Film Reviews

8105 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 18/10/2025. 739 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki by Juho Kuosmanen

19/05/2016

CANNES 2016: An atmospheric nose-dive into black and white in the wake of a boxer on the brink of victory for Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s debut feature  

Hymyilevä Mies

Hymyilevä Mies

Graduation by Cristian Mungiu

19/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Cristian Mungiu brings us almost the perfect film, a cross between a human and societal piece, about corruptly deviating from the principle of trust  

Bacalaureat

Bacalaureat

Pericle The Black by Stefano Mordini

19/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Strongly backed by its protagonist Riccardo Scamarcio, who also produced with the Dardenne brothers, Stefano Mordini's film is a noir directed with sensitivity and arthouse elegance  

Pericle il nero

Pericle il nero

The Together Project by Solveig Anspach

19/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Solveig Anspach’s last film is a delectable comedy about a love that’s romantic as hell and a story about water to boot  

L'Effet aquatique

L'Effet aquatique

Mimosas by Oliver Laxe

19/05/2016

CANNES 2016: The Galician director is in the Critics’ Week presenting a movie born of the union between an adventure film and the portrayal of a worldly mysticism  

Mimosas

Mimosas

The Unknown Girl by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

18/05/2016

CANNES 2016: The Dardenne brothers bring us a new and extremely astute social parable on the theme of individual responsibility  

La Fille inconnue

La Fille inconnue

Mercenary by Sacha Wolff

18/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Following the long and winding path of a young rugby player from Wallis and Futuna thrust into mainland France, Sacha Wolff has made a stunning and enlightening feature debut  

Mercenaire

Mercenaire

The Stopover by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

18/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Delphine and Muriel Coulin bring us an original feminist film on the deep-rooted psychological problems caused by war  

Voir du pays

Voir du pays

Les Vies de Thérese by Sébastien Lifshitz

18/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Leading feminist figure Thérèse Clerc (also featured in previous films of his) asks Sébastien Lifshitz to film the end of her life, so that they can "brave it together"  

Les Vies de Thérese

Les Vies de Thérese

Aquarius by Kleber Mendonça Filho

18/05/2016

CANNES 2016: Produced and sold by French company SBS, this magnificent film by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho places actress Sonia Braga on a pedestal  

Aquarius

Aquarius

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