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Interview: How Rupert Friend put a mirror up to real life controversy in ‘Anatomy of a Scandal’ [VIDEO]

Abe Friedtanzer May 27, 2022

It’s hard to find a politician these days who hasn’t been embroiled in an affair or other problematic development that puts their ability to do... Read More

Cannes Review: Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn set their love ablaze in Claire Denis’ steamy Nicaragua-set romance ‘Stars at Noon’ [Grade: A]

Savina Petkova May 27, 2022

Trish (Margaret Qualley) is a journalist whose press card is being revoked and her stay in Nicaragua compromised, and her way of making ends meet... Read More

‘Fire Island’ review: Escape to a Never-Never Land full of tea and sympathy in the year’s funniest and sexiest queer rom-com [Grade: A-]

Film Reviews

‘Fire Island’ review: Escape to a Never-Never Land full of tea and sympathy in the year’s funniest and sexiest queer rom-com [Grade: A-]

Nick Ruhrkraut May 27, 2022

Fire Island is a bright celebration of what friendship stands for: sharing laughs and creating fond memories with your best Judys through thick and thin.... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Elvis’ is a terrible yet wildly entertaining biopic featuring a brilliant titular performance by Austin Butler [Grade: C+]

Adam Solomons May 26, 2022

A fiercely conventional biopic with all the musical analysis of a Spotify playlist, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is, more often than not, an affront to cinema.... Read More

Cannes Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ is a tender story of chosen families led by a beguiling performance from Lee Ji-eun [Grade: A+]

Ben Rolph May 26, 2022

Cannes favourite Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, has returned to the Cote d’Azur-set film festival with another winner, titled Broker.... Read More

One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]

Retrospective

One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]

Veronica Phillips May 26, 2022

Bo Burnham: Inside is premised upon both a literal and artistic isolation; a one-man special created in a backyard shed, written, directed, edited, and filmed... Read More

Interview: O-T Fagbenle on playing the bad guy in ‘WeCrashed’ and the President in ‘The First Lady’ [VIDEO]

Interviews (Film)

Interview: O-T Fagbenle on playing the bad guy in ‘WeCrashed’ and the President in ‘The First Lady’ [VIDEO]

Abe Friedtanzer May 26, 2022

Before 2022, O-T Fagbenle was most well-known in the United States for his portrayal of Luke on The Handmaid’s Tale, a role that earned him... Read More

Cannes Review: Mark Jenkin’s Cornish thriller ‘Enys Men’ is an unnerving, off-beat experimental horror unlike any other [Grade: B+]

Ben Rolph May 26, 2022

Born and raised in Cornwall, England, writer-director Mark Jenkin continues to draw on his local, beloved surroundings with his sophomore film, Enys Men, which premiered... Read More

Sony Pictures Classics acquires ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ director Sylvain Chomet’s animated ‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’

Erik Anderson May 25, 2022

Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired all rights in all media in North America, Latin America, Scandinavia, Middle East, Israel, India, Italy, and... Read More

Cannes Review: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s English-language debut ‘The Silent Twins’ is a bewitching ode to female kinship [Grade: A+]

Savina Petkova May 25, 2022

Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska returns to Cannes four years after her Fugue premiered in Semaine de la Critique (aka Critics Week), bringing the flair from... Read More

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