cannes film festival

‘Kadib Abyad (The Mother of All Lies)’ review: Asmae El Moudir stunningly recreates a buried Moroccan past | Cannes‘Kadib Abyad (The Mother of All Lies)’ review: Asmae El Moudir stunningly recreates a buried Moroccan past | Cannes

‘Kadib Abyad (The Mother of All Lies)’ review: Asmae El Moudir stunningly recreates a buried Moroccan past | Cannes

Over the last few years, a strong ascension of Moroccan cinema started taking shape on an international scale, with the… Read More

May 25, 2023
2023 Cannes Film Festival: Amanda Nell Eu’s ‘Tiger Stripes’ tops Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) winners2023 Cannes Film Festival: Amanda Nell Eu’s ‘Tiger Stripes’ tops Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) winners

2023 Cannes Film Festival: Amanda Nell Eu’s ‘Tiger Stripes’ tops Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) winners

The 62nd Semaine de la Critique (Critics' Week) section of the Cannes Film Festival has revealed its winners in seven… Read More

May 24, 2023
‘Asteroid City’ review: Wes Anderson’s homage to Steven Spielberg is among his most meta and most melancholic | Cannes‘Asteroid City’ review: Wes Anderson’s homage to Steven Spielberg is among his most meta and most melancholic | Cannes

‘Asteroid City’ review: Wes Anderson’s homage to Steven Spielberg is among his most meta and most melancholic | Cannes

With an explosion of pastel colours, precise camera moves and a whimsical script, Asteroid City is Wes Anderson operating at… Read More

May 23, 2023
‘Firebrand’ review: Karim Aïnouz doesn’t give much room for Alicia Vikander’s rebellious queen and Jude Law’s corpulent king to subvert expectation | Cannes‘Firebrand’ review: Karim Aïnouz doesn’t give much room for Alicia Vikander’s rebellious queen and Jude Law’s corpulent king to subvert expectation | Cannes

‘Firebrand’ review: Karim Aïnouz doesn’t give much room for Alicia Vikander’s rebellious queen and Jude Law’s corpulent king to subvert expectation | Cannes

King Henry VIII’s last wife steps into the forefront in Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz’s English-language debut. Alicia Vikander stars as the… Read More

May 23, 2023
‘Fallen Leaves’ review: Love wins in Aki Kaurismäki’s tender tragicomedy of the working class that finds him at his romantic best | Cannes‘Fallen Leaves’ review: Love wins in Aki Kaurismäki’s tender tragicomedy of the working class that finds him at his romantic best | Cannes

‘Fallen Leaves’ review: Love wins in Aki Kaurismäki’s tender tragicomedy of the working class that finds him at his romantic best | Cannes

A title as poetic as Fallen Leaves entirely suits the fourth installment of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s working-class series, which… Read More

May 22, 2023
Focus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debutFocus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debut

Focus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debut

Ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this week, Focus Features has dropped three first… Read More

May 22, 2023
‘How to Have Sex’ review: Molly Manning Walker’s sensational, high-energy debut an equally urgent cautionary tale of consent | Cannes‘How to Have Sex’ review: Molly Manning Walker’s sensational, high-energy debut an equally urgent cautionary tale of consent | Cannes

‘How to Have Sex’ review: Molly Manning Walker’s sensational, high-energy debut an equally urgent cautionary tale of consent | Cannes

If asked to describe How to Have Sex in one word, the answer, however strange, comes easily in the form… Read More

May 22, 2023
‘May December’ review: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore make a meal out of Todd Haynes’ delicious story of infamy and obsession | Cannes‘May December’ review: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore make a meal out of Todd Haynes’ delicious story of infamy and obsession | Cannes

‘May December’ review: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore make a meal out of Todd Haynes’ delicious story of infamy and obsession | Cannes

In 2015, Todd Haynes came to Cannes to premiere Carol that received rave reviews and an instant cult classic treatment.… Read More

May 21, 2023
‘The Sweet East’ review: Talia Ryder is exceptional in this satirically nihilistic look at American anarchy | Cannes‘The Sweet East’ review: Talia Ryder is exceptional in this satirically nihilistic look at American anarchy | Cannes

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

The Safdie Brothers’ Good Time cinematographer Sean Price Williams returns to the Cannes Film Festival after last year’s Funny Pages… Read More

May 20, 2023
‘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‘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

‘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

Exactly ten years after the singular sci-fi achievement that was Under the Skin, writer-director Jonathan Glazer is back in Cannes’… Read More

May 20, 2023