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Cannes Film Review: May December (2023)

A May December relationship is a term that describes a couple in a romantic relationship with a considerable age gap between them. The ‘May’ refers…

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Cannes Film Review: The Zone of Interest (2023)

There’s a unique genre of film that attempts the brave undertaking of doing justice in depicting horrific real-world events throughout human history. From World Wars…

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Cannes Film Review: Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

The winner of the 76th Cannes Film Festival’s most prestigious award – the Palme d’Or – went to the French film, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie D’une…

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Cannes Film Review: Asteroid City (2023)

Wes Anderson is an infamous name in modern filmmaking, now synonymous with high stylization and a satisfying aesthetic. His saturated pastel sets, signature static and…

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Festival de Cannes Review: Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)

Monster is the latest film from renowned Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous prolific work includes films such as Broker and Shoplifters, which had their…

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Festival de Cannes: David Lynch Takes Us On A Bonkers Road Trip With ‘Wild at Heart’ (1990)

Master of the cinematic strange, David Lynch, struggled to make a film after 1986’s cult classic, Blue Velvet. Hard to believe. Or is it? Not…

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Festival de Cannes: Deadly Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Masterful ‘The Assassin’ (2015)

This writer’s first encounter with the Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress, Shu Qi, was in the late 1990s. One of the few occasions a certain sibling, a…

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Festival de Cannes Review: Crimes of the Future (2022)

Crimes of the Future was the name of a short David Cronenberg made in 1970. The inspiration for the title came from Henning Carlsen’s classic…

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Festival de Cannes Review: Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Triangle of Sadness is Ruben Östlund’s sixth feature to date and, by far, his most expensive. It is also his weakest work thus far, and I…

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Festival de Cannes Opening Film Review: Final Cut (2022)

As I mentioned in my text about Annette, the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival is generally nothing to write home about. This year’s opener was the…

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Festival de Cannes 75th Edition Official Selection Announced

Yesterday, Thursday 14th April, it was that time again for Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux to announce the Official Selection for the 75th edition of…

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Festival de Cannes Review: Clara Sola (Nathalie Álvarez Mesén)

Clara Sola is the debut feature of the Costa Rican-Swedish director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. It was screened in the Quinzaine de Réalisateur section and is…

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‘Titane’, ‘A Hero’, ‘Annette’ among Festival de Cannes Winners 74th Edition

Here we are then. In mid-July, with the closing ceremony of the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Check out the 2021 winners as the prizes which…

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74th Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard Winners

Today, before the competition films are awarded, and this includes the prestigious Palme D’Or, Cannes has two other ceremonies happening. The first of two, followed…

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