Reviews
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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
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‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ Review: U2 Frontman’s Life Story Is Grand and Bombastic, the Way We Like It
Cannes 2025: The singer and his director, Andrew Dominik, use startling visuals and reimagined songs to make this glorious mashup of life and music
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‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster Reunites With Joaquin Phoenix – and Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal – in Risqué Political Fantasia
Cannes 2025: What begins as a surprisingly genteel send-up of pandemic-era fever-dreams finds more satisfying footing by letting loose to fully embody that mania
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‘The Little Sister’ Review: Nadia Melliti Is a Magnificent Discovery In Delicate Queer Drama
Cannes 2025: Hafsia Herzi’s film is a character study that marks the arrival of an exciting new talent
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‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Horrifies in A24’s Tale of Death and Abuse
The Oscar-nominated star plays a foster mother with unholy plans for her kids in the second film from the directors of “Talk to Me”
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‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Review: Glorious Gorefest Is 100% Pure Cinema
The sixth “Final Destination” film delivers awe-inspiring, demonically funny shocks — a night at the movies doesn’t get much better
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‘Amrum’ Review: Can This Poignant Drama Make You Ache for a Member of the Hitler Youth?
Cannes 2025: Director Fatih Akin does a wonderfully understated job of setting the innocence and the cruelty of childhood against the fall of fascism
