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‘The Sweet East’ review: Talia Ryder is exceptional in this satirically nihilistic look at American anarchy | Cannes

Ben Rolph May 20, 2023

The Safdie Brothers’ Good Time cinematographer Sean Price Williams returns to the Cannes Film Festival after last year’s Funny Pages premiere but this time as... Read More

‘The Zone of Interest’ review: Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz-set drama is monumental in its representation of the seen and unseen horror of the Holocaust | Cannes

Savina Petkova May 20, 2023

Exactly ten years after the singular sci-fi achievement that was Under the Skin, writer-director Jonathan Glazer is back in Cannes’ Main Competition with a new,... Read More

‘The New Boy’ review: Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid stun in Warwick Thornton’s spiritually dense Aboriginal fable | Cannes

Ali Benzekri May 20, 2023

Australian director Warwick Thornton lets you know from the beginning that the Aboriginal boy (a mesmerizing Aswan Reid), who arrives at a remote monastery, is... Read More

Interview: Riley Keough reflects on ‘Daisy Jones and the Six,’ putting in the work and winning the Caméra d’Or on her birthday

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Riley Keough reflects on ‘Daisy Jones and the Six,’ putting in the work and winning the Caméra d’Or on her birthday

Nicole Ackman May 19, 2023

Much like her character Daisy Jones, Riley Keough is not the muse; she’s the somebody. The Amazon television series Daisy Jones and the Six transported... Read More

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ review: Harrison Ford says farewell in this nostalgic, thrilling final chapter | Cannes

Ben Rolph May 19, 2023

Taking the reins from Steven Spielberg is no easy feat, but James Mangold proves that he’s up for the task with this adventurous fifth and... Read More

‘Occupied City’ review: Steve McQueen’s documentary feature debut is an ambitious, if overlong, account of occupied Amsterdam | Cannes

Ben Rolph May 18, 2023

Steve McQueen is back with his first film since Small Axe, part of his extremely ambitious 5-film anthology series. His documentary feature debut Occupied City,... Read More

Shut up and drive: ‘The Fast and the Furious’ franchise ranked

Zachary Laws May 18, 2023

Has there ever been a franchise more critic-proof than The Fast and the Furious? What started as the story of undercover LAPD officer Brian O’Conner... Read More

Christopher Manning set for James Ivory feature documentary, with interviews from Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter and more

Erik Anderson May 18, 2023

Documentary short and narrative short filmmaker Christopher Manning (Jamie, Isha, Nowhere) will make his feature directorial debut with James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty,... Read More

Interview: Tied up and tied down with ‘Sanctuary’ director Zachary Wigon

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Tied up and tied down with ‘Sanctuary’ director Zachary Wigon

Daniel Bayer May 18, 2023

Creativity fascinates Zachary Wigon. “I love reading books about creativity and how it functions. It’s so interesting and so mysterious.” In the eight years since... Read More

‘Monster’ review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s return to Japan is a nuanced morality tale | Cannes

Ben Rolph May 18, 2023

Monster marks the seventh in-competition film at Cannes for Hirokazu Kore-eda, who directed last year’s tender Korean film Broker. Back in his native Japan, Kore-eda... Read More

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