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2295 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Slack Bay: Predetermination and disguise

Slack Bay: Predetermination and disguise

CANNES 2016: Portraying the class struggle through tragicomedy and the burlesque, Bruno Dumont’s latest piece is a work of genius  

13/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Competition

I, Daniel Blake: A very Ken Loach film

I, Daniel Blake: A very Ken Loach film

CANNES 2016: The film industry’s most gentle and powerful advocate of the people, the great Ken Loach, returns to the Croisette with a deeply moving film  

13/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Competition

Staying Vertical: When it’s about seeing the wolf (or the snake)…

Staying Vertical: When it’s about seeing the wolf (or the snake)…

CANNES 2016: By strengthening his ties with nature, Alain Guiraudie pushes even further ahead in his existential exploration of the individual that makes his films so unique and distinct  

12/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Competition

Sieranevada: “C’est la vie!”

Sieranevada: “C’est la vie!”

CANNES 2016: Cristi Puiu has crafted a real directorial triumph, taking us behind closed doors and immersing us in a family reunion that unfolds over one afternoon  

12/05/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Competition

Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello in competition at San Sebastián

Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello in competition at San Sebastián

Turned down for the selections at Cannes, the film, which centres around "young people planting bombs in Paris in the present day" will be competing for the Golden Shell  

20/04/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Competition

United States of Love: The antibody in Poland

United States of Love: The antibody in Poland

BERLIN 2016: In a post-Cold War Poland under the Solidarity movement, Tomasz Wasilewski follows the crossed paths of four women who express their desire for love through shame  

19/02/2016 | Berlinale 2016 | Competition

The Commune: Vinterberg moves from nuclear family to communal living

The Commune: Vinterberg moves from nuclear family to communal living

BERLIN 2016: The Danish director is back in the Berlinale competition with a rather uncomfortable film focusing on an unconventional form of household  

18/02/2016 | Berlinale 2016 | Competition

Genius: the American novelist whisperer

Genius: the American novelist whisperer

BERLIN 2016: A British team presents a visceral and spot-on tribute to the editor at Scribner’s who first heard the barbaric yawp of the Great American Novel  

17/02/2016 | Berlinale 2016 | Competition

Soy Nero: Rafi Pitts stigmatises the way Americans behave towards the ‘Other’

Soy Nero: Rafi Pitts stigmatises the way Americans behave towards the ‘Other’

BERLIN 2016: American day at the Berlinale kicked off on a critical note with a film about a young Mexican who wants to be a "Green Card soldier"  

17/02/2016 | Berlinale 2016 | Competition

24 Weeks: A drama that gets right under the skin

24 Weeks: A drama that gets right under the skin

BERLIN 2016: The new film by German director Anne Zohra Berrached, unveiled in competition at Berlin, boasts some magnificent performances  

16/02/2016 | Berlinale 2016 | Competition

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