Michel Franco

Memory review – a frustratingly shallow character study

By Yasmine Kandil

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard star in Michel Franco's dour drama about high school classmates who unexpectedly reunite amid painful circumstances.

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Memory – first-look review

By Yasmine Kandil

Michel Franco's drama about the chokehold of the past boasts star power in Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, but never quite delivers on its emotional premise.

Sundown – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Mexican cine-sadist Michel Franco returns with another cravenly bleak drama about life as a pageant of eternal suffering.

New Order

By Trevor Johnston

Michel Franco’s button-pushing drama sees Mexico’s super-rich get their comeuppance in spectacularly violent fashion.

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Jane Campion, Paul Schrader head up Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up

By David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by big names and exciting new talent, including Pedro Almodóvar, Ana Lily Amirpour and Pablo Larraín.

Chloé Zhao, Gia Coppola and Michel Franco head up Venice Film Festival 2020

By Adam Woodward

La Biennale’s 77th edition will go ahead as planned, with one of the festival’s most eclectic line-ups in years.

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