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Festivals

God’s Creatures – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Emily Watson and Paul Mescal enter into a battle of mother-son wills in this gorgeously-mounted but unoriginal Irish thriller.
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Festivals

Tchaikovsky’s Wife – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Kirill Serebrennikov focuses on the relationship between one of Russia’s greatest composers and his adoring, but unloved, partner.
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Festivals

Final Cut – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Michel Hazanavicius comes up short in his underpowered remake of Shinichirou Ueda’s zom-com, One Cut of the Dead
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Scarlet – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pietro Marcello adapts Alexander Grin’s fairy tale about a poverty-stricken family with breathtaking results.
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Cannes Film Festival

24 curious facts about the Cannes Film Festival

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Some of the best nuggets of glitz and scandal throughout the history of the most famous international film festival.
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Festivals

Mark Jenkin and Mia Hansen-Løve will unveil new films at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight

by David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by fellow luminaries Alex Garland and Pietro Marcello when the Quinzaine returns to Cannes next month.
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Festivals

Claire Denis and David Cronenberg headline the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

by David Jenkins

This year’s stacked line-up also includes new work Kelly Reichardt, Ruben Ostlünd and Park Chan-wook – but no David Lynch.
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Festivals

A handful of pre-announcements foretell a robust Cannes slate

by Charles Bramesco

A handful of big names — Elvis! George Miller! Tom Cruise! — have been locked in prior to the official selection.
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Festivals

France – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Léa Seydoux plays a TV journalist in Bruno Dumont’s satire-of-sorts about France’s relationship with its media and itself.
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Festivals

Nitram – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Justin Kurzel’s difficult drama about a notorious mass murderer falls into familiar pitfalls of the true crime genre.