A place to think deeply about movies
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
Marie Kreutzer's Corsage, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival, reframes the story of Empress Elisabeth of Australia …
[Read more...] about Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis
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 …
[Read more...] about Cannes: Falcon Lake explores the threshold between childhood and adolescence
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 …
[Read more...] about Cannes: Erige Sehiri’s Under the Fig Trees is a thoughtful day Tunisian drama
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 …
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 …
[Read more...] about Cannes Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a devastatingly unsentimental triumph
Jamie Dack's Palm Trees and Power Lines finds a film language to depict sexual assault and coercion in a way that keeps us emotionally involved with our …
[Read more...] about Palm Trees and Power Lines is a harrowing debut from Jamie Dack
