France
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Cannes Premiere): Marie Madeleine (dir. Géssica Généus) | Review
Géssica Généus pulls double duty as director and star in "Marie Madeleine," where taboo and temptation collide against the foundations…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (ACID): Blaise (dirs. Dimitri Planchon & Jean-Paul Guigue) | Review
ACID selection "Blaise" locates hope at the heart of societal chaos and discomfort, unfolding as this year's celebratory satirical comedy…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2026: Saudades Eternas (dir. Emma Boccanfuso) | Review
In the heart of the favela, Emma Boccanfuso portrays a vibrant, deeply endearing matriarch who turns her home into a…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2026: Dentro (dir. Elsa Amiel) | Review
Elsa Amiel offers an immersion into the creative work of the "Compagnia della Fortezza" and its director, centered around the…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2026: Guided Tour (dir. Alba Jaramillo) | Review
"Guided Tour" deftly depicts, with both narrative and formal ingenuity, a very real curse: the one left behind by those…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2026: Nicole Nicole (dir. Lauren Dällenbach) | Review
Touching and luminous, "Nicole Nicole" offers an intimate, family-centered narrative that tenderly captures a journey of emancipation as unconventional as…
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CPH:DOX 2026
CPH:DOX 2026: The Cord (dir. Nolwenn Hervé) | Review
A moving and urgent portrait of a woman working tirelessly to patch the failures of the healthcare system, "The Cord"…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: A New Dawn (dir. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya) | Review
"A New Dawn" is a visually breathtaking meditation on legacy and environmental loss whose painterly beauty and thematic ambition ultimately…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: Isabel (dir. Gabe Klinger) | Review
Gabe Klinger’s "Isabel" is a sensorially lush, gorgeously shot portrait of São Paulo whose grain and style ultimately cannot compensate…
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Berlinale 2026
Berlinale 2026: Salvation (dir. Emin Alper) | Review
Set against a stark mountain village in Turkey, "Salvation" follows two brothers as faith, power and rivalry slowly entangle, pulling…
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