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[Review] Maleficent

In the climactic final battle of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, the imperious and delightfully wicked queen Maleficent squares off with plucky Prince Philip and...

[Review] We Are the Best!

The opening title card to Lukas Moodysson’s joyous and vibrant film We Are the Best! reads, “Stockholm 1982" while early scenes consist of idle discussions abou...

[Review] Chinese Puzzle

Lacking the hype of virtually every other film franchise releasing its latest installment this summer, Chinese Puzzle is the latest in Cédric Klapisch’s trilogy...

[Cannes Review] Mommy

Being the same age as Xavier Dolan (25), I can say that it is quite an impressive feat to already have four highly acclaimed features under your belt. And while...

[Cannes Review] Leviathan

If there is a very loose thread connecting contemporary Russian cinema to its artistic heritage, it is that its best filmmakers still exude a desire to produce ...

[Cannes Review] Clouds of Sils Maria

There are so many self-interpretations and meta moments in Clouds of Sils Maria, a puzzler that shows director Olivier Assayas evolving into a director of refin...

[Cannes Review] Hard to Be a God

“The artist is a canary in a mine shaft. If Brezhnev had read Rudyard Kipling, he would never have gone into Afghanistan.” Director Aleksei German said this to ...