Charlotte Lebon’s feature debut is a sensitive look at a pair of teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, friendship and romance.
Cannes 2022
Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension
Manuela Martelli’s feature debut, 1976, which she co-wrote with Alejandra Moffat, is equal parts character study and taut political drama. The film 1976 screened in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes 2022.
Women at Cannes Ep. 5: Women at Cannes 2022
On the podcast, we look back at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: both its many institutional failings and great films by women that we watched.
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 are rounded people, as well as the beauty fleetingness of athletic achievement
Continental Drift (South) is a biting satire and family drama
Lionel Baier’s biting yet heartfelt comedy Continental Drift tackles the migrant crisis and the consequences of personal failures of empathy.
Women at Cannes Ep. 4: Naomi Kawase at Cannes
On the podcast, we discuss the great Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase, the darling of Cannes, and why she’s still so under-appreciated.