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The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire Inside Us All The inextricable union of victim, victimizer, and witness becomes a metatextual balancing act in Jane Schoenbrun’s formidable third film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a gonzo...

With her sophomore feature, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet made her first trip up the red carpet steps today as one of the several competition first-timers. Sshe unveiled her short Pauline asservie at Critics’ Week in 2018, then presented her debut feature Les...

Koji Fukada emerged as one of the major voices of contemporary Japanese cinema through intimate dramas examining social alienation, fractured families and emotional repression but he has not always been a sure bet for Cannes with items finding themselves on...

Things to Come: Bourgeois-Tacquet Explores an Affair to Remember Crimes of the heart are afoot once more in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme), a film which feels a lot less generic than its title suggests (and is...

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...