Egypt’s Biggest Movie Star Can’t Escape The Authoritarian Regime [Cannes]

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Egypt’s Biggest Movie Star Can’t Escape The Authoritarian Regime [Cannes]

CANNES – After screening “Eagles of the Republic,” a world premiere in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, we’re confident that Tarik Saleh will not be allowed back into Egypt anytime soon. The writer and director has been exiled…

Friendship – Review | Flickreel

What’s the only thing stranger than an I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson sketch? How about an A24 movie starring Tim Robinson? Friendship wasn’t written or directed by Robinson, with those duties going to newcomer Andrew DeYoung. It’s…

‘Alpha’ Review: I Think Julia Ducournau Just Locked in Another Palme d’Or

In the time of post-COVID, many filmmakers and storytellers are utilizing their experiences during the pandemic in their stories. Just at Cannes this year, we've gotten a couple, including Ari Aster's political satire Eddington. However, it's Julia Ducournau who perfectly…

A Brutal Coming-Of-Age Boxing Movie With A Searing Performance From Its Young Star

Toxic masculinity, boxing, and cinema go hand-in-hand, with everything from Rocky and Raging Bull to Creed thrilling and terrifying in equal measure with their depictions of explosions of rage in the ring. Wild Foxes brings the action to a boarding…

‘Godland’ Director Hlynur Pálmason’s Latest Is Intimate, Poetic & A Little Distancing [Cannes]

Before we even see a face, Hlynur Pálmason’s “The Love That Remains” immediately establishes the film’s gentle poetry. A crane plucks the roof off a building with the ease of a child dismantling a doll house, the roof swinging as…

Nicole Kidman’s Hulu Drama Returns for a Bolder, Weirder, and More Compelling Sequel

Considering the epidemic of shows being canceled too early, I’m all for things getting more than one season, but I have to admit that the choice to renew Nine Perfect Strangers instead of keeping it to a limited series always…

Lana Condor and Ross Butler’s Tubi Rom-Com Is Harmless but Fleeting Fun

As Tubi furthers its catalog, the streaming service is prepping to put out Worth the Wait, the platform's first Asian-American original film. The multigenerational rom-com follows several characters whose lives intertwine as they experience love, loss, and everything in between.…

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review

The Final Reckoning opens with Ethan Hunt receiving a video cassette, complete with a mission, should he choose to accept it. It calls to mind the first film when a flight attendant asks Hunt if he’d like to watch a…

Harris Dickinson’s Feature Debut Starring Frank Dillane Is Earnest Yet Unsteady [Cannes]

Being unhoused is often associated with the idea of roughness: rough sleeping, having it rough, going through a rough patch. Yet, Frank Dillane’s Mike embodies a contrasting elegance. His delicate limbs tuck tightly against a slender frame when night comes,…

Egypt’s Biggest Movie Star Can’t Escape The Authoritarian Regime [Cannes]

Friendship – Review | Flickreel

‘Alpha’ Review: I Think Julia Ducournau Just Locked in Another Palme d’Or

A Brutal Coming-Of-Age Boxing Movie With A Searing Performance From Its Young Star

‘Godland’ Director Hlynur Pálmason’s Latest Is Intimate, Poetic & A Little Distancing [Cannes]

Nicole Kidman’s Hulu Drama Returns for a Bolder, Weirder, and More Compelling Sequel

Lana Condor and Ross Butler’s Tubi Rom-Com Is Harmless but Fleeting Fun

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review

Harris Dickinson’s Feature Debut Starring Frank Dillane Is Earnest Yet Unsteady [Cannes]

This Bloody Hong Kong Crime Movie Loses The Plot Despite Being A Visual Feast

Colby Minifie and Kate Burton’s Visceral Body Horror ‘The Surrender’ Is a Gory Exploration of Grief

‘A Pale View of Hills’ Review: This Understated Gem Reveals a Side of Post-WW2 Japan You’ve Never Seen Before