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Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2025: Capsules

The Semaine de la Critique (or Critics’ Week) at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival had plenty of unrecognized gems. Every year, it tends to happen: this sidebar of the acclaimed festival often...

Quinzaine des Cinéastes: Cannes 2025: Capsules

Some of the most inspired and creative voices in modern cinema have debuted or premiered their films at the Cannes Film Festival sidebar Quinzaine des cinéastes (or Directors’ Fortnight). Although this isn’t...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): In ‘Resurrection’, Bi Gan Reimagines the Language of Cinematic Dreams

Director: Bi GanWriters: Bi GanStars: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao Synopsis: A woman's consciousness falls into an eternal time zone during a surgical procedure. Trapped in many dreams, she finds the corpse...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ is an Intimate Look at Memory and Reconciliation

Director: Joachim TrierWriters: Joachim Trier, Eskil VogtStars: Renata Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Synopsis: An intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art. Joachim Trier and longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Is a Passionate, Flawed Tribute to Brooklyn and His Collaborations with Denzel Washington

Director: Spike LeeWriter: Evan Hunter, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo OguniStars: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky Synopsis: When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): Mascha Schilinski’s ‘Sound of Falling’ Turns Pain Into Poetry

Director: Mascha ShilinskiWriters: Louise Peter, Mascha Shilinski Stars: Hanna Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Susanne Wuest Synopsis: A remote German farm harbors generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): ‘Romería’ Allows Carla Simón’s Memories To Wash Ashore in Galicia

Director: Carla SimónWriter: Carla SimónStars: Tristán Ulloa, Sara Casasnovas, Llúcia Garcia Synopsis: With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): ‘Alpha’ Finds Beauty in the Bruises of Grief

Director: Julia DucournauWriter: Julia DucournauStars: Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani Synopsis: Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes...

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