Sometimes screenings at Cannes are showstoppers for reasons that exist apart from the films themselves. The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof…
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Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is so primally upsetting that you would think it…
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I can’t think of three films more tonally disparate than these. There’s a coming-of-age drama with queer elements, a raucous…
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In the three films for this Cannes dispatch, each selection is not only competing in Un Certain Regard. They’re also…
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“Peeping Tom,” Michael Powell’s ill-fated film maudit, may have led to the director’s premature career downturn, but today, the movie…
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When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping the idea of super-stardom alive, Jennifer Lopez is…
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Most simply described, Miguel Gomes’s “Grand Tour” tells the story of Edward (Gonçalo Waddington), a British official in Myanmar, who…
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The success of “Pulp Fiction” inspired a flood of films and a fair number of TV shows; I recently wrote about one…
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Beyond the competition, there are dozens of other films to be captivated by here at Cannes, many solidly fitting under…
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“Sight” tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Ming Wang, from the oppressions of China’s decade-long Cultural Revolution to his move…
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