Cannes Film Festival Archives

★★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Female Filmmakers, France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, out now, Reviews, Women FilmmakersNovember 22, 2024

All We Imagine As Light (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
All We Imagine As Light is a beautiful film about the contrasting lives of three women in India, the second film directed by award-winning Payal Kapadia.

★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, France, out now, ReviewsOctober 18, 2024

The Crime is Mine (2023) (Mon Crime)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Crime is Mine directed by François Ozon is a fast-moving comedy wolf in sheep’s clothing about gay rights and women’s equality, starring Isabelle Huppert.

★★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Female Filmmakers, France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, out nowOctober 18, 2024

BFI LFF 2024: All We Imagine As Light (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
All We Imagine As Light is a beautiful film about the contrasting lives of three women in India, the second film directed by award-winning Payal Kapadia.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Croatia, Iceland, Netherlands, out now, ReviewsOctober 11, 2024

BFI LFF 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, France, out now, ReviewsSeptember 20, 2024

The Goldman Case (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Goldman Case directed by Cédric Kahn grippingly reconstructs the 1976 trial of voluble and charismatic leftist Pierre Goldman and tackles antisemitism and history.

★★★, Awards, Cannes Film Festival 2024, China, out now, ReviewsAugust 26, 2024

Black Dog (2024) (Gou Zhen)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Black Dog is ‘Sixth Generation’ director Hu Guan’s hit film, a huge allegory about rapid change in modern China.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, China, festivals, out now, Picturehouse, ReviewsAugust 12, 2024

Only the River Flows (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Only the River Flows is a scintillating Chinese neo-noir, the third film directed by Wei Shujun.

★★★★★, France, Germany, out now, Picturehouse, Reviews, TurkeyJuly 24, 2024

About Dry Grasses (2023) (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan is another masterpiece from the Turkish auteur.

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Canada, Cannes Film Festival 2023, comedy, Female Filmmakers, Reviews, romance, Women FilmmakersJune 27, 2024

The Nature of Love (2023) (Simple Comme Sylvain)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Nature of Love directed by Monia Chokri is a modern Canadian romcom, seen from a woman’s point of view, with a contemporary twist.

★★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2024, out now, Palme d'Or, ReviewsMay 25, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 12: Saturday, 25 May: Awards

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Awards

★★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2024, Female Filmmakers, France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, out now, ReviewsMay 25, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 11: Thursday, 23 May: All We Imagine as Light (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★★
Cannes Film Festival: Day 11: All We Imagine As Light (2024). All We Imagine As Light is a beautiful film about the contrasting lives of three women in India, the second film directed by award-winning Payal Kapadia.