‘Arco’ Review: Ugo Bienvenu Animates An Inspired Vision Of The Future [Cannes]
CANNES – Unless you’re well-versed in French-language graphic novels, you may not know the name Ugo Bienvenu, but if you...
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‘The Plague’ Review: Charlie Polinger’s Stylish, Bombastic Debut Feature With Joel Edgerton Has Little Emotion Under The Surface [Cannes]
While ostensibly adopting the perspective of a kind and sensitive 12-year-old boy going through the wringer at the hands of...
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: The Philippous Get Too Literal in Their ‘Talk to Me’ Follow-Up
Throughout “Bring Her Back,” foster mother Laura (Sally Hawkins) provides something like an impromptu version of descriptive audio to her...
‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: Taipei-Set Drama Co-Written By Sean Baker is a Poignant Intergenerational Triptych [Cannes]
“Left-Handed Girl” opens with a whimsical score that sounds like a sonic interpretation of the kaleidoscope that adorable five-year-old I-Jing...
‘Case 137’ Review: Dominik Moll’s Subdued Police Procedural Has A Sting In Its Tail [Cannes]
German-French film director Dominik Moll is no stranger to the art and pleasures of the police procedural. His previous film...
‘Mission Impossible’ Review: The ‘Final Reckoning’ Is Thrilling, Overstuffed, Overburdened With Legacy & Still Tense AF
Dense with narrative, profoundly overstuffed and a whole lot of movie at nearly three hours in length, “Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning”...
‘Sound Of Falling’ Review: The Body Keeps The Score In Mascha Schilinski’s Hotly Anticipated Competition Contender [Cannes]
CANNES – As experiential as it is cerebral, by turns contemplative and full of bluster, juxtaposing ethereal beauty with brutal...
‘Enzo’ Review: A Young Man Struggles To Find Himself In Laurent Cantet’s Final Film [Cannes]
CANNES – Celebrated filmmaker Laurent Cantet passed away from cancer a little over a year ago. He’d won the Palme...
‘Murderbot’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård’s Sci-Fi Satire Is One Of Apple TV+’s Weirder Shows But Never As Wild As It Should Be
For a show ominously titled “Murderbot” and starring the usually self-serious Alexander Skarsgård, one wouldn’t expect a wacky sci-fi romp...
‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Is Riotously Hilarious In A24’s Absurdist, Nightmare-Fueled Cringe Comedy
Not unlike a long-form version of Tim Robinson’s hilarious “I Think You Should Leave,” Netflix sketch show, but with a...
