Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Die My Love opens in theaters on November 7.
Near the climax of Lynne Ramsay...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Locarno coverage. Dracula opens in theaters on October 29.
Radu Jude is one of the great film...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Warsaw Film Festival coverage. Anniversary opens in theaters on October 29.
Jan Komasa’s Anni...
For all the glories that Romanian cinema has enjoyed in the last quarter-century, 2026 has the potential to outshine them all. If one man will be responsible f...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. The Mastermind opens in theaters on October 17.
For the second time in t...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Urchin arrives in theaters on October 10.
A few scenes into Urchin, we take ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. A House of Dynamite arrives in theaters on October 10 and on Netflix on October...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. The Smashing Machine arrives in theaters on October 3.
The Smashing Machine ...
No festival in the world wears its history on its sleeve quite like Sarajevo. Sitting in for a screening of La Grande Bellezza (after Paolo Sorrentino had rath...
The new documentary With Hasan in Gaza––a poignant, meditative portrait of a city now fighting for its life––works as both a travelogue and time machine. In 20...
Irish-born, Berlin-based, Rory O'Connor has been covering the European film festival circuit since 2012. A regular contributor to The Film Stage, his work has also appeared in Frieze, The Playlist, and CineVue.