Cannes Review: Bertrand Mandico’s Conann Turns Barbarism into Pure Love
Following The Wild Boys and After Blue, Conann marks the third feature-length project from prolific shorts filmmaker Bertrand Mandico. Many are still not convi...
Savina Petkova
Cannes Review: Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand Sets Alicia Vikander and Jude Law in Engrossing Tudor Thriller
Few would have imagined that Brazilian-Algerian director Karim Aïnouz––whose The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão won the top prize in Un Certain Regard four ...
Cannes Review: With Last Summer, Catherine Breillat Admits That Love Conquers All
Anne (Léa Drucker) is an esteemed lawyer: as uncompromising as she is in her line of work, she is free to enjoy her private life. In her '40s she has it all, t...
Cannes Review: Michel Gondry’s The Book of Solutions Digs into the Magic and Hardships of the Filmmaking Process
When the film you’ve always wanted to make gets shut down by unconvinced producers, you have two choices: you still try to make it, or you make it. This is the...
Cannes Review: How to Have Sex Examines the Ambiguities of Girlhood
Touching down in Heraklion, on the Greek island of Crete, marks the beginning of summer holidays for Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce), Skye (Lara Peake), and Em (Enva ...
Savina Petkova
Savina Petkova is a Bulgarian freelance film critic, programmer, and academic, based in London, UK.