Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin (Best Director Winner, Cannes 2015) was certainly the most beautiful film to screen at Cannes this year, though that’s not the …
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Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Director’s Fortnight reviews
Arabian Nights, L'Ombre des Femmes, and Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse The Director’s Fortnight and its relationship to the Cannes Film Festival can be a …
Mon Roi: an abusive relationship won’t end
The title of Maïwenn’s Polisse follow-up, the messy but compelling Mon Roi, is indicative of the film’s primary problem. When divorcee and criminal lawyer Tony …
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Cannes 2015 Review: Iranian film Nahid is a complex portrait of a woman trapped by the patriarchy
Ida Panahandeh's film Nahid, which screened in Un certain regard at Cannes, is a complex portrait of a woman trapped by the patriarchy.Lately, there have been …
Remarkable Lamb marks Ethiopia’s Cannes debut
Yared Zeleke's first film, Lamb, about a young boy forced to leave his hometown with only his pet lamb for comfort, was the first Ethiopian film to screen in …
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Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister is heartbreaking
Of the three competition films I’ve seen thus far (Tale of Tales and Sea of Trees, I liked Our Little Sister best, a quiet, sweet, and heartbreaking …
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