Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin know no sophomore slump. The best-friend filmmakers––who met acting opposite each other in a commercial 15 years ago ...
Tel Aviv native, defector, and auteur Nadav Lapid opens his fifth feature in a catastrophic state of carouse. A filmmaker known for his employment of trade...
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...
Among the best things in The President’s Cake are the colors. There's the deep red of a rooster's comb as it peeks out from a young girl's carrying pouch; ...
Halfway through Imago, an engaging documentary from Déni Oumar Pitsaev, the director has a conversation with his mother about the piece of property she bought ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Ghost Trail opens in theaters on May 30.
We begin with music that's uncharac...
Far removed from the mournful yearnings of A Quiet Passion––much less the quotidian, calming rhythms of Paterson––Simón Mesa Soto’s Medellín-set second feature...
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has now concluded, with Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident taking home the Palme d'Or (see all jury winners he...
Book adaptations yield two kinds of films: those that transliterate and those that translate. While the former insist on keeping the source material's spir...
What is love? For some, it is mutuality––a chemistry, care, and concern that blossoms into an equally supportive relationship. For others, it is devotion––...
