71st cannes

Wrapping Up: Cannes Isn’t Back, It Never Left

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended and with it came the fight… Read More

May 20, 2018

2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Japan's Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or for Shoplifters. He previously… Read More

May 19, 2018

Cannes Review: Kore-eda’s unforgettable ‘Shoplifters’ is his best film to date

SHOPLIFTERS, from Hirokazu Kore-eda (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) SHOPLIFTERS is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best film to date, and one of the… Read More

May 15, 2018

Cannes Review: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is Spike Lee’s best film in over a decade

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Spike Lee, I doubt anyone would argue, has paved the way for the likes of John… Read More

May 14, 2018

Cannes Review: Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Lazzaro Felice’ is one of the fest’s best

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] The first hour of Alice Rohrwacher's third feature Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazzaro) are as languidly paced… Read More

May 14, 2018

Cannes Review: ‘Girl,’ the deeply humane debut from Lukas Dhont

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Lara is 15 going on 16 trans girl with dreams of being a professional ballerina in… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: Zhao Tao is a Best Actress Contender in ‘Ash is Purest White’ from Jia Zhang-ke

One of the most commercial and straightforward films of his career, Jia Zhang-ke’s ASH IS PUREST WHITE is accessible but… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: ‘Border,’ Ali Abbasi’s thrilling supernatural gothic romance

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless… Read More

May 12, 2018

Cannes Review: Mads Mikkelsen burns up the screen in icy ‘Arctic’

Survival films can go either way: they can be engaging viewing experiences that expand their scope beyond their basic premise… Read More

May 12, 2018

Cannes Review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s bleak and beautiful ‘Cold War’

Joanna Kulig in Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is one of those films… Read More

May 11, 2018

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