Carla Simón’s Poetic Portrait Of A Family Trying To Forget [Cannes]

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Carla Simón’s Poetic Portrait Of A Family Trying To Forget [Cannes]

CANNES – The protagonist at the center of “Romeria” hits very close to home for director and screenwriter Carla Simón. It’s 2004, and Marina, portrayed by newcomer Llúcia Garcia, has headed to Vigo, on Spain’s Atlantic coast. The 18-year-old is…

I Was Caught Between Frustration & Empathy In Harris Dickinson’s Memorable Directorial Feature Debut

Urchin follows Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) as Mike, a homeless Londoner who can’t seem to catch a break. In between battling his lack of stability for the past five years, he struggles with substance abuse, which…

Jodie Foster Speaks French In This Pleasurable Yet Unfocused Whodunnit With A Twist [Cannes]

Garnishing is usually perfectly pleasant with a nicely cooked main, but rarely enough when served on its own. And Rebecca Zlotowski’s latest, “A Private Life,” is very much a garnishing, a sleek, slight thriller that amuses but fails to find…

‘Honey Don’t’ Review: Even Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans Can’t Save Ethan Coen’s New Neo-Western B-Movie

In the second installment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's lesbian B-movie trilogy, Margaret Qualley stars as the cool and stylish private eye, Honey O'Donahue, in Honey Don't! Based in a seedy, neo-Western Bakersfield, California, the film is a spiritual…

Hugh Jackman Is the Hardest Working Man in Showbiz — and ‘From New York With Love’ Is the Ultimate Proof

There’s showbiz and then there’s Hugh Jackman — a man who doesn’t just embody the term, but constantly redefines it through everything he does. Across nearly two decades of film and television, Jackman might best be known for playing Wolverine…

Despite Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor’s Stellar Chemistry, This Wartime Drama Is More Sedated Than Sexy

The History of Sound may have been one of the most hotly anticipated Cannes premieres and I’m sure many hoped it would be one of the hottest movies, what with two of the internet’s preeminent boyfriends starring as lovers. It’s…

John C. Reilly Plays Buffalo Bill In Sumptuously Realized Italian Western About The Lies That Make Up Human History [Cannes]

“Is it glorious to win with blood?” asks Rosa (Nadia Tereszkiewicz), the olive-skinned wife of a wealthy man in 19th-century Italy. The person on the receiving end of her query is Buffalo Bill (a cheerful John C. Reilly), an American…

‘The Mastermind’ Review: Josh O’Connor Takes on His Most Boring Role to Date in an Uninspired Heist Movie

I don't exactly think high-action thriller when I hear the name Kelly Reichardt, and that's fine. The director is known for her slow films full of silent actors and quiet ambiance. However, when I heard that Reichardt decided to make…

Jesse Armstrong and HBO’s ‘Mountainhead,’ Starring Steve Carell, Is Rich in Laughs but Lacks the Substance of ‘Succession’

At a time when pop stars embark on jaunts to outer space and arrogant billionaires advise world leaders, the lives of the 1% have never been more baffling or frustrating to the everyman. Consequently, stories ridiculing the rich have become…

Lana Condor & Ross Butler Shine In This Otherwise Generic Ensemble Rom-Com

Worth the Wait does not do itself any favors by embracing a subgenre of the romantic comedy that rarely results in anyone's best work: the interconnected ensemble dramedy. Love, Actually is probably the most popular example, but collections of loosely…

Renate Reinsve And Stellan Skarsgård Are Stellar In Joachim Trier’s Sublime Generational Drama [Cannes]

CANNES – For generations, the Berg family has lived in a distinctly designed home in the center of Oslo, Norway. This house was built with a flaw, a crack in its foundation that creeps through the walls. The house has…

Cate Blanchett Shines As Both Star and Producer In This Gorgeous Tale of Faith and Colonization

When it is not being whitewashed and romanticized, the history of colonization is usually told as that of an extremely violent enterprise, filled with murder, forced assimilation, and disease. While accurate, there is also another history that isn't necessarily told…

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