We must congratulate director Andrey Zvyagintsev both for winning the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and for using his thank-you speech to ask Putin to stop the carnage of the war in Ukraine. Mr Zvyagintsev now lives in exile in France thanks to his political beliefs, but …
The French title of this film, Garance, is the uncommon name of the heroine and also that of the flower which is known in English as the rose madder. The choice to use Another Day instead of something like “Rose Madder” for the English title dampens the effect of that …
Hollis Shaw has it all: a famous doctor husband, a daughter at NYU studying film, and a super popular food blog with a following that thinks she’s a domestic goddess. But then, in a shocking moment, she sees it all come undone. Her husband passes away in an accident right …
I’m so excited! My favorite time of year is almost here. That time when the days get a little colder, the nights start a little sooner, and the shadows seem a little more sinister. I’m talking about SPOOKY TIME! I love to sit down with some hot cocoa, light a …
Tony is a love story, but not the kind we are used to. It is about the love a young man has with his wide-open future, supported by slightly older roughneck men who understand 1) exactly how this young man is falling in love 2) and that he has no …
It’s still somewhat unusual for movies out of China to be made in one of their quote-unquote minority languages, and it’s a bit odd to refer to Teochew, which has approximately 20 million speakers, as a minority language. But within the context of the one billion people in China, that’s …
Talk about a shocker: Wilson Fisk, A.K.A. The Kingpin is dead. Matt Murdock doesn’t know how to process it. But that’s okay because he doesn’t have time. Daredevil is too busy running around town putting out the fires that Fisk’s death has started. Bad guys are coming out of the …
Now why might a work of art about a group of – well, not people, but cute protagonists – whose lives have been damaged by a major corporation’s terrible products strike a nerve? Coyote vs. Acme is a howl against how everything is getting worse all the time, and how …
For years, Morfran has been the Dark Lord ruling over Ruthven with his Dark Lady Ravana. But lately it’s all gotten a little ho-hum, and he’s feeling like he needs something more from life than beheading his enemies and torturing dissenters. So he decides to make a run for it, …
If I make you a delicious sandwich, which you eat and think is delicious, then inform you that mixed in with 99% of bread, mustard, salami and cheese is 1% sh*t, then it was a sh*t sandwich. If you still think it was delicious after knowing that you’ve just eaten …
Olive Smith loves rom-coms: funny, cute meets, impractical circumstances, unlikely love- it’s great. But not when she’s living one! You see, her best friend, Anh, is really into a guy that Olive dated like once and didn’t even like that much. But Anh won’t date him because of “girl-code”. Olive …
For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town. What a perfect opening line. Immediately, you are drawn in. Who are the Owens women? Why are they blamed for everything? Why not the Owens men? You have to keep …
Back to the 90s is a story of friendship, self-discovery, and incredible music. Directed by Facundo Scalerandi and written by Marian Grönwoldt, Juliana Lima Dehne, and Joy C. Mitchell, it is the most unexpected sort of time travel story. It’s a German-language film, but because of the music, English-speaking audiences will …
The life of an octopus can be exciting. Living in the sea, adapting to your surroundings. Hunting for your meals while avoiding being eaten yourself. And always something new to see and explore. Unfortunately, that’s not Marcellus’s life. He was “rescued” from the sea when he was only a few …
The absence of any major American films from this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition allowed room for some French films to sneak in. The Birthday Party aka Histoires de la Nuit is a film which would have never otherwise been allowed to compete for the Palme d’Or. It’s the kind …
Writer-director Volker Schlöndorff probably remains best known for his 1979 film The Tin Drum, but that underestimates his career. He has been a solid and thoughtful filmmaker both in English and his native German for more than this half-century, without ever quite having a major hit that provides an easier …
At a foreboding manor tucked back in the New Hampshire mountains, four young girls gather with an eccentric host to compete for the prize of being named the heiress of a vast fortune. At first glance, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, especially for these girls who each …
Jessica’s life is falling apart around her. Her son has decided he’s a nonbinary, vegetarian, hedge witch who goes by They/Them. Jessica tries to be supportive, but she isn’t sure she understands any of it. Meanwhile, her husband spends more time at the office than with her. And at 46, …
The best film of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival premiered out of competition. La Bataille de Gaulle: L’Âge de Fer, which has the English title De Gaulle: Résistance, is an absolute triumph of cinema. It is a fast-paced and largely true historical epic that handles complex and layered political events …
We all know China is an industrial superpower, but we (especially in the west) don’t devote much time wondering how China has become an industrial superpower. Well, part of the answer is that it buys a lot of its raw materials in from Mongolia. China’s upstairs neighbour is a nation …