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May December: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 113 minutes Writers: Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik Director: Todd Haynes Actors: Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Charles Melton, Gabriel Chung, Elizabeth Tu, Cory Michael Smith, D. W. Moffett, Piper Curda By Sarah Manvel In the end credits of “May December” there’s the standard disclaimer about how the characters in this film resemble no persons living or dead, which is hilarious. Anyone who was … Continue reading May December: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Anatomy of a Fall: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 150 minutes Writers: Justine Trier, Arthur Harari Director: Justine Trier Actors: Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado Graner, Samuel Theis, Camille Rutherford, Swann Arlaud, Jehnny Beth By Sarah Manvel Justine Trier is only the third woman in 76 years to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; “Anatomy of a Fall” also won the Palme d’Og, the semi-serious award given by critics for … Continue reading Anatomy of a Fall: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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L’été dernier/Last Summer: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Catherine Breillat Writers: Catherine Breillat, Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy Actors: Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Angela Chen, Serena Hu By Sarah Manvel Is it ever a good idea to sleep with your teenage stepson? You would think not but in Catherine Breillat‘s new movie this is a lesson learnt the hard way. The need of that lesson … Continue reading L’été dernier/Last Summer: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Club Zero: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 110 minutes Director: Jessica Hausner Writers: Jessica Hausner,  Géraldine Bajard Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Ksenia Devriendt, Gwen Currant, Florence Baker, Luke Barker, Samuel D. Anderson, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amir El Masry By Sarah Manvel Would you like to see a movie in which a teenage girl forces herself to vomit, then eats it back up, as her parents stare in horror? Then you’ll … Continue reading Club Zero: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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How to Have Sex: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 98 minutes Writer/director: Molly Manning Walker Actors: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, Laura Ambler, Eilidh Loan By Sarah Manvel It’s very normal in the UK for kids to be allowed to travel with their friends to go celebrate the exams taken when they are sixteen. These trips generally involve going someplace cheap and sunny, where there’s plentiful … Continue reading How to Have Sex: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Simple Comme Sylvain / The Nature of Love: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year:2023 Runtime: 110 minutes Written and directed by: Monia Chokri Actors: Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Francis-William Rhéaume, Monia Chokri, Guillaume Laurin By Sarah Manvel The French title’s sense of the word ‘simple’ is that of uncomplicated, not stupid. However there’s plenty of stupidity on display in this film, though little from the part of Sylvain (Pierre-Yves Cardinal, having a wonderful time) himself. He is a … Continue reading Simple Comme Sylvain / The Nature of Love: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Jeanne du Barry: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 113 minutes Director: Maïwenn Writers: Maïwenn, Teddy Lussi-Lodeste, Nicolas Livecchi Actors: Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Suzanne De Baecque, Capuine Valmary, Laura Le Velly, India Hair, Ibrahim Yaffa, Djibril Djimo, Pauline Pollmann, Thibault Bonenfant, Diego Le Fur By Sarah Manvel It is an undeniable fact that casting Johnny Depp as the King of France in “Jeanne du Barry” is a … Continue reading Jeanne du Barry: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance

For mental health awareness week, Calum Cooper discusses RWBY: Volume 9 and the arc of self-acceptance that defines the central character of Ruby Rose. Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance

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Review: The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future

Year: 2022 Runtime: 93 minutes Director: Francisca Alegria Writers: Francisca Alegria, Manuela Infante, Fernanda Urrejola Actors: Mia Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Leonor Varela, Alfredo Castro, Marcial Tagle By Joan Amenn Just to answer the most burning question readers of this review will have, no cows sing in this film. The title, like the film, is a gloriously surreal plunge into magical realism. Be prepared to … Continue reading Review: The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future

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Funny Women: Teri Garr in “Young Frankenstein”

By Brian Skutle When you watch some of Mel Brooks’s films as an adult- especially if you watched them as a child- you might be surprised by how much he got away with when it came to adding double entendres- or sometimes, brazen sex jokes- to his films. It’s not surprising in a film like “Blazing Saddles” (1974), which is outwardly rated R, but the … Continue reading Funny Women: Teri Garr in “Young Frankenstein”

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