Cannes

Paris, 13th District – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Cannes favourite Jacques Audiard returns to the Croisette with a low-key love story set around the fringes of the French capital.

Memoria – first-look review

By Mark Asch

Tilda Swinton is extraordinary in a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul which comprises of “pure vibes”.

Hold Me Tight – first-look review

By Adam Solomons

Mathieu Amalric’s engrossing family drama is further proof that Vicky Krieps is one of the world’s most exciting actors.

Red Rocket – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Simon Rex is superbly cast in Sean Baker’s sparkling character study of a porn actor well past his pomp.

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abdallah Al-Khatib’s extraordinary documentary captures daily life in the largest Palestinian refugee camp.

Titane – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Julia Ducournau’s sensational second feature offers an intoxicating mix of grease, gore and gasoline.

A Hero – first-look review

By Adam Solomons

Asghar Farhadi’s exceptional Iran-centred drama is a soulful reflection on the morality of crime.

Deception – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Arnaud Desplechin judiciously adapts Philip Roth’s verbose 1990 novel about an adulterous author.

Where Is Anne Frank? – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Ari Folman’s animated retelling of the wartime diarist’s tragic story falls foul of some questionable artistic license.

Bergman Island – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A masterful dissection of love, memory and autobiography from the ever-wonderful French maestro, Mia Hansen-Løve.

The French Dispatch – first-look review

By Hannah Strong

Wes Anderson’s star-studded, multi-chaptered tribute to The New York is his most impressionistic work to date.

Flag Day – first-look review

By Mark Asch

Sean Penn returns to Cannes five years after the fiasco of The Last Face with a somehow even more calamitous family drama.

Drive My Car – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Ryusuke Hamaguchi adapts Murukami and delivers a masterpiece study on the fickle dynamics of human emotion.

Compartment No. 6 – first-look review

By Mark Asch

This delicate Finnish comedy of social and political manners has all the trappings of an arthouse crowd-pleaser.

The Velvet Underground – first-look review

By Michael Leader

Todd Haynes’ first documentary takes a thrilling, cautiously ambivalent look at the NY art-rock demigods.

La Fracture – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A small domestic tiff spirals out into city-wide civil war in Catherine Corsini’s comedy-infused political drama.

Ali & Ava – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Clio Barnard returns with a social realist riff on the classic romcom, and it’s one of her best films to date.

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