Nobel laureate Albert Camus is one of the most consequential thinkers and writers in the French language, having created absurdist characters and worlds th...
The films of Mark Jenkin ooze a hypnotic, seasick sensibility; to watch them is to be lulled by their restless jumps through time and space, their ability ...
Traveling in a foreign land can be disorienting. Established routines lose their meaning. Unfamiliar sights, sounds, smells may trigger old memories or bra...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 Sundance coverage. A Little Prayer opens in theaters on August 29, 2025.
In the quiet, pe...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The Balconettes opens in theaters on August 22.
The chic balconies of Ma...
Never underestimate the critical desire to cite Éric Rohmer––spend enough days at a film festival and you’ll start noticing illusions to the director’s wor...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Suspended Time opens in theaters on August 15.
The memes won't let yo...
What is Mektoub, My Love about? Eight years since the first movie’s release––and after more than eight hours of Abdellatif Kechiche’s magnum opus––it’s sti...
In Nine Behind, one of Sophy Romvari’s earliest shorts, a young woman is heard sobbing on the phone to her estranged grandfather: “I want to know my family...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. By the Stream opens in theaters on August 8, 2025.
The death of the aut...
