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‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Review: Ron Howard Paints Moving Portrait Of Muppets Creator As Restless Innovator – Cannes Film Festival

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It may not be too much of an exaggeration to say that Jim Henson came up with the concept for an immersive video dome long before Sphere bubbled up in Las Vegas.

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Emilia Perez review – Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical barrels along in style

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Cannes film festival A thoroughly implausible yarn about a Mexican cartel leader who hires a lawyer to arrange his transition is carried along by its cheesy Broadway energy

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‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Jacques Audiard’s Musical Is Crazy, But Also A Marvel – Cannes Film Festival

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On paper, it looks mad as a loose wheel. A largely Spanish-language musical about a Mexican druglord having a sex change, featuring onetime Disney teen star Selena Gomez as a gangster’s wife: nobody could deny director and writer Jacques…

‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Stands Up for China but Watches Things Fall Apart

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Cannes 2024: The film is an elegy of sorts, at times angry and abrasive but more often gentle and reflective

‘The Surfer’ Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Cage in a Trippy Slapdash Comic Nightmare

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The film has been designed as a bad-trip psychodrama that’s also a high-camp Nicolas Cage freak-out. I only wish that "The Surfer," as directed by Lorcan Finnegan and written by Thomas Martin, had the filmmaking chops to match its what-is…

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Caught by the Tides – first-look review

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The Chinese maestro delivers his greatest film in this cut-and-paste jukebox musical melodrama.

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Chandu Champion Trailer Review: Netizens Rave Over Kartik Aaryan’s Performance, Declare the Film a ‘Must-Watch’

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Kartik Aaryan's performance in Chandu Champion trailer has netizens buzzing with excitement, lauding his portrayal of the determined protagonist. With his compelling acting, Aaryan breathes life into the character, earning praise and…

‘Caught By The Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke’s Romance Is All Mood; Substance Is Harder To Come By – Cannes Film Festival

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Stalwart Sixth Generation Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke leads his partner and muse, Zhao Tao, on a decades-long romantic odyssey in Caught By the Tides, which tries too hard to play with time and form for the connection between its leads…

‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Weaves a Shimmering New Tapestry from Threads of His Previous Films

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The Chinese title of Jia Zhangke’s mesmerizing “Caught by the Tides,” a masterfully poetic and pioneering fusion of the old and the new, can be translated in several ways. Jia himself suggests “The Drifting Generation” but it can also mean…

Caught by the Tides review – two-decade relationship tells story of China’s epic transformation

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Cannes film festival The 20-year failed romance between a singer and a dodgy music promoter becomes the vehicle for director Jia Zhangke’s latest exploration of China’s momentous recent history

‘Savages’ Review: This Claymation Environmental Adventure Is a Full-Throttled Attack on Colonialism

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Cannes: The director of acclaimed “My Life as a Courgette” returns with a film about the conflict between logging companies and native nomadic people in modern Borneo.

‘Armand’ Review: Renata Reinsve Shines In Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Intense School Drama – Cannes Film Festival

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Three years ago, Cannes audiences fell in love with Renata Reinsve, the titular star of Norwegian competition entry The Worst Person in the World. Chances are, they won’t be quite as well disposed to her character in this austere drama…

‘Queens of Drama’ Review: Glittercore Pop-Punk and Noughties Toxicity Collide in Queer French Musical Drama

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Cannes: More "Vox Lux" than "A Star Is Born," Alexis Langlois' film heralds the arrival of a thrillingly subversive new French talent.

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Film Review – IRISH WISH (2024): A Feel-Good Flick Where Gimmicks & Stereotypes Hide Lindsay Lohan’s Star Power and the Rom-Com Appeal

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Irish Wish (2024) Film Review, directed by Janeen Damian, written by Kirsten Hansen, and starring Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Elizabeth Tan, and Dawn Bradfield.

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‘Savanna and the Mountain’ Review: Brechtian Documentary Shines Light on the Ugly Nuances of Environmentalism

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Cannes: In documenting a Portuguese village's attempt to halt construction of a lithium mine, Paulo Carneiro's film exposes how the mission of fighting climate change is often at odds with preservation.

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Wedding Night Blues’ is must-watch for intending couples

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While some may find the film’s subject matter challenging, its honesty and authenticity create a powerful and meaningful storyline experience.

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Julie Keeps Quiet review – a tense volley of dysfunction at tennis academy

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Cannes film festival A star player at an elite tennis school decides to stay silent when the head coach is suspended in Leonardo Van Dijl’s absorbing movie of things unsaid and subjects avoided

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Kinds of Kindness review: Emma Stone and Jessie Plemons shine in these intelligent and darkly funny tales

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Although it lacks the totally out-there oddness of Yorgos Lanthimos’ earlier works and the richness of his latter films like Poor Things and The Favourite, his trademark inventiveness is here in spades

Ranveer Singh reviews 'special actor' Rajkummar Rao's film Srikanth; calls it an 'uplifting story'

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Rajkummar Rao is keeping busy this month with his packed schedule. He's gearing up for the release of his upcoming film Mr & Mrs Mahi. Currently, he's basking in the success for his latest movie, Srikanth. Now, Ranveer Singh joined the…

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Scénarios review – Jean-Luc Godard collage is his final love letter to cinema

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Cannes film festival Completed just before his assisted death, the French New Wave master director talks through his ideas as illustrated in his hand-drawn scrapbook