Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film stands out for its perspective, that of a single woman at an age when it becomes much harder to make lifelong friends or to enter into entangled relationships that yield deep histories.
Top pick: Director Ramin Bahrani’s 2nd Chance.
With one large gaping eye and two feet wearing the titular pink shoes, Marcel is a stop-motion animation/live-action hybrid that could have been dreamed up by a feverish René Magritte.
Don't believe the hype. If audiences flee to the exits, it is most likely for the airless, glum atmosphere and the murky, metaphorical screenplay rather than the gore.
No other team of directors or style of filmmaking are as emblematic of what the festival has recently stood for than the Belgium directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and they were honored with the Cannes 75th Anniversary Award for their new film.
It took 10 days to find this personal favorite at this year’s festival.
The most entertaining and slick genre film at Cannes, and among the few in this year’s competition where a woman really held all the cards.
The most audacious, funniest, and unpredictable work seen at this year's festival.
A documentary love letter to David Bowie and a blast of wall-to-wall music from his 50-year career.
