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Screening at Cannes: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’

Despite its name, this is less a holiday movie and more of a Pirandello-inflected meditation on storytelling, creativity and the sometimes morally...

27.05.2026 10

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Stephen Garrett

Nicolas Winding Refn On the Genesis of ‘Her Private Hell’

Following a near-death experience and a series of increasingly dreamlike projects, the director seems to have forsaken verisimilitude for a dark...

21.05.2026 10

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Stephen Garrett

Screening at Cannes: Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’

In a muted first week, the hottest ticket on the Croisette was for a blasphemous film that first played theaters 55 years ago.

19.05.2026 10

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Stephen Garrett

Will Arnett and Andra Day On Midlife Reckonings and Movies Without Villains

According to Arnett, his character’s breakthrough in 'Is This Thing On?' has nothing to do with comedy and everything to do with finding his voice.

26.12.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett

Sphere’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Walks an Uneasy Line Between Cinematic Enchantment and A.I. Slop

As 'Wicked: For Good' hits big screens, Sphere is hosting a wildly distended, dazzlingly supersized and grotesquely manipulated version of the 1939...

22.11.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett

Wes Anderson Explains the Genesis of ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

At the Cannes Film Festival, Anderson explained his black comedy started out about "the darkness of a certain type of capitalist" who doesn't care...

30.05.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett

Screening at Cannes: Directing Debuts from Kristen Stewart, Scarlett Johannson and Harris Dickinson

'The Chronology of Water,' might be the most Kristen Stewart movie ever made. Along with Scarlett Johannson and Harris Dickinson she presented her...

26.05.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett

Screening at Cannes: Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

The presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or took Denzel Washington by surprise at Cannes, where he and Spike Lee unveiled their latest collaboration,...

23.05.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett

Screening at Cannes: Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson In ‘Die My Love’

Lynne Ramsay’s film—about a woman suffering from severe post-partum depression—is designed for maximum discomfort, with frenzied physicality,...

20.05.2025 10

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Stephen Garrett