Month: May 2025

Some readers may be old enough to remember when every network was actively trying to find the next “Friends,” hiring…

Far removed from the mournful yearnings of A Quiet Passion––much less the quotidian, calming rhythms of Paterson––Simón Mesa Soto’s Medellín-set…

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. Ghost Trail opens in theaters on May…

Tom Quinn and Neon have accomplished something that even Miramax couldn’t in its prime of the late ‘80s and early…

In past years, Cannes has often prided itself on not making overt political statements. But the wars waging in Gaza…

Book adaptations yield two kinds of films: those that transliterate and those that translate. While the former insist on keeping…

What is love? For some, it is mutuality––a chemistry, care, and concern that blossoms into an equally supportive relationship. For…

For the second time in three years, Cannes’ competition ends with a film in which Josh O’Connor plays a scruffy,…

Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” a Death and the Maiden–like drama about a group of Iranians confronting a man whom…

After my last dispatch’s uncommon thematic synergy, I’ve come back with two films that on their face couldn’t be any…