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Month: May 2025
May 28, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, TV show, TV/Streaming
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…
May 28, 2025
A Poet, Cannes 2025, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, News, Reviews, TV show
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…
May 28, 2025
Cannes 2024, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Ghost Trail, Jonathan Millet, News, Reviews, TV show
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…
May 27, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
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…
May 27, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
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…
May 27, 2025
Cannes 2025, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Kristen Stewart, News, Reviews, The Chronology of Water, TV show
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…
May 26, 2025
Cannes 2025, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Koji Fukada, Love on Trial, News, Reviews, TV show
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…
May 26, 2025
Cannes 2025, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Kelly Reichardt, News, Reviews, The Mastermind, TV show
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,…
May 25, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
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…
May 25, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
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…