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Podcast

Cannes Film Festival Debrief 2025

On Truth & Movies this week, the LWLies team will be talking us through the biggest and best titles from the Cannes Film Festival this year. 
Review

Bogancloch review – film and landscape are as one

by David Jenkins

The lure of the Scottish wilderness was too much to resist as Ben Rivers returns there for his latest feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

The Ritual review – fails to scare, entertain or convert

by Billie Walker

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens can’t save this awful excuse for an exorcism thriller.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Review

Along Came Love review – an intimately epic love story

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Katell Quillévéré’s poetic French period drama is powered by an understated chemistry between Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

The Ballad Of Wallis Island review – relishes in daft physical comedy

by Katherine McLaughlin

Comedian collaborators Tim Key and Tom Basden co-write and co-star in James Griffiths’ pleasant bromance flick.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Festivals

Resurrection – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Bi Gan’s third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema.
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Festivals

The Mastermind – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.
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Interviews

Wes Anderson: ‘You’re hoping for the right accident’

by Hannah Strong

We speak to the mastermind behind The Phoenician Scheme about family, fathers-in-law, and the great, grand plan of all things Wes Anderson.
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Interviews

Monica Sorelle: ‘I’m working through my grief about Miami changing so rapidly and violently’

by Juan Barquin

As her debut receives a UK première as part of the BFI’s Black Debutants season, Miami filmmaker Monica Sorelle reflects on the making of Mountains.
Festivals

The Wave – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Sebastián Lelio’s musical take on Chile’s MeToo movement is a misjudged gum-smacking mess.

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