Cannes 2024 - The Film Verdict

Cannes 2024: The Awards

Posted by TFV Staff | May 26, 2024 | Featured, Festivals |

Sean Baker’s fizzy Cinderella tale about a Brooklyn lap dancer who falls for a Russian playboy won this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Beating Hearts

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | May 23, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Spotlight |

In ‘Beating Hearts’, Gilles Lellouche has produced a gorgeous film that is an epic rumination on love, revenge, class, and the inescapable pull of a certain kind of romance.

The Story of Souleymane

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | May 20, 2024 | Cannes 2024, Featured |

Boris Lojkine’s tale of a Guinean immigrant in France, ‘The Story of Souleymane’, is a vigorously edited piece of cinema with an outstanding performance by first-time actor Abou Sangare.