‘The Damned’ Review: Soldiers Seek Faith at the Farthest Reaches of the American Civil War
A minimalist envisionment of the most Westward borders of the American Civil War, The Damned serves as a stark and eerie rumination on one of the country's most contentious junctures, merging the past and present through vaporous denunciations of war and its impact on the men who wage them.
‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý Exhumes the Perpetual Ghosts of His Home Country
Truong’s Cannes-premiering latest work uniquely explores the Vietnamese spirit and its modern history, working as a singular spin on a ghost story wrapped in a heartbreaking romantic drama.
‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Personal Agency Examined through a Sobering Tennis Drama
Belgian filmmaker Leonardo Van Dijl's Cannes-premiering debut feature stars non-professional actor/tennis player Tessa Van den Broek as a rising talent whose career is thrown into a tailspin when her favorite coach is accused of sexual misconduct.
‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley Go for Broke in a Daringly Disgusting Satire Concerning the Absurdity of Modern Beauty Standards
Coralie Fargeat's Cannes-winning sophomore feature pulls out all the stops to serve up an absolutely unforgettable work of body horror that will make you squirm and scream despite its, at times, frustrating ideas.
‘Eureka’ Review: Lisandro Alonso's Dreamy, Chimeric Survey of Indigeneity in the Americas
The latest work from one of Argentina's most fascinating filmmakers, Eureka subverts the conventions of narrative cinema to explore Indigeneity in a post-colonial world through an elliptical lens that challenges our limits of space and time.