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...
Upon hearing the name “Dorothy” I, like most, immediately think of The Wizard of Oz. I remember watching the film when I was a kid, sitting on the couch wi...
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...
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; ...
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––...
Few filmmakers with just two features under their belt can amass the passionate, cinephilic following of Bi Gan. His blend of surrealist storytelling, ultr...
It wouldn’t be Cannes without a good scandal film. For 2025, British director Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion may be the one that sends the most peop...
When confronted with the past, do you drive away or turn back to face it? Siblings Ren (Kurosaki Kodai, in his first lead role) and Emi (Mai Kiryu) have be...
Horror movies explicitly tackling grief are hardly a recent development, but it’s difficult to argue against the fact that we’ve seen this theme exploited ...
