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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

In many ways George Miller’s reinvention of Mad Max is an unlikely blockbuster Hollywood franchise. 2015’s Fury Road…

By Mark Worgan
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The Girl with the Needle

Magnus van Horn’s The Girl with the Needle, or Pigen Med Nålen, starts out as a fairly conventional…

By Mark Worgan
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Zambian-Welsh filmmaker Rugani Nyoni’s follow-up to her arthouse hit debut I Am Not a Witch, On Becoming a…

By Mark Worgan
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This Life of Mine

Most films don’t start with a joke about fonts – but then Sophie Fillières is not most filmmakers.…

By Mark Worgan
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Ghost Trail

The Critics’ Week running parallel to the illustrious festival opened last night with French director Jonathan Millet’s slow-burn…

By Selina Sondermann
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Wild Diamond

Liane dreams of becoming the French Kim Kardashian. While her mother is months behind on paying rent, she…

By Selina Sondermann
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The Second Act

In 2022, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off with Final Cut (Coupez!), a quirky ode to the collaborative…

By Selina Sondermann
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When the Light Breaks

Within its first, deceptively tranquil shot, Icelandic director Runar Runarsson’s fourth feature is imbued with an irrecoverable sense…

By Thomas Messner