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‘The Five Devils’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Is A Force Of Nature In Léa Mysius’ Formally Stunning Drama [Cannes]

May 23, 2022 1:20 pm

“The Five Devils,” from French director Léa Mysius, captivates from its very first seconds. We see Adèle Exarchopoulos in a sparkling gymnast outfit with other similarly dressed girls, all watching an enormous...

‘Stranger Things’ Finally Returns With An Entertaining But Scattered Fourth Season [Review]

Brian Tallerico

May 23, 2022 8:08 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

It’s felt like a lifetime since Netflix subscribers left Hawkins, Indiana in July 2019, when the third season of “Stranger Things” came to a close. What do the characters of this universe still mean to a fan b...

‘Irma Vep’ Review: Olivier Assayas Reckons With The Ghosts Of His Filmmaking Past In Meta New HBO Series [Cannes]

Rodrigo Perez

May 22, 2022 1:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews, Television

When cinema is your life, cinema can hurt. "Time doesn't heal," Tom Sturridge says about the scars that mark us in Olivier Assayas' beguiling and fascinating new HBO limited-series version of "Irma Vep." "Time...

‘Brother & Sister Review: Arnaud Desplechin’s Captivating Sibling Drama Starring Marion Cotillard & Melvil Poupaud [Cannes]

Elena Lazic

May 21, 2022 10:10 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Arnaud Desplechin’s latest film superficially resembles some of his most beloved and best work, family dramas featuring very colorful, neurotic, sometimes impulsive characters by turn extremely sincere and sar...

‘Aftersun’ Review: Paul Mescal Elevates A Hazy, ‘90s-Nostalgic Memory That’s All About The Vibes [Cannes]

Elena Lazic

May 21, 2022 8:56 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

With his classic 1990s heartthrob looks, it was only a matter of time before Paul Mescal found his way into a film set in that era. Like “Normal People,” the series that catapulted the young Irish actor to fam...

‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’ Review: George Miller Returns With A Sumptuous Banquet Of Storytelling [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco

May 21, 2022 8:16 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

As if unleashing all the pent-up narrative impulses tamped down for the hard-bitten minimalism of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Australia’s proudest son George Miller returns to Cannes’ out-of-Competition section with...

‘One Fine Morning’ Review: A Marvelous Léa Seydoux Illuminates Mia Hansen-Løve’s New Drama [Cannes]

Carlos Aguilar

May 20, 2022 7:44 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Between her job as a French-English interpreter, the prospect of romantic fulfillment, and the impending deterioration of her father’s health, the woman holding together all the threads in Mia Hansen-Løve’s “O...

‘Armageddon Time’ Review: James Gray Reflects On Privilege & Says Goodbye To The Past With Great Empathy [Cannes]

Rodrigo Perez

May 19, 2022 2:32 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

“You can't ever forget about the past,” Anthony Hopkins says with gentle heed and caution, in a key moment in writer/director James Gray’s intimate new film, “Armageddon Time,” a compassionate movie in perpetu...

Cannes 2022 Preview: 25 Must-See Films To Watch

Jamie Rogers and Rodrigo Perez

May 17, 2022 9:45 am

Features, Festivals, News

Once again, the Cannes Film Festival is upon us, this time without COVID-19 shutting down the world like it once did, safely back in the month of May where it usually belongs (2020 was canceled altogether, and...

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‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness’: Writer Michael Waldron Talks Wanda’s Twist, The Illuminati, Charlize Theron & More [The Discourse Podcast]

Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez

May 12, 2022 12:40 pm

Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts

There’s no denying it. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is a bonafide hit with fans and at the box office – as if anyone had any doubt in the Marvel machine continuing to rake in money. The film h...