Highlights of Critics Week, Cannes Film Fest 2024: “Julie Keeps Quiet” (Belgium)
Julie Keeps Quiet: Leonardo Van Dijl’s riveting psychological drama, Un Certain Regard (Cannes Film Fest 2024, Good Film)
July 12, 2024 by
Locarno Film Fest 2024: Program Includes Hong Sang-soo, Paz Vega Films, Honors for Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet
July 10, 2024 by
Wang Bing, Radu Jude, Ramon Zürcher, and Ben Rivers are also part of the Swiss fest’s 77th edition.
Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Desert Romance (Weak Films in Competition, Cannes Fest 2023)
July 9, 2024 by
Throughout this story of drought, dust and drudgery, the characters’ names, Banel and Adama, take on incantatory power that’s matched by the sun-blasted beauty of Sy’s visuals.
Club Zero (2023): Austrian Jessica Hausner’s New Film (Weak Competition Films, Cannes Film Fest 2023)
July 9, 2024 by
Her critical admirers almost abandoned her when she made in 2019 her disappointing English-language horror-thriller Little Joe.
A Brighter Tomorrow: Directed by Nanni Moretti–One of 8 Worst Films in Competition (Cannes Film Fest 2023)
July 8, 2024 by
In his new film, Moretti again plays a version of himself, a stubbornly outspoken, genially egomaniacal film director.
