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20-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: May 2025

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident Wins Palme d’Or; See Full List of Cannes 2025 Winners

Juliette Binoche’s Cannes jury has unveiled their winners for this year’s edition, awarding the Palme d’Or to Jafar Panahi’s It…

Cannes Review: Sylvain Chomet’s A Magnificent Life is a Saccharine Tribute to Marcel Pagnol

It’s common for a successful artist to be asked about advice they’d give their younger self; one film from this…

Cannes 2025: Sauson Rec, Dandelion’s Odyssey, Lucky Lu

This is my first year at Cannes, and while thematic synergy is expected at any given film festival, I’m surprised…

Cannes Review: Bi Gan’s Resurrection is a Triumph of Sheer Audacity and Exceptional Craft

Few filmmakers with just two features under their belt can amass the passionate, cinephilic following of Bi Gan. His blend…

Cannes Review: Adam’s Sake is an Empathetic But Uneven Hospital Drama 

Laura Wandel left a lasting impression with her debut feature Playground, a character study of a very young girl during…

Cannes 2025: Sentimental Value, Romería, The History of Sound

If you’ve been following along, you’ll notice that most of these capsules have been grab bags that aren’t necessarily linked…

Cannes 2025: It Was Just an Accident, Alpha

Much has been made of the length of standing ovations after Cannes screenings, but the most memorable one this year…

Cannes 2025: A Private Life, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

Jodie Foster is known to be fluent in French, but Rebecca Zlotowski’s film “A Private Life,” showing out of competition,…

Cannes Review: Sentimental Value Thrives on Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve’s Inimitable Chemistry

Over a delicately structured, Mike Mills-ian montage of Nora Berg’s (Renate Reinsve) personal heritage––30-odd years of an Oslo native’s existence…