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6938 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 26/04/2024. 756 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

It Must Be Heaven by Elia Suleiman

25/05/2019

CANNES 2019: Elia Suleiman is in competition with a hilarious, absurdist take on what it means to be a Palestinian  

It Must Be Heaven

It Must Be Heaven

Sibyl by Justine Triet

24/05/2019

CANNES 2019: Justine Triet’s new film is rich, playful and cruel, erecting themes and deceitful mirrors around the excellent Virginie Efira  

Sibyl

Sibyl

Picture of His Life by Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir

24/05/2019

Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin's documentary about underwater photographer Amos Nachoum's attempt to nail an elusive photo has opened the 21st Docaviv  

Picture of His Life

Picture of His Life

Homeward by Nariman Aliev

24/05/2019

CANNES 2019: The feature debut from Ukrainian filmmaker Nariman Aliev, shaped like a funeral procession, is an allegory of the fate of the Tatar people, reduced to a state of vagrancy  

Evge

Evge

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão by Karim Aïnouz

24/05/2019

CANNES 2019: Karim Aïnouz ramps up the melodrama in his adaptation of Martha Batalha’s novel  

A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão

A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti

24/05/2019

CANNES 2019: In Lorenzo Mattotti's film, what starts off as an animation for kids morphs into a wonderful tale of cultural appropriation and colonisation  

La Fameuse Invasion des Ours en Sicile

La Fameuse Invasion des Ours en Sicile

Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo by Abdellatif Kechiche

24/05/2019

CANNES 2019: The second part of Abdellatif Kechiche’s trilogy is a fascinating, impressive, but extreme film chronicling a steamy night in a nightclub  

Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo

Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo

La Belle Époque by Nicolas Bedos

23/05/2019

CANNES 2019: Out of competition, Nicolas Bedos presents a second feature as delicious as it is ingenious, a change of scenery (and set) and a reflection on our times  

La Belle Époque

La Belle Époque

Tlamess by Ala Eddine Slim

23/05/2019

CANNES 2019: Ala Eddine Slim’s is a story of desertion with Kubrickian overtones, which doesn’t fulfil its promise  

Tlamess

Tlamess

The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio

23/05/2019

CANNES 2019: With his story of the mafia boss-turned-informant Tommaso Buscetta, Italian director Marco Bellocchio once again raises the bar on his own special brand of social cinema  

Il Traditore

Il Traditore

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