Reviews
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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Denzel Washington and ASAP Rocky Are Foes to Remember in Spike Lee’s Slick Drama
Cannes 2025: Lee’s update on Akira Kurosawa’s film is an urban thriller that feels different than the work that has defined him
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‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Season 2 Review: Soapy Hulu Hit Makes the Same Mistakes in the Snow
Nicole Kidman returns in this wellness thriller with a new ensemble but not much else in terms of plot or satire
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‘Eagles of the Republic’ Review: Movies and Politics Don’t Mix, Says This Movie About Politics
Cannes 2025: Tarik Saleh’s drama is less interested in the process of filmmaking than in its use in propaganda
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‘Peak Everything’ Review: Offbeat Canadian Rom-Com Finds Love in the Face of the Apocalypse
Cannes 2025: Director Anne Émond takes the anxieties that underlie any romantic comedy and blows them up to global proportions
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: Cannes’ First Nigerian Movie Mixes Autobiography and Mystery
Cannes 2025: Akinola Davies Jr.’s drama is a rhapsody of sorts, but a rough one that ends in political turmoil and unanswered questions
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‘Urchin’ Review: Harris Dickinson’s Directorial Debut Is a Devastating, Delicate Drama
Cannes 2025: Frank Dillane gives the best performance of the festival thus far in Dickinson’s addiction story
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‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Nobody Wes Andersons Like Wes Anderson
Cannes 2025: A tycoon finds God and a nun finds materialism in yet another impeccable, funny, meaningful Anderson diorama
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‘The Secret Agent’ Review: ’70s Brazilian Romp Includes Wagner Moura and a Rampaging Severed Leg
Cannes 2025: Cohesiveness or coherence are not high on the list of the attributes of Klebel Mendonça Filho’s film, but its messiness is part of its charm
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‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: Angry Documentary Is as Much About Us (and Donald Trump) as About George Orwell
Cannes 2025: Raoul Peck’s film is an artful balancing act that dips in and out of Orwell’s life and work and swings from history to art to the most current of events
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‘Die, My Love’ Review: Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence Are Outstanding in Haunting Domestic Horror
Cannes 2025: Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of the novel by Ariana Harwicz is frequently astounding
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‘Renoir’ Review: Quiet Japanese Drama Looks at Death Through a Young Girl’s Eyes
Cannes 2025: You could call Chie Hayakawa’s understated second feature a coming-of-age film, except that its lead character doesn’t really learn anything
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linklater’s ‘Breathless’ Making-Of Biopic Is a Delightful Hang
Cannes 2025: The filmmaker’s labor of love also showcases a little-heralded aspect of Linklater’s career: technical craft
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‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Davika Hoorne Is a Spectacular Supernatural Vacuum in Bold Drama
Cannes 2025: Writer/director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature debut is a wondrous festival discovery that’ll stick with you
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‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart’s Expansive, Evocative Work of Cinematic Poetry
Cannes 2025: Imogen Poots gives a career-best performance in this bold adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s 2011 memoir
