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Only the Lonely: Fukada Explores Constructions of Identity Japanese auteur Kôji Fukada often favors narratives wherein tenuous but comfortable rhythms are suddenly upended by a confrontation with unresolved issues instigated by relationships with new acquaintances or old reunions. Often, these...

We’re two for two. After nailing both Sundance’s top winner and the Golden Bear with our YouBETcha! predictions, we now turn to the Palme d’Or horse race kicking off today. Out of the 22 Competition titles, two former winners—Cristian Mungiu...

Since 2011, IONCINEMA.com has kept its finger firmly on the pulse of the Palme d’Or competition. We first dove into the waters back when trades like Screen Daily and Le Film Français still published their jury grids exclusively in print...

For a Few Delens More: Balagov Congeals in the Garden State Kantemir Balagov brings his native Nalchik to New Jersey with his English language debut Butterfly Jam, the title a MacGuffin meant to represent a fantasy world of tall tales...

The Liar of Your Desire: Salvadori Sputters with Low Voltage Rom Com To some, love might indeed mean never having to say you’re sorry, but the universe (or at least the audience) demands evidence of how complicated formulas lead to...

Nabbing one of only four non-competition slots in this year’s Critics’ Week selections, French filmmaker Pierre Le Gall will be making his second trip to the Croisette — two years after showcasing his short Les belles cicatrices (2024). Flesh and...

With her body of work, Franco-Costa Rican filmmaker Valentina Maurel has explored adolescence, female desire, social alienation and fractured family dynamics through a raw, darkly comic lens, and with Forever Your Maternal Animal further digs into the malaise of who...

Lightning strikes twice today – earlier we premiered the poster one sheet, and now we have the full trailer to Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building – an official Critics’ Week competition selection. Filmed on...

Among the seven films (six debuts) we find in this year’s Critics’ Week competition line-up we find Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building by filmmaker Bruno Santamaría Razo. The Mexico City born director, writer and cinematographer often blends...

With her sophomore feature High End (formerly known by the far alluring title Diamond Shitter) currently in post-production, Antonia Campbell-Hughes is already preparing to climb back into the saddle with a third feature project—one she already knows intimately. Based on...