Three years ago, at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, I had the opportunity to speak with filmmaker Owen Kline to discuss his remarkable feature directorial debut, Funny Pages. At the time, Kline was most notable for his memorable […]

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(After being nominated for the Queer Palm at the 2024 Director’s Fortnight program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s film Eat the Night is now streaming. Bears Rebecca Fonté has this review. Seen it? Join the […]

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Actress Charlotte Le Bon made her feature directorial debut with Falcon Lake, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Shot on film in 4:3 ratio, it is based on Bastien Vivès’ novel “Une […]

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Almost a week after announcing the in-competition titles, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Directors’ Fortnight section for its 55th edition. This part of the festival will screen over a diverse 20 films and 10 shorts […]

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Years after making a splash on the indie scene with The Fits, filmmakers Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis bring their newest drama from inner-city Cincinnati to an Irish fishing village. God’s Creatures premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival […]

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Do you remember the kid who played the younger brother in Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale? That was Owen Kline, and 17 years later he is back with his directorial debut. Funny Pages premiered at this year’s Cannes […]

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Cannes has now announced the slate for this year’s Directors’ Fortnight, aka Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section, following the in-competition lineup announcement last week. The opening film in this section is Scarlet, by Martin Eden director Pietro Marcello. Inspired by the […]

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Girlhood may not be as disturbing as Larry Clark and Harmony Korine’s Kids or as violent as Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine, but it is as equally powerful as these urban classics thanks to its engrossing performances.

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Porfirio is one of the most startlingly fresh films of recent memory.

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