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Cannes Film Festival

Three African-American children on a bus, looking thoughtfully out of the window.
Festivals

Mother and Son – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Léonor Serraille comes good with her novelistic second feature about an immigrant family fighting for survival in France.
Young woman in a cluttered room, holding a plush toy.
Festivals

Showing Up – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Michelle Williams excels as a sculptor whose attention is sapped by colleagues and family in Kelly Reichardt’s ambient social satire.
Man with dark hair wearing a light-coloured suit, looking serious.
Festivals

Pacifiction – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Albert Serra returns with an apocalyptic saga set in Tahiti in one of his most accomplished and mature films to date.
A field of white dandelion flowers, with several people visible amongst the flowers. The image has a warm, golden tone to it.
Festivals

Close – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Lukas Dhont’s second feature focuses on the friendship between two boys, and the tragedy that changes the trajectory of their lives.
A man in a workroom using a sewing machine, surrounded by colourful spools of thread and other sewing equipment.
Festivals

Broker – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A woman who leaves her infant son in a Busan ​“baby box” finds an unexpected family in Hirokazu Koreeda’s tender drama.
Two people - a woman with dark hair and a man with a beard and long hair - facing each other in a forest setting.
Festivals

The Stars at Noon – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Claire Denis adapts Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel about love in a time of revolution – with fascinating, if not entirely successful, results.
A woman in a floral headscarf and dark jacket stands in a doorway, with several people visible in the background.
Festivals

Leila’s Brothers – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Saeed Roustayi’s panoramic melodrama of a poverty-stricken Tehran family in the midst of disintegration is a knockout.
Close-up of a serious-looking woman with dark hair wearing a black leather jacket, against a blurred background of lights.
Festivals

Paris Memories – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Alice Winocour draws on her brother’s experiences of the 2015 Bataclan attack to create a drama about recovering from trauma.
Two individuals, a man and a woman, in an embrace against a dark background. The man is wearing an orange t-shirt and the woman appears to be partially unclothed.
Festivals

Fogo Fatuo – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

A man on his deathbed recounts his youth as a firefighter in João Pedro Rodrigues’ striking queer feature.
A middle-aged man with a grey beard wearing a yellow jacket stands against a blurred, moody background.
Festivals

Domingo and the Mist – first-look review

by Ryan Coleman

A Costa Rican man resists attempts to destroy his home in director Ariel Escalante Meza’s mystical drama.