Violeta Salama’s warm and sensitive feature debut, Alegría, is exactly the kind of film you look for at a Jewish Film Festival: a travelogue and a story of …
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Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis
Marie Kreutzer's film Corsage, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival, reframes the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria …
Cannes: Falcon Lake explores the threshold between childhood and adolescence
Charlotte Lebon's feature debut, Falcon Lake, is a sensitive look at a pair of teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, friendship and romance. Stay …
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Cannes: Erige Sehiri’s Under the Fig Trees is a thoughtful day Tunisian drama
Set over the course of one day, Erige Sehiri’s narrative feature debut Under the Fig Trees (Sous les figues) is a thoughtful ensemble film about the group of …
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Cannes Review: Céline Devaux’s Everybody Loves Jeanne is a delightful anti-rom-com
Céline Devaux's feature debut, Everybody Loves Jeanne, is wild, hilarious, sweet, and chaotic: a delightful anti-rom-com. It screened in the Cannes sidebar …
Cannes Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a devastatingly unsentimental triumph
Chie Hayakawa's Plan 75 is a plea for empathy amidst broken systems that leave the most vulnerable and elderly Regard sidebar at Cannes 2022. Stay updated on …
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