Ben Croll
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How the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Created a Haven for Cinema in a World of Trouble
In the midst of international tumult, the Czech festival showcased notable films like the Norwegian drama “Loveable”
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners List: ‘A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things’ Takes Top Prize
“Loveable” and “Three Days of Fish” also won at the Czech Republic fest
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Daniel Bruhl Charts His Journey From Marvel to a Satire About Franchises
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The German-born actor will play a fictional version of director Sam Mendes in HBO’s satiric series “The Franchise”
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‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw Shines in a Jukebox Musical of Urban Squalor
Cannes 2024: Kirill Serebrennikov’s film is about a Russian poet and rabble rouser, but it spends much of its time in New York City at its grimiest low
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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Profoundly Brave Film Captures the Struggle of Iran’s People
Cannes 2024: Blazing with sober force and white-hot rage, it leaves little room for subtlety in unsubtle times
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: An Intimate Peek Into the Grind of Big-City Mumbai Life
Cannes 2024: The film marks the first from an Indian filmmaker to compete for the Palme d’Or in three decades
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‘Emilia Perez’ Review: Jacques Audiard’s Gonzo Telenovela About a Trans Kingpin Is a Home Run
Cannes 2024: The French director’s latest is a big swing that hits the ball out of the park
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‘Three Kilometres to the End of the World’ Review: Emanuel Parvu Examines Reactionary Conservatism From the Inside
Cannes 2024: The actor-turned-director peers into an insular Romanian community in the aftermath of a hate crime
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‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Epic Sprawl Is Grandiose and Goofy
Cannes 2024: This is a project of operatic pronouncements, didactic repetitions and mad artistic ambitions – quite a few realized, just as many not
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Cannes Critic’s Take: A Cronenberg and Coppola Rematch?
TheWrap magazine: The two auteurs will compete for this year’s Palme d’Or along with Yorgos Lanthimos, whose latest reunites him with Emma Stone
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‘Treasure’ Review: Lena Dunham Faces Holocaust Trauma Through a Feel-Good Father-Daughter Road Movie
Berlin 2024: Little about Julia von Heinz’ film is particularly objectionable — or memorable
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‘Another End’ Review: Gael García Bernal Sci-Fi Drama Loses Its Head in the Clouds
Berlin 2024: While director Pierro Messina’s futuristic reflection on grief is plenty thought-provoking, frustrations abound
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‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer Enters Scream Queen Territory in Wild, Blood-Soaked Thriller
Berlin 2024: Director Tilman Singer takes inspiration from Dario Argento for this slice of Euro-horror
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‘Small Things Like These’ Review: Cillian Murphy Anchors Melancholic Tale of Yuletide Loneliness
Berlin 2024: Tim Mielants’ drama explores many of the same moral questions of “Zone of Interest”
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‘Migration’ Review: Illumination’s First Original in Years Is a Welcome Change of Pace
The animated road comedy, cowritten by Mike White, runs at a breakneck pace