Thank God for ‘Club Kid’
Writer, actor and comedian Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut, “Club Kid,” made waves at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. The…
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Spirits, Sisterhood and Family Dysfunction Abound in ‘Forever Your Maternal Animal’
Contemporary independent films are awash in complicated families. Whether it’s the feuding father-daughter artists in “Sentimental Value” or the sibling…
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Cannes Debut: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lenti Liang Before and After the Screening of ‘Our Secrets’
Not many young filmmakers can add a Cannes International Film Festival debut to their resume shortly after graduating — but…
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Neglecting the necessary: Was Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’ an apolitical letdown?
With a body of work that varies from short films told from the point of view of a motel bed…
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Paweł Pawlikowski’s striking Cannes standout, ‘Fatherland’
Postwar Europe is nothing new for Polish “Fatherland” writer and director Paweł Pawlikowski. Known best for “Cold War” and “Ida,”…
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Don’t Watch Yourself, Watch the Movie: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’
Jane Schoenbrun isn’t one for subtlety. Although their sophomore breakthrough “I Saw The TV Glow” was derided by some for…
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Caretaking and Friendship Intertwine In the Stunning Drama ‘All of a Sudden’
“All of a Sudden” is the third film from Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi to compete in The Cannes Film Festival…
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‘The Meltdown’: How Should a Missing Person’s Story End?
The “missing persons” subgenre of film is a strange one — repetitive at times, nearly impossible to perfect, yet often…
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‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach,’ made by, for and about John Travolta
Flaunting a skin-tight beret and suspicious beard, John Travolta walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday…
