CANNES PICKS 2025 — IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
CANNES PICKS 2025 — IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
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CANNES 2025 AWARDS — FULL LIST
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CANNES 2025 AWARDS — FULL LIST
CANNES PICKS 2025 — THE SECRET AGENT
CANNES PICKS 2025 — THE SECRET AGENT. Cole Smithey.
CANNES PICKS 2025 — HIGHEST 2 LOWEST
CANNES PICKS 2025 — HIGHEST 2 LOWEST Spike Lee.
CANNES PICKS 2025 — THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
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THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER — CANNES 2025
CANNES PICKS 2025 — NOUVELLE VAGUE
CANNES PICKS 2025 — NOUVELLE VAGUE
THE SURFER — CANNES 2024
Australian Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, FOUR STARS, Social Satire, Surfing, Transgressive Cinema
One takeaway from “The Surfer” is if you find yourself in a situation where you are being embarrassed, humiliated, or…
CANNES 2025 OFFICIAL SELECTION — FULL LIST
CANNES 2025 OFFICIAL SELECTION — FULL LIST
THE SUBSTANCE — CANNES 2024
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Cult Film, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Horror, Sci-Fi, sex, SHOCKTOBER!, Social Satire, Transgressive Cinema, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema
If you’ve seen Alain Robak’s hilarious 1990 horror blitz “Baby Blood,” then you’ll have some inkling for the wonderful gnarly…
ANORA — CANNES 2024
Cannes Film Festival, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, Political Satire, Porn, Reviews Blog, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Fantasy, Screwball Comedy, sex, Sexploitation, Women's Cinema
“Anora,” is yet another film (behind “Starlet,” “Tangerine,” “The Florida Project,” and “Red Rocket”) that Mr. Baker wrote, cast, directed,…
ANORA — CANNES 2024
Agitprop, BDSM, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Corporate Corruption, Crime Drama, Erotic, FIVE STARS, Independent Cinema, LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedy, sex, Sexploitation, Social Satire, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema
“Anora” is a winner, and an instant classic of American Independent Cinema. Cole Smithey.
CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Historical Epic, sex, Sexploitation, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema, ZERO STARS
Here is sexploitation in reverse. It’s 22 minutes longer than the original, and boy does it feel like it. Don’t…
WILD AT HEART — CANNES 1990
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Rock 'n' Roll, sex, Transgressive Cinema, Video Essay
“Wild At Heart” is a remarkable film by any standard. What fun. Cole Smithey.
IN PRAISE OF LOVE — CANNES 2001
Art Film, Avant-Garde, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Corporate Corruption, Cult Film, Experimental, FIVE STARS, French Cinema, French New Wave, Hollywood, Independent Cinema, Transgressive Cinema, War, Women's Cinema
Welcome! Groupthink doesn’t live here, critical thought does. This ad-free website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel.…
THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
Agitprop, British Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, Cult Film, FIVE STARS, Independent, Music, Punk, Transgressive Cinema, Women's Cinema
The cumulative effect of this great documentary is to give viewers a strong sense of Strummer’s uncompromising humanitarian ideals, his…
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE — CANNES 2000
Cannes Film Festival, Chinese Cinema, Classic Cinema, FIVE STARS, Reviews Blog, Romantic Fantasy, War, Women's Cinema
Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece of romantic longing, emotional expression, and unrequited love, is a cinematic poem that stretches across time…
THE OLD OAK — CANNES 2023
Agitprop, British Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, FIVE STARS, Politics, Social Realism, Women's Cinema
Welcome! Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does. This ad-free website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel.…
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE — CANNES 2000
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Chinese Cinema, Classic Cinema, Criterion Collection, FIVE STARS, Romantic Fantasy, War, Women's Cinema
Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece of romantic longing, emotional expression, and unrequited love, is a cinematic poem that stretches across time…
KINDS OF KINDNESS — CANNES 2024
Art Film, BDSM, Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Dance, Experimental, Greek Cinema, sex, Sexploitation, Social Satire, ZERO STARS
Since going mainstream with the shockingly delightful “Poor Things,” the heir-apparent to such Cinema heavyweights as Michael Haneke, Peter Greenaway,…
CANNES 2024 — FULL LIST OF AWARDS
CANNES 2024 — FULL LIST OF AWARDS. Cole Smithey.
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