Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2019 Venice coverage. An Officer and a Spy opens in theaters on August 8, 2025.
What road should o...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Souleymane's Story opens in theaters on August 1.
Souleymane's Story deliv...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Riga coverage. Toxic is now streaming on MUBI.
It’s a shame Toxic wasn’t around for the r...
As someone who’s always admired the look of the Czech embassy in Berlin––an array of nicotine-hued trapezoids that sits on the corner of Wilhelm Strasse––I was...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Eddington opens in theaters on July 18.
In Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest doo...
Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2025 New Directors/New Films coverage. Drowning Dry opens in theaters on July 18.
Conan O'Brien...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Venice coverage. Cloud opens in theaters on July 18.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is having quite the...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. Drowning Dry opens in theaters on July 18.
Memories can be slippery thi...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our Venice 2024 coverage. Familiar Touch opens in theaters on June 20.
In a sunny kitchen in Calif...
The new film from Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne is much like the others. The actors are mostly non-professional; the locations are real; the themes are sociolog...
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.
