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‘Tasavor (Imagine)’ Review: Ali Behrad’s Feature Debut Is An Earnest Homage To Love [Cannes]

May 24, 2022 1:45 pm

A balloon shaped like a heart flies from the open window of a taxi. It is late at night and the woman (Leila Hatami) who this gift was bestowed upon simply couldn’t care less about the useless trinket, far mor...

‘Funny Pages’ Review: Owen Kline Examines The Limits Of Privilege In Sharp New Comedy [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco

May 24, 2022 11:43 am

News, Reviews

It’s the plight of the plightless: a kid from a comfortable, upper-middle-class background wants to be some manner of artist, except that he’s (and it does seem to be a he more often than not) bereft of the ex...

‘Ali & Ava’ Trailer: Clio Barnard’s Romantic Cannes Drama Finally Hits The U.S. In July

Molly Cottee Tantum

May 24, 2022 10:00 am

News, Trailers

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is finally here, and with the event comes many premiers of extraordinary talent. Movies like “Decision To Leave” by Park Chan-Wook or documentaries like “Moonage Daydream” by Bret...

‘Moonage Daydream’ Review: Brett Morgen Beams You To Planet David Bowie In A Musical Space Extravaganza [Cannes]

Jack King

May 24, 2022 9:39 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The great majority of us could only aspire, before “Moonage Daydream,” to step into the mind of David Bowie — the persona, the artist, the entity not yet proven terrestrial. Eclectic, unashamedly maximalist, a...

‘Decision To Leave’ Review: Park Chan-Wook Conjures Elusive Illusions & A Seductive Romance [Cannes]

Iana Murray

May 24, 2022 7:45 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

“Decision To Leave” deals in illusions. Is Song Seo-rae’s dress blue or green? Is she really the innocent wife she claims to be? In her living room, she sits surrounded by sapphire wallpaper, its lines suggest...

‘Crimes Of The Future’ Review: David Cronenberg’s Unfinished Business With The Flesh Is Booming [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco

May 23, 2022 5:33 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

David Cronenberg has unfinished business with the future, which is tricky, seeing as it already constitutes a significant slice of his past. His new film — titled “Crimes of the Future,” as in committed by rat...

‘Holy Spider’ Review: Ali Abbasi’s Iranian True Crime Procedural Underwhelms [Cannes]

Jihane Bousfiha

May 23, 2022 4:05 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

A drastic departure from his prior films “Border" and “Shelley,” Ali Abbasi’s newest film, “Holy Spider,” draws inspiration from the 2000-2001 crimes and subsequent trial of Saeed Hanaei (played here by Mehdi ...

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

Elena Lazic

May 23, 2022 1:20 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

“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...

‘Sick Of Myself’ Review: A Hilarious, Razor-Sharp Portrait Of The Worst Person In The World [Cannes]

Kevin Jagernauth

May 23, 2022 11:00 am

News, Reviews

“Narcissists are the ones who make it…combined with talent, it’s a plus,” Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) coolly observes in the opening stages of the wickedly enjoyable “Sick of Myself.” For anyone who’s watche...

‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ Review: Quentin Dupieux Returns With A Zany Horror Anthology [Cannes]

Elena Lazic

May 23, 2022 10:30 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The films of French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux are at their best when they combine his penchant for ludicrous but simple what-if scenarios, with his perceptive eye for humor in everyday life and banal interacti...

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