Cannes Film Festival Archives

★★★, 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.