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We’ve been devoted fans of Cristian Mungiu ever since discovering his work through the Romanian New Wave’s crowning achievement, 2017’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (read review). His feature debut Occident was a Directors’ Fortnight selection in 2002....

The Executioner’s Song: Millet’s Stabbing Debut Looks at How Control Moves Beyond Borders If a Syrian doesn’t find himself in Syria does he still make a sound? In Jonathan Millet’s feature debut, those who are far, far away from their...

Much Ado About Fussing: Anderson Spills More Twee The Wes Anderson devotee cult has been searching for a way to justify his cinematic sainthood following an arguable trend of hollow triumphs, and it seems his latest endeavor, The Phoenician Scheme,...

The Love That Remains emerged as one of the best-reviewed films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many critics arguing it deserved a Competition slot—much like his 2022 standout Godland—rather than its placement in the Cannes Premiere section. Now,...

It world premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival last year and didn’t remain on the radar much long after that. Emmanuelle received its domestic release in France and we finally have some U.S. release plans – sadly it...

At the 2024 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, there was a break-out film from the Critics’ Week section. A feature fiction debut, Jonathan Millet’s prize-winning Ghost Trail (Les fantômes) is another kind of thriller – methodical over messy, small...

The jury of Juliette Binoche, Alba Rohrwacher, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, thesps Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong, South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi chose to bestow the highest...

Molly Manning Walker and her jury of Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Vanja Kaludjercic, Italian director, producer and screenwriter Roberto Minervini and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart handed on the prizing late last week for...

We missed out on the award ceremony at the Critics’ Week, but managed to be part of the festivities for the Directors’ Fortnight and it was the overwhelming popular The President’s Cake by Hasan Hadi that claimed the top acknowledgement...

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire competition and more. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the feature films across all sections, including logged reviews and forthcoming ones. Our Cannes coverage continues well beyond the festival dates....