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Black Dog: Chinese Guan Hu’s Drama (Certain Regard, Cannes Film Fest 2024)

May 19, 2024 By

Director Guan debuts in Cannes Fest with Black Dog, a drama about a former convict who forms an unlikely connection with the titular animal.

Pick of the Week

Emilia Perez: Audiard’s Musical Crime Melodrama about the Power of Femininity (Cannes Film Fest 2024)

“I think this movie is about the power of femininity. It starts in a very dark, male-dominated, violent world and, thanks to community, it becomes brighter and better.” 

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Emilia Perez: Jacques Audiard’s Crime Musical, First Hit of Cannes Fest

The 10th film from the French auteur, which is a crime musical, is his sixth film in competition.

Reviews

Rumours: Cate Blanchette’s New Film Took Its Title from Iconic Fleetwood Mac album

The dark comedy, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, follows a group of world leaders who meet at the G7 — a political and economic meeting of the minds between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Shrouds, The: Cronenberg’s Personal Horror Tale, Inspire by Loss of Long-Time Wife (Cannes Fest 2024)

The film is a fictionalization of some real emotions, and real people. But despite the fact that some autobiography is involved, none of that makes it a good film.

Caught by the Tides: Chinese Auteur Jia Zhangke on his New Emotional Epic (Cannes Film Fest 2024)

Back at the fest with his seventh competition film, the Chinese auteur discusses how he made the epic project, which started in 2001: “It really was like time-traveling.”

Surfer, The: Irish Director Lorcan Finnegan’s Weird Tale, Starring Nicolas Cage as Man Losing his Mind? (Cannes Film Fest 2024)

To me, “The Surfer” is an uplifting movie, but it leaves you with just the right amount of ambiguity