Film-Forward

Festivals

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers | Tribeca Festival 2022

A hapless hunter chases a vision of masculine self-reliance.

Crimes of the Future | Cannes Film Festival 2022

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.

Tori and Lokita | Cannes Film Festival 2022

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.

Revoir Paris (Paris Memories) | Cannes Film Festival 2022

It took 10 days to find this personal favorite at this year’s festival.

Decision to Leave | Cannes Film Festival 2022

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. 

Fogo-Fátuo (Will-o’-the-Whisp) | Cannes Film Festival 2022

The most audacious, funniest, and unpredictable work seen at this year’s festival.

Moonage Daydream | Cannes Film Festival 2022

A documentary love letter to David Bowie and a blast of wall-to-wall music from his 50-year career.

Aftersun | Cannes Film Festival 2022

Director Charlotte Wells has struck gold with her young discovery, Frankie Corio, who delivered one of the best and most lived-in performances in the festival’s entire lineup.

I Love My Dad | SXSW 2022

This cringey comedy may be the best unofficial sequel to the 2010 documentary Catfish