Cannes
Banel & Adama
Banel & Adama is a film of striking individuality, characteristic of its debut director’s youth at a festival…
By Matthew McMillanSpecial
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“I wanted to make a film about barbarism”: Bertrand Mandico on Conann
Conann is the latest cinematic adventure from visionary French director Bertrand Mandico (The Wild Boys), showing during Cannes…
By Sarah Bradbury
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The Idol
Sam Levinson can be a frustratingly petulant filmmaker. Aside from the behemoth, cultural beacon that is Euphoria, his…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
Asteroid City
Wes Anderson is any film festival’s favourite: a guarantor for a fun, quirky adventure with an armada of…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
Robot Dreams
In a special screening also open to younger audiences, Spanish director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves) presented his animation debut…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
The Book of Solutions (Le Livre des Solutions)
The central character of Michel Gonry’s madcap ode to the beauty and peril of creativity is Marc (Pierre…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
“In the last ten years, First Nations stories have become more acceptable”: Wayne Blair and Deborah Mailman on The New Boy
Warwick Thornton's latest work, The New Boy positions itself within the raw, tumultuous setting of 1940s Australia, straddling…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
If Only I Could Hibernate
The title of the first Mongolian film to play in the official selection at Cannes Film Festival speaks…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
Club Zero
Austrian writer and director Jessica Hausner practically has a season ticket to Cannes. Most recently, she was a…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
Project Silence
Cannes's Midnight section offers the biggest head-scratchers of this year's line-up, even as the late hour already carries…
By Selina Sondermann