It’s July 2004 on the sunny Atlantic coast of Spain, in the city of Vigo, Galicia, the gateway to the Cíes Islands. Eighteen-year-old Marina (Llúcia... Read More
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Each film festival season brings with it at least one title that charms with the charisma of its child actors. Carla Simón’s Alcarràs, which comes... Read More

‘Romería’ Review: Carla Simón’s Restrained Coming-of-Age Tale Opens Up the Doors of History and Cinema [B+] Atlanta Film Festival
‘Alcarràs’ review: Carla Simón’s family drama is a neorealist classic in the making [A] | NYFF
‘La Mas Dulce’ Review: Laïla Marrakchi Gives Visibility to Morocco’s Invisible Workers [B] Cannes
‘Garance’ Review: Jeanne Herry’s Underwhelming Alcoholic Actress Vehicle Deters the Turbulently Brilliant Adèle Exarchopoulos [C] Cannes
‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Gets the Flowers Herself in Modern Day ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ [B+] Cannes
‘Full Phil’ Review: Kristen Stewart is in Peak Form in Quentin Dupieux’s Manic Father-Daughter Comedy [C+] Cannes