Starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, this gets off to a promising start, but the plot twists are derivative and the tacked-on violence descends into exasperating silliness
Sam Raimi is back with…
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‘The most difficult word to say is “Cut!”’: an audience with Cannes conquerors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne ○
They have won the Palme d’Or twice, and their latest offering about teen motherhood scooped the screenwriting prize. The brothers discuss their working methods, who inspires them, and what they disag…
Mektoub My Love: Canto Due review – gobsmackingly weird series drops another surreal sex shocker ○
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Locarno film festival
Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest erotic melodrama delivers another heady dose of flirting, farce and bafflement
So here it is – the third but, incr…
9 months ago
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 95 ○
Chronicle of the Years of Fire took the prize in 1975 for its portrayal of the Algerian war of independence, drawing on his own traumatic history
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African di…
Jafar Panahi returns to Iran in triumph after Cannes Palme d’Or win ○
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The director of It Was Just an Accident was cheered by supporters as he arrived back in his home country, where his work has previously landed him in jail
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was given a …
Jafar Panahi’s Cannes victory is a wonderful moment for an amazingly courageous film-maker ○
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Panahi has endured years of harassment from the Iranian authorities but has created a tremendous body of work; his Palme d’Or is richly deserved
Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes…
12 months ago
Oscars short films 2025 review – from immigration hell to kiss-averse kids and inspirational octogenarians ○
Fifteen films have been nominated in the categories of live action, animation and documentary – some cliched, some excellent and others truly powerful
Once again, the British-based Shorts streaming …
Hard Truths review – Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s blistering performance is the angry heart of Mike Leigh’s drama ○
Playing a raging but inwardly terrified housewife, the actor and a fine supporting case are the intense focus of a story that cries out for closure
Anyone who has ever heard the director Mike Leigh in…
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