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★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, Germany, out now, Palme d'Or, Picturehouse, Reviews, TorontoNovember 6, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet’s Palme d’or winner, stars Sandra Hüller in a gripping, ambiguous puzzle of a courtroom drama.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, China, out now, ReviewsOctober 5, 2023

BFI LFF 2023: Only the River Flows (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Only the River Flows is a scintillating Chinese neo-noir, the third film directed by Wei Shujun.

★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, out now, Reviews, UKOctober 1, 2023

The Old Oak (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Old Oak, Ken Loach’s last film: the final part of his Northeast Trilogy and a distinguished, politically committed career.

★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, France, ReviewsAugust 21, 2023

The Innocent (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Innocent (L’Innocent), Louis Garrel’s fourth film, is a César-winning caper with a French accent.

★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2022, comedy, France, out now, Picturehouse, ReviewsJuly 5, 2023

Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) (Fumer Fait Tousser)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Smoking Causes Coughing, the brainchild of über-absurdist Quentin Dupieux, is bizarre, very, very silly, strangely disquieting and rather flimsy.

★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2022, Female Filmmakers, France, out now, Picturehouse, ReviewsJune 26, 2023

Mother and Son (2022) (Un Petit Frère)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Mother and Son is an ★★★★☆
involving, compassionate film by Léonor Serraille that poignantly shows the difficulties and the effects on a family – both positive and negative – of immigration into a strange country.