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Cannes Film Festival

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Festivals

The Super 8 Years – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Annie Ernaux and her son David piece together a magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.
Silhouettes of women in ornate costumes against a fiery orange and yellow backdrop.
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The Five Devils – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A family’s quiet mountain life is disrupted by the arrival of a relative in Lea Mysius’ beguiling second feature.
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Falcon Lake – first-look review

by Steph Green

First-time director Charlotte Le Bön draws out sweet performances from her young co-stars in this idyllic coming-of-ager.
Four young children, two boys and two girls, sitting on a wooden bench outdoors. They wear casual clothing and have relaxed expressions.
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War Pony – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Gina Gammel and Riley Keough’s debut feature focuses on two Oglala Lakota teenagers as they come of age in South Dakota.
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Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Ethan Coen’s solo debut effort is a ribald and energising archive montage on the life of taboo-busting rocker, Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Holy Spider – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Ali Abbasi’s harrowing Iranian noir tells the true story of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 female sex workers between 2000 – 2001.
A man helping a young boy aim a rifle in a snowy forest.
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RMN – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns with a superb social realist western with its finger on the erratic pulse of Europe.
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Return to Seoul – first look review

by David Jenkins

Davy Chou’s bittersweet comedy of a Korean adoptee searching for her biological parents is powered by a dazzling lead performance.
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Triangle of Sadness – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A young model couple find themselves on the holiday from hell in the latest provocation from Sweden’s Ruben Östlund.
Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
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Three Thousand Years of Longing – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

George Miller returns to our screens with an ambitious tale of desire and magic featuring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.