On May 25, 1934, “The Thin Man” was released to rave reviews and big box office returns. The popularity of husband-and-wife sleuths Nick and Nora Charles set the standard for romantic comedies with a dash of thrill and mystery, and…
Dune: Part Two (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, and starring Timothée Chalamet, Austin Butler, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista,…
If an animated film turns up in the Competition at Cannes, chances are it’s not going to be another Bambi — although, if it were made today, the traumatic shooting of Bambi’s mother would certainly tickle the selection committee. No,…
It’s not only because of its similar time frame that Boris Lojkine’s hurtling, headlong social-issues drama “The Story of Souleymane” recalls “Two Days, One Night” by the Dardenne brothers. Lojkine’s film, which was awarded the jury prize…
Of the many films set in India that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Payal Kapadia’s feature debut is the only one to focus on the country and its character, which it does by focusing on its most populated city, Mumbai. Like…
Sight (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Andrew Hyatt, written by Buzz McLaughlin, John Duigan and Andrew Hyatt and starring Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, Natasha Mumba, Fionnula Flanagan, Mia SwamiNathan, Raymond Ma, Wai Ching Ho,…
Royal Court, London Emma D’Arcy, Ben Whishaw and Kayla Meikle narrate and act out Nelson’s dark meditations from their own film-making booths in Katie Mitchell’s intriguing experiment
Cannes 2024: Kirill Serebrennikov's film is about a Russian poet and rabble rouser, but it spends much of its time in New York City at its grimiest low
Of all the films premiering at Cannes this year, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is both an anomaly (the first animated feature to compete for the Palme d’Or since “Persepolis” in 2007) and the most likely to become a classic. Blending the…
Following a buzzy premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” hit theaters nationwide on May 24, 2024. The post-apocalyptic action adventure film co-produced and directed by George Miller, who co-wrote it with Nico…
De legendarische regisseur George Miller blijft maar verhalen bedenken in de wereld van Mad Max. Maar kan Miller ook zonder zijn geliefde hoofdpersoon Max een film op poten zetten die de moeite waard is? Na het zien van Furiosa: A Mad Max…
Woman, life, freedom. Down with theocracy! The slogans shouted in the bloody streets of Tehran over the past year echo through The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof’s long, heartfelt story of an Iranian family that starts to tear…
The writer-director ('There Is No Evil'), who fled Iran after receiving an eight-year prison sentence, unveiled his new film in Cannes’ main competition.
Game, set and match for Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu and Tudor D. Popescu, who co-direct Nasty, a pleasingly hagiographic portrait of Romanian tennis icon Ilie Năstase. What fun tennis must have been in the 1970s, as it was on the turn…