On the WWI Belgian front, a withdrawn farm boy falls for his regiment’s theater troupe leader, finding in art an unexpected refuge and awakening. In Competition.
Tag "Competition"
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‘Coward’ Cannes Review: Lukas Dhont’s Quiet Portrait Of Queer Love And Survival In The Trenches
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‘The Black Ball’ Cannes Review: An Overlong Tribute To Gay Spain That Drowns In Its Own Solemnity
Across a century of silence, the hidden loves of gay men in Spain converge in a story that history tried to bury. Starring Guitarricadelafuente and Penélope Cruz. In Competition.
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‘A Man Of His Time’ Cannes Review: Emmanuel Marre’s Chilling And Eerily Contemporary Study Of Everyday Complicity
A Vichy bureaucrat’s quiet, self-serving complicity in Nazi-occupied France becomes a mirror for our present moment of political cowardice. Starring Swann Arlaud. In Competition.
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‘The Man I Love’ Cannes Review: Ira Sachs Finds Beauty And Resilience In The Shadow Of The AIDS Crisis
In 1980s New York, a celebrated actor living with AIDS rehearses a new show while his tight-knit artistic community rallies around him. Starring Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge. In Competition.
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‘Moulin’ Cannes Review: Gilles Lellouche Anchors a Spare and Relentless Portrait of Defiance Under Nazi Captivity
A French Resistance leader faces his Nazi interrogators with stoic defiance, knowing survival may demand an unbearable final choice. In Competition.
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‘Hope’ Cannes Review: Korea’s Costliest Blockbuster Is a Breathless but Unfinished Beast
A small-town South Korean cop and his ragtag team hunt a monstrous, near-indestructible creature only to discover it’s just the beginning. In Competition.
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‘The Beloved’ Cannes Review: Javier Bardem Anchors a Volatile Father-Daughter Drama
A struggling actress reunites with her estranged filmmaker father to star in his shoot, where buried tensions erupt and personal wounds derail production. Starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo. In Competition.
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‘Sheep in the Box’ Cannes Review: Kore-eda Enters the Uncanny Valley
When a company offers grieving parents a humanoid copy of their lost child, the line between memory and imitation slowly dissolves. In Competition.
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‘Gentle Monster’ Cannes Review: The Man You Thought You Knew
A celebrated musician moves her family to the countryside for a fresh start — and watches her husband’s life, and her own, collapse when the police come knocking. Starring Léa Seydoux and Laurence Rupp. Competition.
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‘All of a Sudden’ Cannes Review: The Radical Act of Paying Attention
A doctor’s push for humane care sparks resistance and unexpected bonds, as Hamaguchi explores suffering, capitalism, and the fragile promise of empathy over three sprawling hours. In Competition.
