78th Festival de Cannes: Official Competition: 23 publications

Victor Fraga - 26-05-2025

Our editor attended the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes; he discusses the winners, the losers and his dirty picks (our team reviewed all the Official Competition and Un Certain Regard titles, and much more) [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2025

BEST SCRIPT WINNER AT CANNES: four troubled young mothers must decide whether to keep their babies, in the Dardenne Brothers' humanistic new creation (and their best film in many years) - on VoD on Thursday, October 3rd [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 24-05-2025

A miscast Josh O'Connor plays Mooney, a novice criminal who tries to pull off the perfect art heist...and fails miserably at it - on Mubi in December [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2025

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in this loud tale of failed motherhood and female insanity - in cinemas on Friday, November 7th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-05-2025

Eighteen-year-old Marina retraces the footsteps of her biological parents in Galicia (Northwestern Spain) - Carla Simon's heartbreakingly honest, semi-autobiographical new film shows in various festivals [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2025

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Victor Fraga - 23-05-2025

Mother contends with her wild son and duplicitous fiance, in this complex Iranian web of family intrigue (with more twists than a cheap garden hose) - live from the Official Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2025

GRAND PRIX WINNER AT CANNES: Seventy-year-old filmmaker is hellbent on finishing his first movie in a decade, as Joachim's Trier comments on the complex relationship between artistry and humanity - in cinemas on Friday, December 26th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2025

in the New England of the 1910s, two folk singers fall in love, sing and part, in a British-American co-production as boring as it sounds - from the 69th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2025

Middle-aged writer released from prison finds comfort in an former inmate, just as she seeks to rekindle her life - Goliarda Sapienza's uneven biopic is in Cannes's Official Competition [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2025

Superstar of Egyptian cinema is persuaded into taking part in a government propaganda film, with very dangerous repercussions for him and his loved ones - from the Official Competition at Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2025

PALME d'OR WINNER - Torture survivors accidentally kidnap their apparent tormentor of yore, in Panahi’s meditation on the ethics and the dynamics of revenge (with a message for Iranian censors and thugs) - in cinemas on Friday, November 5th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2025

Deadly virus turns people into marble, in Julia Ducournau's stone-cold parable of love and abandonment - on all major VoD platforms in December [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2025

BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR WINNER AT CANNES: Kleber Medonca Filho's crime drama about a dignified researcher on the run pays tribute to the films and the cinemas of yore, while also celebrating the director's native Recife, in Northeastern Brazil - from various festivals [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 18-05-2025

Father and daughter flee from the clutches of evil Uncle Nubar, in Wes Anderson's disappointing 13th film - on VoD on Monday, July 14th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2025

Japanese blend of murder mystery and child imagination allegory is cryptic and bizarre, dogged by elementary cinematography and wooden acting - showing in various festivals [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2025

Richard Linklater transports viewers back to the Paris and the Cannes of 1960, in his charming tribute to Jean-Luc Godard (mind: he occasionally betrays the spirit of the late French filmmaker) - from various festivals. [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-05-2025

Young Muslim seeks to reconcile her homosexuality and her religion, in this ordinary coming-of-age drama from France - from the Official Competition at Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2025

Ari Aster's ambitious riff on American right and leftwing politics is extremely familiar and barely enlightening - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2025

European whims are shattered into pieces, in Oliver Laxe's hauntingly beautiful and disturbing allegory of life on the edge - showing at various film festivals [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2025

Independent police investigator deep-dives into a police brutality case, in this thoughtful study of repression and impunity - from the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 15-05-2025

Young and dignified lawyer confronts Stalin's corrupt establishment, in Sergei Loznitsa's profound and sombre new film - from the 29th Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-05-2025

Aesthetically astounding German drama seamlessly blends the visual and the tactile, just as it weaves together three families from different eras - from various festivals [Read More...]