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Ricardo Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea star in "Euforia," directed by Valeria Golino, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Adriano Tardiolo stars in "Lazzaro Felice," directed by Alice Rohrwacher, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Karin Viard, Andréa Bescond, and Clovis Cornillac star in 'Les Chatouilles' ('Little Tickles'), directed by Bescond and Eric Métayer, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
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"Atlanta" creator Donald Glover as Earn in Episode Nine of the series on FX
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Directed by Gilles Lellouche, "Le Grand Bain" ("Sink or Swim") (2018) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes Par Jour: Day 1
After Caroline’s and my harrowing arrival to Cannes, we told ourselves, “Things can only go up from here!” Guess what? We were wrong.
‘Atlanta’ Recap and Review: ‘North of the Border,’ Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water
With only two episodes left in the season, “Atlanta” is finally moving its narrative along. Al is moving forward, and Earn may be regressing, but at last, something is happening.
From Cannes: Cooler Than Ice, ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Butchers Bradbury
During a time when the freedom of speech and the importance of facts are being threatened, it’s a shame that Bahrani delivers a watered-down version of a complex novel that demands so much more.
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The Palais des Festivals, where daily screenings of Competition and Un Certain Regard films are held.
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Michael Shannon and Michael B. Jordan star in "Fahrenheit 451," directed by Ramin Bahrani, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, "Le Livre d'Image" ("The Image Book") premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Directed by Ali Abbassi, "Gräns" ("Border") premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Directed by Eva Husson, "Filles de Soleil" ("Girls of the Sun") premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
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Directed by Vanessa Filho, "Gueule d'Ange" ("Angel Face") premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018.
From Cannes: ‘Gueule d’Ange’ (‘Angel Face’) Touchingly Depicts Girlhood, Destructive Motherhood
Marlene treats Elli less like her daughter and more like an adult friend, or more accurately, like an extension of herself—binge-drinking in front of her, making her over in garish neon lipstick and glittery eye shadow. It’s fun playing dress-up, until it isn’t.
From Cannes: ‘The Image Book’ (‘Le Livre D’Image’) Too Psychedelic, Not Enough Substance
The result is a film whose statement gets lost in the mix, expressed in too fragmented a way to pack an effective punch.
From Cannes: ‘Gräns’ (‘Border’) an Eccentric Fable on Fitting In
The end result is, like the film’s protagonist, a strange hybrid of several genres that is one part Swedish noir, one part romance, one part moralistic fable for a film that plays jump rope with the border of what viewers can bear to see on screen.
From Cannes: ‘Les Filles Du Soleil’ (‘Girls of the Sun’) A Heart-Rending Picture of Female Resistance and Resilience
At its heart, “Les Filles du Soleil” is a stunning, visceral recognition of the power of female leadership.
From Cannes: 'Jiang Hu Er Nv' (‘Ash Is Purest White’) A Transcendent, Kaleidoscopic Love Story
“How much love can be repeated? How many people are worth waiting for?” croons an amateur singer, words that echo throughout Jia Zhangke’s “Ash Is the Purest White.” As it turns out, not that many—if any at all—at least for Qiao.
A Mixed ‘Sound of Music’
In a new production of “The Sound of Music,” a fictionalized portrayal of the character Maria Rainer’s transition from postulant to governess, wife, and stepmother centralizes the bond between Maria and the seven von Trapp children.
From Cannes: ‘Sextape’ Would Have Been Better Off As an Actual Sex Tape
By shirking away the potentially moralizing and prescriptive tone the movie could have taken, Desrosières goes too far and instead turns sexual assault into the punchline of a tasteless joke of a movie.
From Cannes: ‘Plaire, Aimer, et Courir Vite’ ('Sorry Angel’) Sweet, Yet Self-Indulgent
It’s clear that "Sorry Angel" indulges in its own intellectual impulses, sometimes almost to the point of pretension.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Emily, from College Professor to One of the ‘Unwomen’
We finally get to see who Emily was before June met her, and trace the origins of her lingering rebelliousness back to her days as a college biology professor seeking tenure.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: ‘Baggage’ Spins with Dramatics but Lands on its Feet
“The Handmaid’s Tale” isn’t done with Gilead just yet, but the surprisingly artful dramatics and clever character exploration hint at equally interesting world expansions to come.