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Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.

Lindsay Pugh / June 9, 2022

Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension

Manuela Martelli's feature debut, Chile 1976, explores one woman's struggle with misogyny and corruption under Pinochet. The film 1976 screened in the …

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Brett Pardy / June 7, 2022

Cannes Review: Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

Naomi Kawase's Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A avoids the usual tropes and cliches of sports films, focusing instead on how the athletes …

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Alex Heeney / May 27, 2022

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 …

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Alex Heeney / May 26, 2022

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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Alex Heeney / May 24, 2022

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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Alex Heeney / May 23, 2022

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 …

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