‘The Shrouds’ Review: David Cronenberg’s Exploration of Loss Ends Up Digging Its Own Grave | Cannes
We love it when a prominent auteur uses cinema to take stock of time passed and the remaining time; to cherish the love he must... Read More
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‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong are the Perfect Toxic Duo in Ali Abbasi’s Story of Donald Trump’s Rise | Cannes
Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi is really going against the grain of auteurism. His last three films have all premiered in Cannes competitions; in 2019 Border... Read More
‘Limonov – The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw is Unrestrained in Inspired Biopic of the Rebel Vagabond | Cannes
Returning to the Croisette with a euphoric, rebellious bang, Cannes regular Kirill Serebrennikov (2018’s Leto, 2021’s Petrov’s Flu, 2022’s Tchaikovsky’s Wife) brings Limonov – The... Read More
‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore Delivers an Utterly Fearless Performance in Coralie Fargeat’s Gnarly Examination of How We See Ourselves | Cannes
Admit it. Who of us haven’t stared in the mirror or at old photos of our younger selves and longed to go back to the... Read More
‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Meandering Western Epic is a Cowboy in Search of a Herd | Cannes
Kevin Costner’s first major artistic undertaking since his career boom courtesy of the blockbuster TV series Yellowstone, Horizon: An American Saga, the opening chapter of... Read More
‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón are Sensational in Delightfully Unhinged Jacques Audiard Musical | Cannes
It is hard to put Jacques Audiard in one mold. The French director keeps tackling different genres without ever giving you a hint of what... Read More
‘The Balconettes’ Review: Noémie Merlant Lets Loose in Topical, Genre-bending Romp | Cannes
Noémie Merlant first gained universal recognition in Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Since then Merlant has... Read More
‘Oh Canada’ Review: Proxy Richard Gere is Superb as Paul Schrader Points the Camera at Himself | Cannes
A Venice mainstay himself, Schrader premiered his newest chamber piece, Oh Canada in this year’s Cannes Competition and after The Card Counter’s elegant harshness and... Read More
‘Armand’ Review: Renate Reinsve is Electric as a Woman on the Verge in Halfdan Ullman Tøndel’s Enigmatic Debut | Cannes
Ever since Renate Reinsve stunned the Cannes Film Festival as a disaffected millennial in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World in 2021, the... Read More
‘FAYE’ Review: Laurent Bouzereau Finds Morsels of Truth in one of Hollywood’s Most Venerable and Vilified Stars | Cannes
Premiering in the Cannes Classics section of the fest’s 77th edition, FAYE, Laurent Bouzereau’s documentary on Hollywood icon Faye Dunaway, is very much the standard-issue... Read More
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: I Saw the Twin Peaks Glow [A-] Cannes 
Interview: Richard Gadd Talks ‘Half Man,’ Finding the Humor in Trauma, and That Hospital Scene with Jaime Bell 
‘Nagi Notes’ Review: Kôji Fukada’s Gentle Examination of Intimate, Small Town Relationships Pays Off for Those with Patience [A-] Cannes 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Lineup: John Early’s ‘Maddie’s Secret,’ Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ and More