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‘Nouvelle Vague (New Wave)’ Review: Richard Linklater Channels His Inner French Cinephile with Impeccably ‘Breathless’ Recreation [A-] Cannes

Erik Anderson May 28, 2025

“The best way to criticize a film is to make one.” Jean-Luc Godard’s famous quote, among many others, finds its way early in Nouvelle Vague... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 288 – 2025 Cannes: The Winners, the Losers, the Coughing

Erik Anderson May 27, 2025

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended but not without a few bumps along the way, including a full city power outage... Read More

‘Young Mothers’ Review: The Dardennes Mine Emotional Trauma and Resilience of Teen Motherhood [B-] Cannes

Yasmine Kandil May 26, 2025

Belgian brothers in both blood and cinema, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have long been masters of portraying the gritty realities of working-class life in their... Read More

‘The Mastermind’ Review: Josh O’Connor is Caught Stealing in Kelly Reichardt’s Vietnam Era Portrait of an Art Thief [A-] Cannes

Sophia Ciminello May 25, 2025

Early in Kelly Reichardt’s new anti-heist film, The Mastermind, J.B. Mooney (Josh O’Connor) stops in front of a security guard on his way out of... Read More

2025 Cannes Film Festival Reviews: ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ ‘The Plague,’ ‘Splitsville,’ ‘Arco’

Ryan McQuade May 25, 2025

The Cannes Film Festival can present a variety of options for cinephiles to consume over the course of the close to two-week event. Within an... Read More

‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Jai Courtney Chews More Scenery Than His Shark Co-Stars [B] Cannes

Luke Hearfield May 25, 2025

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws turns 50 years old on June 20th and its cinematic significance can’t be understated. Its colossal financial success gave birth to the... Read More

2025 Cannes Film Festival Winners: I Saw the NEON Glow

Erik Anderson May 25, 2025

Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or of the 78th Cannes Film Festival for his politically and personally inspired film It Was Just an Accident,... Read More

2025 Un Certain Regard Winners: ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,’ ‘Urchin’ and More – Cannes

Erik Anderson May 23, 2025

The 1980s Chilean AIDS surrealist drama The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo has won the top award from the Un Certain Regard section of the... Read More

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee Reunites with Denzel Washington and Scores a Smash Hit with His Kurosawa Reinterpretation [B+] Cannes

Ryan McQuade May 23, 2025

“It’s a reinterpretation – not a remake!” This is what Spike Lee said back in September 2024 about his latest joint Highest 2 Lowest, inspired... Read More

‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi Gives Human Answers to Complex Moral Conundrums [B] Cannes

Savina Petkova May 23, 2025

Each new film by Jafar Panahi feels like a blessing, especially since the Iranian filmmaker has been subject to prison, house arrests, travel and work... Read More

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