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In the Mood for Love & Death: Bonello Explores the Final Frontier of Emotional Intelligence Throughout the dizzying centuries-spanning odyssey of an unrequited love in Bertrand Bonello’s formidable film La Bête, we puzzle together a complex set of symbols, subtexts...

After shooting in countries such as Norway and his native Mexico, we can confirm that the Poland segment is now complete for Carlos Reygadas‘ sixth feature. Additionally, we’ve gathered that the Wake of Umbra (Estela de sombra) revolves around four...

A Tree Grows in England: Loach Loses Steam in Klutzy Refugee Drama There’s no doubt Ken Loach is one of the most prominent social-realist directors of his time, navigating the plight of poverty (most often) amongst Britain’s working class across...

Bad Luck Banging: Luck is a Fickle Mistress in Allen’s Amusing Gallic Debut For his fiftieth (and rumored to be last) film, Woody Allen’s French language debut, Coup de chance (Stroke of Luck) also happens to be one of his...

Harpooned by Thierry Frémaux and unceremoniously relegated to the Cannes Premiere section, the critically acclaimed Close Your Eyes (which topped the ICS Awards, and was voted #3 on Film Comment contributors Best Undistributed Films of 2023 list) will see the...

Usually in the twenty to twenty-two film range, the competition for the Palme d’Or has been a tad more inclusive in recent years in terms of the number of invites handed out to established filmmakers who have either never been...

Yesterday we tossed filmmaker names like Ala Eddine Slim, Alexandre Koberidze, Marco Dutra and the tandem of Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza into the prognostication Un Certain Regard mix. Today we present another ten options and make sure to tune...

The Passionate Thief: Rohrwacher Finds Treasures Under the Tuscan Sun “The sun is following us,” whispers a willowy blonde in the enigmatic opening moments of Alice Rohrwacher’s fourth feature, La Chimera, the title a reference to the fire-breathing hybrid monster...

All Dogs Go to Heaven: Besson Gets Bombastic with Retro Pulp The suspension of disbelief required to enjoyably settle into Luc Besson’s latest film, DogMan, is significant, a B-movie scream of queer vigilantism as shaggy eared and rough around the...

Angel Heart: Sauvaire Serves Savior Complex in EMS Thriller “It’s easier with wings than without,” was the tagline for Wim Wenders’ 1987 film Wings of Desire, which could easily have been borrowed for Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s fourth feature, Asphalt City. Based...