Ryusuke Hamaguchi adapts Murukami and delivers a masterpiece study on the fickle dynamics of human emotion.
By Mark Asch
This delicate Finnish comedy of social and political manners has all the trappings of an arthouse crowd-pleaser.
Todd Haynes’ first documentary takes a thrilling, cautiously ambivalent look at the NY art-rock demigods.
A small domestic tiff spirals out into city-wide civil war in Catherine Corsini’s comedy-infused political drama.
Clio Barnard returns with a social realist riff on the classic romcom, and it’s one of her best films to date.
Andrea Arnold successfully adapts her social realist mode to minutely chronicle the life of an average dairy cow.
Lip-smacking provocation and saucy humour abounds in Paul Verhoeven’s rip-roaring nunsploitation romp.
Joachim Trier returns to Cannes with a keenly-observed drama about the often turbulent nature of modern romance.
Kogonada’s sci-fi-tinged family drama confirms its writer/director as one of cinema’s most vital new voices.
François Ozon takes a light-hearted look at the banality and bureaucracy of assisted suicide in his misfiring latest.
By Mark Asch
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s bright, hopeful film addresses the persistent issue of women’s reproductive health in present-day Chad.
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid serves up a spiky, intelligent drama about conflict and reconciliation.
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star in Leos Carax’s audacious rock opera about a baby with a very special gift.
Juliette Binoche excels as an undercover author in the world of low-wage domestic labourers.
Cannes Uncut will capture the “glorious excesses” of the world’s most glamorous film festival.
Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman goes in search of parallels to his homeland in this charming road movie.
Joanna Hogg joins Clio Barnard and Miguel Gomes, while Frederick Wiseman will be honoured with the Carrosse d’Or.
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