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...
It’s a brisk March morning in Luxembourg and my conversation with Paul Laverty has turned to Cantona. “Remember that goal he scored, with Brian McClair?” A cla...
Continuing in the low-key register of her Golden Bear winner Alcarràs, Carla Simón returns with Romería, another tale of intergenerational dissonance. A film a...
The laws of time and space are met with frisky ambivalence in Drunken Noodles, Lucio Castro’s anticipated third feature and surely the hottest title in this ye...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. Caught by the Tides opens in theaters on May 9.
Jia Zhangke's is often a cin...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. The Surfer opens in theaters on May 2.
In The Surfer, an exploitation film s...
One thing I like to do at a film festival is go for a run. Maintaining the sense of a bubble at these things can be crucial: once entered, it’s best to remain ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The Shrouds opens in theaters on April 18.
David Cronenberg's films have oft...
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.
