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20-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: May 2025

FX Navigates Familiar Comic Waters with Flair in Clever “Adults”

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

Cannes Review: A Poet is a Darkly Humorous Tale of Failed Creative Pursuits

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

Ghost Trail Review: An Engrossing Surveillance Thriller Haunted by the Syrian War 

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

Cannes 2025: Our Coverage of Neon’s Remarkable Six-Film Palme d’Or Streak

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

Cannes 2025: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Militantropos, Imago

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

Cannes Review: The Chronology of Water is Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

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

Cannes Review: Koji Fukada’s Love on Trial Gracefully Unpacks Idol and Agency

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

Cannes Review: In Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, Crime is a Losing Game

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

Cannes 2025: Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” Wins Palme d’Or

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

Cannes 2025: Resurrection, Honey Don’t

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