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Cannes Report
Ron Swanson watched a lot of films at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Here’s what he thought.
I’ve been coming to the Cannes Film Festival for nearly 10 years, and it would be fair to say that the 2017 vintage will probably not go down as a great year. That being the case, there were still a number of outstanding films on display. Here are 13 of the best.
Disguises du Cinema
Philip Concannon on a new biography of Eric Rohmer that attempts to penetrate the secrets of the intensely private New Wave director.
P’tit Quinquin
Deadpan surrealism, brutality and featureless tracts of dull countryside. It can only be the new film from Bruno Dumont, released in the UK on Friday. Yasmeen Khan is your guide.
Mémoires de guerre
Josephine Grahl reads between the lines in Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants.
Dispatches from the LFF: The Second Review Round-Up
Laura Morgan and Ron Swanson delve further into the London Film Festival’s schedule and report on what they find…
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Le Jour se lève
Laura Morgan writes about a proto-noir love story with a political subtext, on the 75th anniversary of its release.
Jacques In A Box
Niall Anderson watches the complete work of Jacques Tati, a man for whom the ridiculous and the sublime were indistinguishable
Stranger Danger
Indy Datta reviews Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake, which is in cinemas today.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jim Eaton-Terry is charmed by the 50th anniversary reissue of Jacques Demy’s classic New Wave musical
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