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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.

Happening

Few movies can be as topical right now as Happening. It plunges us back to the rotten old days when there were almost zero options out of an unwanted pregnancy.

Anaïs in Love

Part of the movie’s punch can be chalked up to the sheer audacity of its titular character: a monster of self-absorption, flighty, rude, and prone to oversharing and interrupting.

Donbass

A deadpan depiction of a fallen society, in which the seismic effects of war for years have yielded lawlessness and chaos.

The Rose Maker

An engaging, if familiar, cinematic bonbon that owes its appeal to Catherine Frot’s winning performance and its unusual subject, the rarified world of rose breeding and flower competitions. Oh, for the revival of Odorama!

You Are Not My Mother

Kate Dolan’s ability to create maximum tension with a minimal budget and scant practical effects marks her as a director to watch.