Resonances

The "portmanteau film set in the same city" concept is one that has risen in popularity over recent years, most notably with Paris Je t'aime and New York, I Love You. But this week at Cannes sees the world premiere of a Caribbean twist in the story, with some regional influence thrown in for...

Bernardo Bertolucci shows Cannes he's still a force to be reckoned with via this slight but intimate and charged two-handerThe spirit of the new wave is revived (albeit in apolitical form) by the 72-year-old Bernardo Bertolucci in his new film, a slight but engaging two-hander showing out of...

French auteur Leos Carax returns with a film that's "exhilarating," "heartbreaking" and "completely bonkers."Exhilarating, opaque, heartbreaking and completely bonkers – French auteur Leos Carax’s so-called comeback film, Holy Motors, is a deliciously preposterous piece of filmmaking that...

Family tragedy intermingles with gender politics in a strong showing from Belgian auteur Joachim LafosseTurning a gruesome real-life incident into an arresting portrait of one woman¹s gradual slide towards the unspeakable, Our Children (A perdre la raison), an Un Certain Regard film, represents...