‘Jane by Charlotte’ Film Review: An Intriguing Portrait of Jane Birkin, by Her Daughter
Cannes 2021: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s documentary about her mother attains levels of intimacy and emotion alongside moments of banality
Reviews
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‘Playground’ Film Review: School Is Hell in Brutal Belgian Drama
Cannes 2021: First-time director Laura Wandel takes a schoolyard tale and treats it with same hard-nosed intensity as a prison thriller or war film
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‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds’ Film Review: Rare African Cannes Drama Is a Showcase for Actresses
Cannes 2021: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane and Rihane Khalil Alio shine in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s subtle film about women in a hostile culture
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‘Clara Sola’ Film Review: Is This a Quiet, Mystical Drama or a Costa Rican ‘Carrie?’
Cannes 2021: The Directors Fortnight entry from director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén manages to be a few different things without losing its focus
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‘The Souvenir Part II’ Film Review: Gentle British Drama Is Haunted by the Past
Cannes 2021: British director Joanna Hogg has crafted a delicate and exquisite follow-up to her 2019 art-house hit ”The Souvenir“
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‘The Velvet Underground’ Film Review: Todd Haynes Makes an Immersive and Essential Rock Doc
Cannes 2021: He may not have a lot of concert footage to draw from, but Haynes turns his first documentary into a performance
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‘Summertime’ Film Review: Spoken-Word Saga Offers a Vibrant Tour of the Real LA
Carlos López Estrada (”Blindspotting“) returns with a poetry slam that’s a feast for the senses
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‘The Loneliest Whale’ Film Review: Doc Explores the Universal Need to Be Understood
”The Search for 52“ focuses on a one-of-a-kind whale and what he can teach humans about humanity
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‘Onoda’ Film Review: French Director Makes Japanese Biopic With American Influences
Cannes 2021: Arthur Harari’s near three-hour drama borrows from John Ford to tell the story of a WWII Japanese soldier who didn’t give up for 29 years
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‘Everything Went Fine’ Film Review: Francois Ozon Shaves the Rough Edges Off Euthanasia Story
Cannes 2021: Veteran French director has made a resolutely unsentimental and surprisingly genteel family drama starring Sophie Marceau
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‘Ahed’s Knee’ Film Review: Raging Israeli Drama Is Both Physical and Lyrical
Cannes 2021: Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s film about an auteur angry at his own country is designed to keep viewers on their toes
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‘Between Two Worlds’ Film Review: Juliette Binoche Puts a French Spin on ‘Nomadland’
Cannes 2021: Emmanuel Carrere’s drama stars Binoche as an author who tries to experience the gig economy firsthand
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‘Annette’ Film Review: Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard Lead Dark and Loony Showbiz Musical
Cannes 2021: Cannes’ opening night is the latest provocation from director Leos Carax
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Mark Cousins Included 90 Movies in His ‘Story of Film’ – But Couldn’t Fit This Daniel Radcliffe Title
Cannes 2021: The documentary is missing Russian movies, horror movies, and one Radcliffe film
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HBO Max’s ‘Gossip Girl’ Review: A Glittery Revival for the Instagram Era
The reboot offers the same pleasures that made the original a sensation: a gorgeous, charismatic cast that makes you love characters who often do bad things
