Cannes Report
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‘Under The Silver Lake’ Film Review: Andrew Garfield Lives Dirtbag Dream in LA Story
David Robert Mitchell film is sprawling, indulgent, with many pockets of pleasure
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Heavyweight Cannes Lineup Ties Record for Female Directors in Competition
Four female filmmakers are represented in the main competition, along with such past Cannes directors as Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Xavier Dolan, the Dardenne brothers and Terrence Malick
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‘Dogman’ Film Review: Good Man Goes Bad in Muscular Italian Drama
Without much dialogue, director Matteo Garrone lets his story play out in the confrontations between two very different criminals
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Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Set as Cannes Opening Night Film
Adam Driver, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton star in indie director’s zombie comedy
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Cannes Debuts Childcare and Breastfeeding Stations for Working Parents
No high heels required: Marché du Film is partnering with a new collective called Parenting at Film Festivals
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‘Knife + Heart’ Film Review: Gay Porn Murder Story Pays Tribute to Exploitation Cinema
Yann Gonzalez’s lascivious film is an appealingly stylish destination for our eyes and ears, even if its storytelling can sometimes falter
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‘Three Faces’ Film Review: Once Again, Jafar Panahi Is Modest But Profound
The Iranian director is officially forbidden from making films for 20 years, but “Three Faces” is the latest exceptional work he’s made in the face of that ban
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‘Sorry We Missed You’ Film Review: Once Again, Ken Loach Sings the Working Class Blues
Loach’s working-class drama is a timely look at the gig economy, but the veteran British director struggles to find anything fresh to say in his usual arena
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‘Climax’ Film Review: Is It a Movie, or an LSD Trip?
Cannes 2018: Director Gaspar Noé unleashes a troupe of Europe’s most nimble dancers to vogue you, krump you and pop-lock you through one very bad trip
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‘The Image Book’ Film Review: Once Again, Jean-Luc Godard Messes With Viewers’ Heads
The 87-year-old director’s newest film is an essay in sound and picture and an assault on the idea of cinema and, sometimes, on the viewer
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‘Everybody Knows’ Film Review: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem Shine in Strong, Disquieting Thriller
Asghar Farhadi’s dark drama stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who have rarely gone to these emotional extremes in their work together
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Penélope Cruz Says She Spent Months in ‘Terrifying Pain’ for ‘Everybody Knows’
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “It was the most difficult character I’ve ever had to play,” says the actress of her role as a desperate mother in Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language drama
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‘The Traitor’ Film Review: Sturdy Mafia Biopic Loses Something in Translation
Actor Pierfrancesco Favino delivers an exquisite movie star turn
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‘Les Miserables’ Film Review: Socially Minded Thriller Breathes New Life Into an Old Tale
Director Ladj Ly explores the fissures that lead a society from collective joy to revolutionary anger
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‘Cold War’ Film Review: Romance in Postwar Europe Is Ravishing and Haunted
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Europe in the aftermath of World War II in his first film since the 2013 Oscar winner “Ida”