Ben Croll
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Queerest Cannes Ever: ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘Coward’ and ‘Club Kid’ Mark a Pivotal Moment for Movies
Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” also makes a splashy bookend to the fest
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‘Viva Carmen’ Review: An Animated Gem and Startlingly Original Adaptation
Cannes 2026: Sébastien Laudenbach’s youth-oriented spin on Georges Bizet’s opera is a welcome reminder that ambition can be fun
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‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Unhurried Gangster Drama Defies Convention
Cannes 2026: Yana Radeva is an archeologist-turned-gumshoe in the German filmmaker’s 164-minute feature
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‘Coward’ Review: Queer Art Complements War in Subversive Military Drama
Cannes 2026: Lukas Dhont’s follow-up to “Close” is all but certain to be Belgium’s Oscar submission
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How ‘A Girl’s Story’ Filmmaker Judith Godrèche Tackled Violence in a ‘Feminist Way’
“Actors are not supposed to live the violence,” the filmmaker says of her approach to the story of a young woman’s assault
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‘A Man of His Time’ Review: Odd-Duck Docudrama Explores the Gears of Fascism
Cannes 2026: Emmanuel Marre’s film follows the French Collaborators during World War II
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‘Fjord’ Review: Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Help Cristian Mungiu Put Ethics on Trial
Cannes 2026: Stan and Reinsive fit intuitively within the Romanian director’s precise machinery
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Adam Driver Rebuffs Lena Dunham Question, James Gray Dings Trump at ‘Paper Tiger’ Press Conference
Cannes 2026: Co-star Miles Teller also jokes that working with someone physically bigger than him in Driver was a “challenge”
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‘Gentle Monster’ Review: Léa Seydoux Ponders Moral Duties in Chilling, Emotional Drama
Cannes 2026: Seydoux plays a woman whose husband is arrested for a horrible crime
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‘Tangles’ Review: An Impressive Voice Cast Gives This Animated Tearjerker Life
Cannes 2026: This unlikely illness drama plays with a winning familiarity that should help it find a wide audience after its Thursday premiere
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‘Butterfly Jam’ Review: Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough Serve Up Uneven Culinary Family Drama
Cannes 2026: Kantemir Balagov opens the Directors’ Fortnight with a film that is technically more impressive than the ingredients of its narrative plot
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The Cannes Catapult: How the Glitzy Fest Fast-Tracks European Actors to Hollywood
Critic’s Take: From Javier Bardem to Renate Reinsve, the festival has a record of paving the way to the Oscars — and the American mainstream
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‘Queen at Sea’ Review: Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay Find Grace in Intimate Family Drama
Berlin Film Festival: Lance Hammer’s film balances the harsh realities of growing old with the thrills of growing up
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‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Is Wasted in Wafer-Thin Rehab Drama
Berlin Film Festival 2026: Kornél Mundruczó conceived the project as a showcase for Adams, but it does her no favors
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‘Rose’ Review: Sandra Hüller Is a 17th Century Woman Passing as a Man in Intellectually Gripping Drama
Berlinale 2026: Markus Schleinzer’s provocative, deliberately paced film defies an easy read














