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Cannes Film Festival

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Festivals

Dheepan – first look review

by David Jenkins

Jacques Audiard follows up Rust and Bone with a nuanced and gratifying immigration tale.
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Festivals

Youth – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of The Great Beauty returns with a gorgeous, flippant comedy on mortality with Michael Caine in the lead.
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Arabian Nights – first look review

by David Jenkins

Miguel Gomes dazzles and infuriates (but mostly dazzles) with a rambling love poem to his poverty-stricken country.
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Inside Out – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pixar’s delightful and sophisticated latest takes us on a dazzling journey into the mind of a child.
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Louder Than Bombs – first look review

by Glenn Heath Jr

The director of Oslo, August 31st returns with an affecting English-language debut.
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Green Room – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Blue Ruin director Jeremy Saulnier delivers another consummately crafted backwoods thriller.
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Mon Roi – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Bercot find a (not so) groovy kind of love in Maïwenn’s drab relationship drama.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Mia Madre – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nanni Moretti’s chronicle of the death of a filmmaker’s mother is continuously out of thematic focus.
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Amy – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Asif Kapadia’s melodramatic portrait of the late jazz singer fails to hit all the right notes.
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Carol – first look review

by David Jenkins

Todd Haynes lights up the Croisette with this exemplary lesbian romance starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.