“Kinds of Kindness” by Yorgos Lanthimos explores power dynamics and identity through a surreal triptych. With intense performances and a bold narrative, it challenges conventional storytelling.
Anora, a rom-com by Sean Baker, explores class divides through a stripper’s week with a rich Russian. Entertaining but weakened by length and repetition.
Sean Baker remakes Pretty Woman in his own way: making his cinema take another step towards canonization. For the better rather than the worse.
From the dust of “Fury Road,” George Miller attempts a new epic among the deserts of Wasteland, where the narrative takes precedence over the more action-packed elements. Yet, there are still moments of great cinema
A gem illuminates Cannes 2024, but it’s found in Un Certain Regard: it’s the second film by Latvian Gints Zilbalodis, who at only 30 years old is already positioning himself as a master of animation.
“The Neapolitan who lives in the psychology of the miracle,” the director who becomes Odysseus: around Parthenope, mortally wounding himself…
Coppola’s Megalopolis, a decade-long project, debuts at Cannes, facing mixed reactions. The film blends epic ambition and innovative storytelling, challenging conventional cinema.
“Era già tutto previsto”: Sorrentino’s ultimate ode to the mystery of youth and the mystery of Naples, through the life of a beautiful, indefinable, and melancholic woman. Anthropology as a perspective, for an abstract and heartbreaking film, populated by suspended ghosts. In competition for the Palme d’Or.
David Cronenberg takes us to the cemetery and leaves the film there: what a pity
Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” at Cannes 2024 explores Trump’s rise under Roy Cohn, presenting a nuanced, judgment-free look at his formative years and America’s decline.
Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” premieres at Cannes, blending classic and modern western elements in an ambitious four-part series.
Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance blends body-horror and societal critique, starring Demi Moore as a star confronting her younger, more beautiful alter ego.
“Kinds of Kindness” by Lanthimos critiques modern society with absurdity and irreverence, starring Stone, Dafoe, Plemons, and Qualley. Provocative but morally shallow.
Farcical, baroque, pompous, obsessed with time: the latest grand film by Francis Ford Coppola is yet another kamikaze love letter to cinema
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