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Cannes 2021: The Souvenir Part II, After Yang, Ahed's Knee, Lingui
From Cannes, Ben Kenigsberg reviews new films from Joanna Hogg, Kogonada, Nadav Lapid, and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
Ben Kenigsberg is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. He edited the film section of Time Out Chicago from 2011 to 2013 and served as a staff critic for the magazine beginning in 2006. Prior to that, he was a mainstay in the film pages of The Village Voice. He has also written for Variety, Slate, The A.V. Club, and Vulture, among other publications.
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From Cannes, Ben Kenigsberg reviews new films from Joanna Hogg, Kogonada, Nadav Lapid, and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
Ben Kenigsberg looks at four new films at Cannes, including Todd Haynes's Velvet Underground documentary and an austere biopic of a Japanese soldier who refused to acknowledge WWII's end.
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Leos Carax's Annette, a musical conceived by the band Sparks that opened this year's Cannes.
Bong Joon-ho's class satire is the first South Korean film to win the Palme d'Or.
Sylvester Stallone appeared for an onstage conversation at the festival.
Ben Kenigsberg predicts "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" will win the Palme d'Or.
Abel Ferrara was back in Cannes with his fifth feature with Willem Dafoe.
Quentin Tarantino returned to Cannes on the 25th anniversary of Pulp Fiction. The lines were long.
Werner Herzog, newcomer Michael Angelo Covino, and Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz offer very different, very peculiar meditations on family.
The Witch director Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse is the first movie at Cannes 2019 that actually looks like a classic. Plus: Gaspar Noé's mystery midnight movie, Lux Aeterna.
