It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
A review of It Was Just an Accident. Jafar Panahi’s latest film, which, inexplicably, won the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2025. #Cannes2025
Festival de Cannes
Sirát by Óliver Laxe
A review of Sirát: the fourth film by Óliver Laxe, and one of the best films of this year’s Cannes competition. Highly recommended. #Sirát #Laxe #Cannes2025
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
A review of Sentimental Value by Joakim Trier. The film is Sentimental, but has little real value. Trite and portentous, it is bound to be a hit, not least in the US.
La Disparition de Josef Mengele : critique
Critique de La Disparition de Josef Mengele. Le nouveau film brillant de Kirill Serebrennikov, présenté en première dans la section Première à Cannes. #Cannes2025.
Magellan by Lav Diaz
A review of #Magellan by Lav Diaz, which featured in the Première section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. A short film by Diaz standards. #Cannes2025
Alpha by Julia Ducournau
A review of Alpha, Julia Ducornau’s misguided follow-up to the Palme d’Or winner Titane 2021. Not even her fans liked this one.