The Ciambra (2017)
★★★★☆
The Ciambra is an extraordinary first feature by Jonas Carpignano, a follow-up to Mediterraneo, that has ordinary people, non-professional actors, playing fictionalised versions of themselves in a reality-rooted drama.
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Sundance London ’18: Hereditary (2018)
★★★★☆
Hereditary is a sophisticated, updated horror movie by Ari Aster that showcases Toni Collette as her family falls apart.
Leave No Trace (2018)
★★★★☆
Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace is a sympathetic, realistic character study of a father and daughter trying to adapt to society after being off grid in a US wilderness.
L’Amant Double (2017)
★★★☆☆
François Ozon is on quirky erotic form in L’Amant Double, a mystery of psychoanalysis and seduction.
Ismael’s Ghosts (2017)
★★★☆☆
Arnaud Desplechin’s Ismaël’s Ghosts is an abstract, at times melodramatic, interweaving of nightmare, filmmaking, fiction and reality.
Sundance London 2018
★★★★☆
Sundance London 2018: 31 May-3 June
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Prizewinners
Palme d’Or Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda Grand Prix Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman Grand Jury Prize Capernaum by Nadine Labaki Special Palme d’Or…
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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 12
★★★★☆
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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 11
★★★★☆
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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 10
★★★★☆
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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 8
★★★★☆
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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 7
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2018
On Chesil Beach (2017)
★★★☆☆
On Chesil Beach is a well-acted, sensitive adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella.
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Day 6
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2018