Resonances

"The Past," Asghar Farhadi's first movie produced outside Iran, contains several memorable shots of people looking at each other through glass. Throughout writer-director Farhadi's wrenching, relentlessly intelligent drama, characters shield their feelings with unspoken motives and...

Occasionally Cannes will follow the trend set by Sundance, and cherry-pick a couple of the American festival’s biggest successes to add to its own competitions. Last year the exceptional Beasts Of The Southern Wild followed that path, and this year, the pleasure goes to Ryan...

Four songs and four seasons provide the pace in “Young and beautiful,” (original title: “Jeune et Jolie”) the engrossing film by France’s filmmaker Francois Ozon (“The swimming pool”) in competition this year. They provide a neat way to organize the film...

The actress plays brash teenager Nicki, who is part of the criminal gang . Director Sofia Coppola delivers a wily critique of celebrity culture in The Bling Ring as she dresses up the true story of Los Angeles teenagers robbing their Hollywood idols’ homes. Coppola is a specialist in...