Critics Week
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026: Voices from the Next Step Studio — Short Encounters at Cannes
Four films, eight young filmmakers, all in a program that pushes their limits as directors, making short films that brought…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Critics’ Week): Nafron (dir. Daood Alabdulaa) | Review
The emotional landscapes of "Nafron" compose a visual poem of the day after the tragedy, in which Daood Alabdulaa kindles…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Critics’ Week): Viva (dir. Aina Clotet) | Review
Aina Clotet’s "Viva" ("Alive") explores a cancer survivor’s reawakening desire through two profoundly different relationships in a standout Critics’ Week…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Critics’ Week): The Station (dir. Sara Ishaq) | Review
In a Yemen ravaged by cycles of violence, "The Station" is a brilliant, generous, and gripping film that celebrates sisterhood…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Critics’ Week): Flesh and Fuel (dir. Pierre Le Gall) | Review
Rare connections and sublime desires flutter like butterflies caught in moving wheels in Pierre Le Gall's "Flesh and Fuel" —…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Imago | Interview with Déni Oumar Pitsaev
“To build a house that cannot be destroyed." We interviewed Chechen director Déni Oumar Pitsaev who won L’Oeil d’or, the…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Nino (dir. Pauline Loquès) | Review
Théodore Pellerin delivers a remarkable performance as Nino, raggedly heartbreaking as a character whose life is shattered in Pauline Loquès’…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Love Letters (dir. Alice Douard) | Review
"Love Letters" is a striking feature debut, presenting love as the shining armor amidst thorny obstacles—elevated by Douard’s visionary direction…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): A Useful Ghost (dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke) | Review
A vacuum cleaner possessed by a kind spirit gets a death-changing assignment in Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s witty horrormedy infused with sentimental…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Adam’s Sake (dir. Laura Wandel) | Review
The 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week Opening Film "Adam's Sake" ("L'intérêt d'Adam") arrives with a heavy battle against morality. Laura Wandel’s…
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