Anora Cannes Filmotomy
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Festival International du Film de Cannes 77 Prizes – Anora by Sean Baker Takes the Palme d’Or

Another year of me not being at the Cannes Film Festival remains somewhat depressing, but even from afar (well, across the North Sea) my passion…

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The Assassin Cannes Filmotomy
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Rétrospective du 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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Furiosa Mad Max Saga Cannes Filmotomy
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Festival de Cannes Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

She’s mad as hell and as vengeful as they come— a woman of few words with the red hot fire of revenge in her eyes….

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Love and Anarchy Cannes Filmotomy
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Rétrospective du Festival de Cannes: Film d’amore e d’anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza… / Love and Anarchy, 1973

Lina Wertmüller might have a German name, but she is an unsung heroine of Italian cinema. The writer and director was the very first woman…

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le passe the past Cannes Filmotomy
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Rétrospective du Festival de Cannes: Le Passé / The Past (2013)

Iranian maestro filmmaker, Asghar Farhadi, dipped his toe in French language cinema in 2013 with The Past. It has to be said, a far more…

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Greta Gerwig Cannes Jury Filmotomy cover
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Here are the Members of the Competition Jury for the 77th Festival de Cannes

We’ve known for a while now that actress and writer and director supreme, Greta Gerwig, would head the Jury for the Official Selection for the…

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Cannes Poster 2024 Filmotomy
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77th Festival de Cannes Unveils the Official Poster for 2024 Event

The official poster for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival is a serene, poetic visual, orchestrated heavily by the cinematic presence of Japanese movie-making maestro, Akira…

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Studio Ghinli Cannes Film Festival
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Studio Ghibli to Receive an Honorary Palme d’or at the 77th Festival de Cannes

Whenever such a humongous portion of cinematic history is given such a prestigious spotlight, this editor has to say “Well it is about bloody time.”…

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Cannes Film Review: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

From iconic master of cinema and beloved auteur Martin Scorsese, comes his latest film— Killers of the Flower Moon, which had its highly anticipated world…

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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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Hirokazu Kore-eda Monster Filmotomy Cannes
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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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