Cannes Report
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Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Hailed as ‘Relentlessly Wonderful’ and as ‘Playful as They Come’
Cannes 2021: “It packs about 10 different movies in just 2 hours,” one critic writes
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‘JFK Revisited’ Film Review: Oliver Stone Keeps Digging, But He Still Doesn’t Have the Answers
Cannes 2021: In Stone’s new documentary about the JFK assassination, every gun becomes a smoking one, until there’s so much smoke you can’t see anything clearly
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Cannes So Far: It’s All About the Testing – and the Sexy Nuns, of Course
Cannes 2021: Rumors run rampant, nobody likes spitting in tubes or wearing masks in the heat, and the movies have yet to stand out — but in a way, Cannes is still Cannes
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‘Evolution’ Film Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’ Filmmakers Offer a Powerful Meditation on Trauma
Cannes 2021: Director Kornél Mundruczó and writer Kata Wéber explore the complicated identity of Jews in and around Germany after World War II
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‘Three Floors’ Film Review: Italian Drama Just Doesn’t Work on Any Level
Cannes 2021: Director Nanni Moretti is a Cannes regular, but this film set in a middle-class apartment building is one of the worst efforts in a great career
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‘Ali & Ava’ Film Review: Interracial Romance Is Rich in Details
Cannes 2021: British director Clio Barnard’s film is also an acting showcase for Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook
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Cannes Report Day 6: Sean Penn Trashes Trump, ‘Compartment No. 6’ Surprises
Cannes 2021: Plus, people are happy about one red carpet trend in particular
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‘Compartment No. 6’ Film Review: Finnish Drama Is a Slow-Moving Train to Revelation
Cannes 2021: The story of a Finnish architecture student and a Russian boor sharing a train compartment is deliberate in pace and wintry in tone
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‘The Divide’ Film Review: Catherine Corsini Tackles French Troubles With Gallows Humor
Cannes 2021: The film wrangles the country’s various cultural, racial and social tensions under one leaky roof
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‘The Storms of Jeremy Thomas’ Film Review: Documentary Is the Ultimate Self-Referential Cannes Movie
Cannes 2021: British producer Thomas is a Cannes legend, a regular in the Main Competition with a penchant for films that explore the boundaries of sex and violence
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Cannes Report Day 5: Lea Seydoux Tests Positive for COVID, ‘La Fracture’ Gets Standing Ovation
Cannes 2021: Sean Penn’s “Flag Day” will premiere on Saturday
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‘Unclenching the Fists’ and ‘Murina’ Reviews: Cannes Dramas Explore Women’s Struggles for Control
Cannes 2021: Many films at this year’s festival have engaged in a multifaceted conversation about young women around the globe trying to find some agency in their own lives
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Paul Verhoeven’s Lesbian Nun Drama ‘Benedetta’ Wows Critics: ‘Erotic,’ ‘Phenomenal’
Cannes 2021: “You have never seen a movie quite like this one”
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Cannes Report Day 4: Matt Damon Defends His Trump-Backing ‘Stillwater’ Character
Cannes 2021: Plus, “Cow” director Andrea Arnold hints at “Big Little Lies” experience, and “After Yang” could be a highlight
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‘Where Is Anne Frank’ Film Review: Animated Feature Puts Holocaust Heroine in Timely Fantasy
Cannes 2021: “Waltz With Bashir” director Ari Folman has made another sophisticated animated film that tells a wartime story to which the filmmaker has a personal connection
