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
The director of ‘[REC]’ achieves one of his best films with this prequel to ‘Verónica’ marked by the postwar period, religious imagery and popular legends of Spain
A transgender philosopher’s documentary showcases his life and the inspiring role of the self in a collective narrative
Commercials have gone from interrupting movies to becoming movies in their own right
The actor makes a comeback with a vapid period drama where the most salient feature is his lack of chemistry with actress and director Maïwenn
On the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile, the filmmaker delves into a bloody political satire on the legacy of the macabre dictator
French director Jeanne Herry delves into restorative justice procedures in an ensemble film that defends forgiveness and social reintegration
Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington, who are all over 50, are so heavily retouched that the image is almost comical
American director Ira Sachs sets his new drama in Paris, a love triangle between a homosexual couple and a woman that unmasks the traps of egomania
In addition to being relevant, this film about the history of women’s reproductive rights is engaging thanks to Elizabeth Banks and, especially, the splendid Sigourney Weaver
With Greta Gerwig behind the camera and Margot Robbie in front of it, the Mattel star is the heroine of a meta-comedy about toys and gender, in which Ryan Gosling’s empowered Ken doll steals the spotlight
The memory of the women portrayed in the documentary ‘The Stroll’ was swept away and replaced by the tourist routes in Sarah Jessica Parker’s series
The last installment of the saga starring Harrison Ford also marks the end of a way of viewing a genre that has fascinated entire generations
In books and films, a new generation of women is speaking openly about the taboos surrounding happy relationships and sex
Weston Razooli’s ‘Riddle of Fire,’ which coincides in Cannes with entries by Wes Anderson and Michel Gondry, opens up new horizons for indie cinema
Marco Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti and Alice Rohrwacher are competing for the Palme d’Or with three takes on their country’s history
In the minimalist romantic comedy ‘Fallen Leaves,’ the Finnish filmmaker searches for Charlie Chaplin’s humanity in wartime Ukraine
Directed by James Mangold, the fifth and final episode in the franchise rightly acknowledges that what defines Indy best as an action hero are the scars he bears
The audiovisual standardization driven by the algorithm casts a shadow over a genre that has experienced a qualitative boom in recent years because of streaming
At 85, the two-time Oscar winner plays a grandfather in ‘Armageddon Time.’ Off-screen, he knows that he still has a lot of life left to live and has put his fears behind him to enjoy it
Hollywood’s latest search for meaning returns to an age of innocence with movies like ‘Babylon,’ ‘Nope’ and ‘The Fabelmans’
‘Three Minutes: An Exploration’ is based on a home movie that seeks to revive the memory of a world annihilated by Nazism
The decennial survey conducted by the British Film Institute’s magazine surprises critics and fans by putting Chantal Akerman’s ‘Jeanne Dielman’ on top
Through dozens of testimonies, the documentary ‘The Last Movie Stars’ recounts how the actress helped her husband rise to fame
A documentary about the iconic actress and a new movie about Elizabeth of Austria, who she portrayed in the ‘Sissi’ trilogy, have both premiered at Cannes
The American James Gray evokes the end of childhood in ‘Armageddon Time’ and veteran Jerzy Skolimowski shows the animal tale ‘EO’
“X” is a tribute to the B-movies of seventies cinema, paying special homage to “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”