Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 7: Monday, 20 May: The Other Way Around (2024) (Volveréis)
★★★★☆
The Other Way Around directed by Jonás Trueba is a glossy romcom in reverse with a deeper philosophy.
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Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 6: Sunday, 19 May: The Story of Souleymane (2024) (L’histoire de Souleymane)
★★★★☆
The Story of Souleymane directed by Boris Lojkine is a searingly realistic two days in the life of one of the invisible people – a bicycle courier in Paris.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 5: Saturday, 18 May: Universal Language (2024) (Une Langue Universelle)
★★★☆☆
Universal Language directed by Matthew Rankin is a surreal satire on provincial Canada.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 5: 18 May: Most People Die On Sundays (2024) (Los domingos mueren más personas)
★★★☆☆
Most People Die On Sundays, written and directed by and starred in by Iair Said, is a very personal, heartfelt portrait of the absurdities of life and death.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 5: Friday, 17 May: Holy Cow (2024) (Vingt Dieux)
★★★★☆
Holy Cow, co-written and directed by Louise Courvoisier, is an involving coming-of-age story set in rural France.
Two Tickets To Greece (2022) (Les Cyclades)
★★★☆☆
Two Tickets To Greece, directed by Marc Fitoussi with French stars, is an odd-couple comedy that looks beautiful and is rather predictable.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 4: Friday, 17 May 2024
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 4: Friday, 17 May
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 3: Thursday, 16 May 2024
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 3: 16 May 2024
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: 15 May 2024
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Day 2: 15 May 2024: When the Light Breaks (2024) (Ljósbrot)
★★★★☆
When the Light Breaks is a beautiful, poetic study of young people’s grief by Rúnar Rúnarsson.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Wednesday, 15 May: Simon of the Mountain (2024) (Simón de la Montaña)
★★★★☆
Simon of the Mountain, the feature debut of Federico Luis, intrigues you with its ambiguity as it follows the life of a disabled young adult.
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024)(Le deuxième acte)
★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Opening Film: Tuesday, 14 May: The Second Act (2024) (Le Deuxième Acte)
La Chimera (2023)
★★★★☆
La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher is an enigmatic, dreamlike Italian fable.
Tiger Stripes (2023)
★★★★☆
Tiger Stripes is a compelling coming-of-age body horror, the first feature by Amanda Nell Eu.