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‘Woman and Child’ Review: Saeed Roustaee’s Iranian Mother Melodrama Finds a Family Torn Part [A-] Cannes

Martin Tsai May 23, 2025

In spite of Iran’s excessively punitive stifling of artistic expression, its filmmakers continue to knock it out of the park even at the risk of... Read More

‘Alpha’ Review: Julia Ducournau’s AIDS Allegory Crumbles Under the Weight of its Repetitive Self-Importance [D-] Cannes

Ryan McQuade May 22, 2025

Four years ago, a tidal wave hit cinema with Julia Ducournau’s second feature film, Titane. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 100 – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ (Peter Jackson, 2002)

Ryan McQuade May 22, 2025

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More

Light the Fuse: Ranking the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise

Ryan McQuade May 22, 2025

For nearly thirty years, audiences around the world have watched one man accept impossible missions while performing ridiculous stunts to save the world from a... Read More

2025 Cannes Critics Week Winners: ‘A Useful Ghost,’ ‘Left-Handed Girl’

Erik Anderson May 22, 2025

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A Useful Ghost, a fable about a man who discovers his wife has been reincarnated in their vacuum cleaner, has won the Critics... Read More

46th Annual Sports Emmys Wins Lady Gaga Her First Ever Emmy Award

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46th Annual Sports Emmys Wins Lady Gaga Her First Ever Emmy Award

Erik Anderson May 21, 2025

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Roy Wood Jr., award-winning... Read More

‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025) Review: Nostalgia Can Only Carry So Far But Stitch Remains a Lovable Rascal [C+]

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025) Review: Nostalgia Can Only Carry So Far But Stitch Remains a Lovable Rascal [C+]

Jay Ledbetter May 20, 2025

To call the flood of Disney’s live-action remakes of their animated classics cynical would be far, far too generous. Words like “scourge,” “artistically bankrupt,” and... Read More

‘Renoir’ Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Gentle Coming of Age Story Gives Way to a Powerful Debut Performance from Yui Suzuki [C+] Cannes

Ben Rolph May 19, 2025

Director Chie Hayakawa’s sophomore feature, after 2022’s Plan 75, sees her pivot from telling a futuristic story about euthanasia to a past-set coming-of-age tale. Renoir... Read More

‘Eddington’ Review: No Country for Men, Women or Children [B+] Cannes

Erik Anderson May 19, 2025

You know that feeling, even in 2025, when you hear someone cough in any environment how it triggers a kneejerk response? It’s impossible to not... Read More

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Wes Anderson’s Latest Explores the Meaning of Legacy and Features a Superb Breakthrough Performance from Mia Threapleton [A-] Cannes

Ryan McQuade May 19, 2025

Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, starts off with a bang. No literally it does, as we find Anatole “Zsa-zsa” Korda (Benicio del Toro),... Read More

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