Category: Cannes 2024
Reviews from the films I saw at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Emilia Pérez Review- Jacques Audiard’s Daring Venture into the World of Musicals leaves a Lacklustre Aftertaste.
There is no doubting the audacity of Jaques Audiard’s new film in terms of form and content. Emilia Pérez follows a disillusioned lawyer, Rita Mora Castro (Zoe Saldaña), as she is kidnapped and then recruited by Mexican drug lord Manitas Del Monte to assist with their gender confirmation surgery. Rita is tasked with finding a… Read more
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The Substance Review- Let the ‘Demissance’ in a bonkers new body horror which ironically lacks substance.
Let the ‘Demissance’ begin! In Coralie Fargeat’s bonkers new body horror which, ironically, lacks substance. Producing a great satire is a true highwire act. It needs to be somehow both bold, direct, and meaningful but without feeling obvious, smug, or preachy. At the same time, it still needs to be enjoyable on its own terms and… Read more
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The Apprentice Review
Sebastian Stan plants his flag in the race for the Oscar in an audaciously understated film about how one of the world’s most powerful men crafted his image. There is no doubt that The Apprentice will prove a divisive film, and I’m sure prompt a whirlwind of headlines and thought pieces upon its release. The… Read more
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Anora Review
I’m beginning my Cannes reviews with my favourite film from the festival, and the Palme D’or winner, Sean Baker’s wonderfully raucous and fantastically sweary Anora. The film marks another arrow in Baker’s mission to destigmatize sex work, and it continues his trend of breathing vibrancy and colour into subject matter so often treated as seedy,… Read more