Ben Croll
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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
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‘Memory’ Review: Jessica Chastain Leads Bleak Drama With Dash of Hope
Venice 2023: Director Michel Franco’s latest proves more user-friendly than his previous work
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Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg and M. Night Shyamalan Lead 200 Filmmakers in Protest of Berlinale Artistic Director’s Ousting
Carlo Chatrian’s contract has not been renewed beyond the 2024 edition of the festival
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‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Screwball ‘Breaking Bad’ Absolutely Kills
Venice 2023: The comedy is a deliriously entertaining star vehicle for actor Glen Powell