Universal Language
Blending autobiographical elements with heartfelt homages to Iranian cinema, writer-director Matthew Rankin’s charmingly surreal comic fable ‘Universal Language’ reimagines Canada as a Farsi-speaking dreamland.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 22, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Festivals, International Oscars 2025 |
Blending autobiographical elements with heartfelt homages to Iranian cinema, writer-director Matthew Rankin’s charmingly surreal comic fable ‘Universal Language’ reimagines Canada as a Farsi-speaking dreamland.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 21, 2024 | Cannes 2022, Cannes 2024, Featured |
Veteran cult Canadian director David Cronenberg channels personal feelings of grief, loss and enduring love into his latest underpowered but absorbingly weird techno-gothic thriller, ‘The Shrouds’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2024 | Festivals, Cannes 2024, Featured |
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley co-star in French director Coralie Fargeat’s wild Cannes contender ‘The Substance’, a gloriously tasteless but finely crafted feminist body-horror fairy tale.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 19, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Cine Verdict, Festivals, International Oscars 2025 |
Selena Gomez y Zoe Saldaña presumen sus habilidades de canto y baile en el audaz thriller musical mexicano de Jacques Audiard, una lujuriosa celebración de lo queer multicultural y la redención del transgénero.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 19, 2024 | Featured, Cannes 2024, Festivals |
Despite a few bumpy moments, actor-director Noémie Merlant’s gory feminist horror comedy ‘The Balconettes’ paints a rowdy, richly imagined portrait of three ladies on fire.
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