Ghost Cat Anzu is an intriguing conceptualization for an animated film, existing in a realm similar to Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away yet also standing as its antithesis. This French-Japanese co-production from Miyu Productions and Shin-Ei…
Ouch! Kevin Costner’s new Horizon: An American Saga Part 1 is not sitting too kindly with critics after its Cannes premiere. Costner directed, starred in, produced, and helped finance the new Western epic, which will feature four films.…
I was looking forward to Boy Kills World. The trailer looked like good fun with great action. Boy Kills World’s story is: A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he…
Talk about an identity crisis! In a wonderfully funny and completely original comedy, French star Chiara Mastroianni in a bit of an existential crisis mode decides one day to morph into her very famous father, the late great Marcello…
Cannes: The daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni is at the center of the film, basically a very Fellini-esque episode of “Call My Agent!" stretched to feature length.
Cannes film festival Sean Baker’s tragicomedy features Madison as an escort betrayed by a bratty oligarch’s son who she marries in a film that offers a more realistic take than Pretty Woman
Yogi Berra, perhaps the greatest catcher in history, is quoted in Carson Lund’s “Eephus,” a movie about players who, unlike Berra, are never going to trouble the Baseball Hall of Fame’s induction committee. To homage so lofty a legend in…
At a time when westerns are out of vogue, the ‘Dances with Wolves’ star is daring to mount a four-film franchise in the genre. Its first instalment is getting torn apart by critics, writes Louis Chilton, but ‘Yellowstone’ has proved we…
Sean Baker’s previous film, 2022’s Red Rocket (2022), began with *NSYNC’s Spotify-topping “Bye Bye Bye,” but Anora starts with the slightly lesser-known “Greatest Days” by British boy band Take That. Musically, it’s a bold choice, at odds…
Cannes 2024: The film swings wildly back and forth while also hanging onto its heart, and it's just too much fun to worry about how much Baker is cramming in
Chris Hemsworth being the best part of a film in 2024 was not on my bingo card. Anya Taylor-Joy may portray the title character in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel origin story for Charlize Theron’s character in Fury Road. But it’s…
The new ‘Mad Max Saga’ has some incredible moments, but it never quite attains the level of greatness of previous films in this series. Continue reading…
The film, which hit cinemas last weekend, offers fresh perspectives on the life of the famous educator, activist, wife, mother, and giver of good trouble than any Social Studies class ever would.
Cannes film festival Seven world leaders – including Charles Dance’s dozy US president – are trapped in a forest in this amusing but bizarre apocalyptic comedy
Maria Bakalova wowed in a leggy tweed suit as she joined her co-star Sebastian Stan at The Apprentice photocall during Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.