Elsa Fernández-Santos

A highly recommended documentary delves into previously unpublished archives of the director of ‘Triumph of the Will’ to decipher one of the most influential and uncomfortable artists of the 20th century

The unnecessary continuation of the franchise, following two completed trilogies, dives deeper into genetic mutation to add another twist to a struggling summer blockbuster

‘The Chronology of Water’ and ‘Eleanor the Great,’ which are competing in the Un Certain Regard section, speak of trauma and loneliness from opposite perspectives

The two actors star in Ari Aster’s corrosive political satire ‘Eddington’, in competition at Cannes, which reveals the conspiratorial tendencies of the United States

The recently deceased actor, a symbol of the New Hollywood movement, built his career on an extraordinary versatility that allowed him to play antiheroes, villains and ordinary guys

It’s striking the poor treatment the legendary director has received from the studios that profited from his success

A documentary on Jim Henson by Ron Howard and the Netflix miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch coincide in their portrait of an era as decadent as it was creative

Director Rose Glass travels to Middle America to immerse herself in a world of violent rednecks and bodybuilding

Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner exposes the dangers of eating disorders through a wellness guru’s fanaticism at an elite high school

British director Molly Manning Walker’s remarkable debut delves into the pressure on girls to lose their virginity in contemporary culture

Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is back with a new feature film. It’s a dark, medieval tale, with the star of the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’

The ‘Poor Things’ character played by Emma Stone challenges the hoary dumb-blonde stereotype through a fresh take on sex addiction

The Oscar-nominated film, based on Percival Everett’s novel ‘Erasure,’ is a sharp and acidic look at the opportunism of the culture industry

Dakota Johnson plays a new character, a satellite of the ‘Spider-Man’ universe, in a film that arrives during the genre’s lowest point

The Danish actor once again demonstrates his enormous magnetism and talent in a period drama with Western overtones about the conquest of the inhospitable Jutland

The French entry for the 2023 Oscars is a passionate story of love and cooking, featuring a sophisticated menu and an exquisite romance between chef and gourmet

The former presidential couple’s production company debuts in fiction with a political dystopia set in a United States on the brink of collapse after a cyber-attack

Pablo Berger adapts Sara Varon’s graphic novel, creating an emotional animated film that takes us back to 1980s New York

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho travels to the past in this melancholic and powerful autobiographical movie: from his mother’s house to the theaters where his love of cinema was forged