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We Saw a Full-Length AI-Generated Feature at Cannes — Here’s What We Thought

We saw a full-length AI-generated film and came away more skeptical than ever about whether artificial intelligence can replace real filmmakers.

Posted 3 weeks ago

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De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Cannes) Review: The first half of an epic two-part biopic

Posted 4 weeks ago

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron is a sweeping WWII epic that chronicles the rise of Charles de Gaulle and the birth of the French Resistance.

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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (Cannes) Review: A lovely tribute to one of the great character actors

Posted 4 weeks ago

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern is a fascinating and affectionate portrait of one of Hollywood’s greatest character actors, packed with incredible stories and career-spanning insight.

Maika Monroe delivers a deliciously deranged performance in the stylish Victorian horror satire Victorian Psycho.

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Victorian Psycho (Cannes) Review: Maika Monroe once again impresses

Posted 4 weeks ago

Maika Monroe delivers a deliciously deranged performance in the stylish Victorian horror satire Victorian Psycho.

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The Man I Love (Cannes) Review: Rami Malek delivers the performance of his life

Posted 4 weeks ago

Rami Malek delivers a career-best performance in Ira Sachs’ devastating Cannes drama The Man I Love, an intimate portrait of life during the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York.

Andy Garcia writes, directs and stars in this riff on forties film noir.

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Diamond (Cannes) Review: Andy Garcia’s noir riff is low-key but not without charm

Posted 4 weeks ago

Andy Garcia writes, directs and stars in this riff on forties film noir.

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Bitter Christmas (Cannes) Review: Almodóvar’s latest finds the auteur in a self-lacerating mood

Posted 4 weeks ago

While it takes awhile to get there, Bitter Christmas finds Almodóvar refreshingly critical of his own late career.

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Fjord (Cannes) Review: Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve are outstanding in this provocative drama

Posted 4 weeks ago

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord is a provocative, deeply nuanced drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as parents caught in a devastating child abuse investigation in Norway.

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Her Private Hell (Cannes) Review: Nicolas Winding Refn’s return to features is a cool-looking bore

Posted 4 weeks ago

Nicolas Winding Refn returns with Her Private Hell, a visually stunning but maddeningly abstract sci-fi noir starring Sophie Thatcher.

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Full Phil (Cannes) Review: An always-eating Kristen Stewart nearly saves this somewhat tedious absurdist comedy

Posted 1 month ago

Woody Harrelson and Kristen Stewart star in Quentin Dupieux’s bizarre Cannes comedy Full Phil, a satire that may test audiences’ patience more than their funny bones.

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