With the halfway point of this year’s Cannes Film Festival fast approaching, one of the best movies I’ve seen is a Chilean chiller called The Meltdown. It'...
It’s never wise to assume anything. Promotional materials doing the rounds before Club Kid's raucous Cannes premiere this week suggested a New York downtow...
When asked about formative movie experiences, Jane Schoenbrun has spoken of the month spent watching all the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels at 11 years ol...
Without putting too fine a point on it, the 2026 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes has kicked off with a bit of a dog. The latest from exiled Russian filmmaker Ka...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 IFFR coverage. The film opens in theaters on May 8.
Seven years after collaborating on The Pl...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Thessaloniki coverage. The film opens in theaters on May 1.
It doesn’t take long to work out ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Locarno coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 24.
Writing about another great Loc...
A few weeks ago, I landed in Copenhagen for this year's CPH:DOX in the early hours of the evening, still a little dazed from covering the Oscars the night befo...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 IFFR coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 10.
Learning about Gabriele D'Annunzio...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The film opens in theaters and arrives digitally on April 10.
I could name f...
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.
