Cannes
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Cannes 2016: The Neon Demon Review
The Neon Demon Is One of the Year’s Most Bizarrely Entertaining Movies It’s also Nicolas Winding Refn’s best film yet. The latest film from Danish filmmaker…
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Don’t Believe In Hype (And Don’t Conceive It Either)
A critic’s notes on the Cannes Film Festival, hype, and film advocacy. Every May, one of the greatest rituals in world cinephilia unfolds: the paradisal…
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The BFG is Steven Spielberg’s Best Movie in a Long Time
A callback to Spielberg’s classics.
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The Handmaiden Review
The Handmaiden is a Depraved New Film From The Director of Oldboy Old habits die hard… Korean auteur Park Chan-wook has become globally adored for his twisted…
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Cannes 2016: Café Society Review
Light and familiar, yet always welcome. With nearly fifty films to his name, it seems hard for Woody Allen to be original these days. Successful or…
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Cannes Review: David Cronenberg Heads to Hollywood Using ‘Maps to the Stars’
eOne Entertainment Canadian auteur David Cronenberg has a well-documented fascination with seeing social systems disrupted by chaos, whether they be romantic (The Fly), domestic (A…
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Cannes Review: ‘Mommy’ Ushers in This Generation’s Problem Child
Les Films Seville When Diane Després (Anne Dorval) signs her name to have son Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) released from a teenage care facility, she scrawls her…
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Required Reading: Emerging Filmmakers, Docs at Cannes and ‘Dawn of the Dead’
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Review: ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Is Arthouse Fare With a Capital ‘A’
Review: ‘Post Tenebras Lux’ Is Arthouse Fare With a Capital ‘A’ You don’t get booed at Cannes for nothing. Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas’ visual iconoclasm continues…