thriller, part-drama, Little Joe features excellent technical credits, an intriguing script but lacks... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Sorry We Missed You’
Ken Loach’s latest film is a deceptively simple yet shattering and a step up from I, Daniel Blake Did you ever stop to think about... Read More
Review: ‘Booksmart’ is one of the year’s best films
Just when you think you didn’t need another ‘last night of high school before graduation’ movie, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart comes along and bursts through as... Read More
2019 Emmys: Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Television Movie
Starting in the early aughts, fed up with limited roles for women over 40 (nonetheless over 50), television has become a respite from Knowing Aunts... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Atlantics’ (Atlantique) is beautiful, painful and poetic
Mati Diop’s film, the first in competition feature for a black woman at Cannes, is as poetic as it is urgent Few films possess this... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘And Then We Danced’ is a brave, urgent and revolutionary statement
Director Levan Akin confronts Georgia’s (former USSR/Eastern Europe) conservative, moralising, antiquated attitude towards sexual freedom, the masculine tradition and gay love with an aggressive fervour.... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Rocketman’
Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic is an entertaining if imperfect film with a fantastic performance from Taron Egerton Certain to draw comparisons to worldwide box... Read More
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with Record-Tying 14 
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Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Leads, Followed by ‘Nobody Wants This’ 
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12