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The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo

‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ review: Un Certain Regard winner is set in 1980s Chile

AIDS is making its presence felt within an alternative community in the mining region

Honey Don't

‘Honey Don’t’ review: Margaret Qualley plays a PI in Ethan Coen’s slight California comedy

Qualley brings some grit to her gumshoe, even if the road is uneven

13 Days 13 Nights

‘13 Days 13 Nights’ review: Roschdy Zem stars in real-life Kabul extraction thriller

Dramatisation of removal of French citizens from Afghanistan in August 2021

The Mastermind

‘The Mastermind’ review: Kelly Reichardt’s sombre slice of 1970s Americana stars Josh O’Connor

The actor plays a down-at-heel failed art thief in the director’s Competition entry

Young Mothers

‘Young Mothers’ review: Five teenage mothers form the nucleus of the Dardenne brothers’ latest

The writer/directors filmed in a residential shelter for mothers near Liege

Resurrection

‘Resurrection’ review: Jackson Yee stars in Bi Gan’s sprawling cinematic vision

Period-hopping Competition title also stars Shu Qi and Li Gengxi

Love On Trial

‘Love On Trial’ review: Koji Fukada’s drama reveals the dark side of the J-pop phenomenon

A female singer faces a lawsuit for having a boyfriend in this underpowered Cannes Premiere

Colours Of Time

‘Colours Of Time’ review: Cédric Klapisch delivers a crowdpleasing comedy of France past and present

Suzanne Lindon headlines a film which is ‘entertaining and classy, if shamelessly contrived’

Woman And Child

‘Woman And Child’ review: Saeed Roustaee drama heaps misfortune on an Iranian widow

Parinaz Izadyar stars in overwrought Cannes Competition title

Caravan

‘Caravan’ review: A mother and her disabled son take to the road in Italy

Czech debut from Zuzana Kirchnerova is born from her own personal experience and her Cinefondation-winning short

Yes

‘Yes’ review: Nadav Lapid’s post-October 7 satire is loudly divisive

Ariel Bronz stars as a musician tasked with composing a new Israeli national anthem

The Six Billion Dollar Man

‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ review: Julian Assange is the ultimate whistleblower in Eugene Jarecki doc

Director uses divisive WikiLeaks founder to explore the wider freedom of the press

Heads Or Tails?

‘Heads Or Tails?’ review: John C. Reilly is Buffalo Bill in this ‘rambunctious’ spaghetti Western

Rising French star Nadia Tereszkiewicz also stars in this surrealist Un Certain Regard premiere

Nino 2

‘Nino’ review: A cancer diagnosis prompts a weekend of reckoning in tender French drama

Theodore Pellin won the Critics’ Week Rising Star Award for his ‘soulful’ performance in Pauline Loques’ debut feature

Sentimental Value

‘Sentimental Value’ review: Renate Reinsve and Joachim Trier reunite for moving family drama

Trier’s third picture to screen in Cannes Competition co-stars Stellan Skarsgard

The History Of Sound

‘The History Of Sound’ review: Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal are clandestine lovers in US-set period drama

Oliver Hermanus’s intense, restrained film is set on the East Coast during the 1920s

Romeria

‘Romeria’ review: Carla Simon’s third, semi-autobiographical feature is ‘pensive and rather lovely’

The Spanish director continues to mine her own history for this affecting tale of a filmmaker in the making

The Girls We Want c SND

‘The Girls We Want’ review: Inner-city kids fumble in Marseille-set debut

The return of a prodigal daughter upsets the balance in Prïncia Car’s collaborative Directors Fortnight title

Homebound

‘Homebound’ review: Neeraj Ghaywan’s empathetic Indian drama is backed by EP Martin Scorsese

Story of two friends attempting to escape their marginalised roots could be an Un Certain Regard breakout

Tell Her I Love Her

‘Tell Her I Love Her’ review: Romane Bohringer confronts her own past in convoluted hybrid feature

Over-stuffed docu-fiction hybrid is the result of a close collaboration with French politician Clémentine Autain

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