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Cannes Review: ‘Atlantics’ (Atlantique) is beautiful, painful and poetic

Mina Takla May 17, 2019

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

Jack King May 17, 2019

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’

Mina Takla May 17, 2019

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

TV Recap: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Series Finale

Catherine Springer May 16, 2019

There’s always been something that bugged me about The Big Bang Theory. Although I have always loved the show and have watched it since the... Read More

Cannes Review take two: ‘Les Misérables’ is “one of the most timely and urgent films of the year”

Mina Takla May 16, 2019

Ladj Ly’s debut feature is a stunning, explosive film that is both fresh and arresting Debut films selected in competition at Cannes are rare –... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Bull’ has good intentions but feels all too familiar

Valerie Complex May 16, 2019

First time feature director Annie Silverstein new film Bull, will leave you with thoughts you can’t process right away. Silverstein co-wrote the script with Johnny... Read More

Review: ‘Her Smell’ is a postmodern masterpiece with an indelible performance by Elisabeth Moss

Matthew Jenner May 16, 2019

Alex Ross Perry makes films that linger with you long after they’ve ended. Whether it be his quasi-Pynchon adaptation Impolex, the gloriously minimalistic The Color Wheel,... Read More

‘Rocketman’ blasts into Cannes

Erik Anderson May 16, 2019

Throngs of movie fans hit the Croisette as Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard and music legend Elton John hit the Cannes Film Festival... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a technical marvel and a breathtaking debut

Jack King May 16, 2019

Ladj Ly’s supremely confident debut feature recalls the bitingly fierce critical voice of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, transplanting it into the estates and housing blocks... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May)

Erik Anderson May 16, 2019

A Best Picture lineup consisting of classic Oscar themes like gangsters, war, adaptations of classic novels, bold takes on old tales and female-fronted and directed... Read More

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