Film Review
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Competition): A Few Things Happening By A River (dir. Daniel Soares) | Review
An exquisite contemporary fable about our growing impermeability to the natural world, "A Few Things Happening by a River" portrays…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Competition): The Unknown (dir. Arthur Harari) | Review
"The Unknown" presents a mystifying labyrinth of complex identity issues, separating the physical from the mental through body swapping.
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Midnight): Colony (dir. Yeon Sang-ho) | Review
Bio-terrorism meets zombies in this Yeon Sang-ho feature, almost a decade after giving Cannes the chills with "Train to Busan"…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Un Certain Regard): Titanic Ocean (dir. Konstantina Kotzamani) | Review
A cinematic hypnosis. A delicate evolution that dives deep into mystical dreams, Un Certain Regard selection "Titanic Ocean" is director…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Un Certain Regard): Elephants in the Fog (dir. Abinash Bikram Shah) | Review
In "Elephants in the Fog," director Abinash Bikram Shah crafts a remarkable feature debut that embraces a portrait of Nepal’s…
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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 (Competition): All of a Sudden (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi) | Review
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s humane drama offers a blossoming friendship amid tragedy, rewiring our perspectives on what truly being alive means.
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Directors’ Fortnight): 9 Temples to Heaven (dir. Sompot Chidgasornpongse) | Review
Realism at its finest. A smooth-sailing study of death, Buddhism, and the philosophical questions that surround them, director Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Midnight): Species (dir. Marion Le Corroller) | Review
An eccentric, adrenaline-pumped genetic drift takes shape in Cannes Midnight Screening selection "Species," a red-tinted horror film that unsettles with…
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Spotlight: Documentary
TIDF 2026: XiXi (dir. Fan Wu) | Review
Fan Wu's "XiXi" is a true ode to freedom, a heartfelt cry for the reclaiming of women’s bodies, an essential…
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