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Film of the week: The Red Turtle is a dream of a desert island movie
Delicate, elegant and profound, Michael Dudok de Wit’s collaboration with Studio Ghibli is a touching tale of man’s uneasy relationship to nature, set in a sinister paradise, writes Kate Stables.
Friday 26 May 2017 -
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) review: bittersweet and brutal stories of family life
Noah Baumbach’s latest is a thematic, mature sequel to his breakthrough The Squid and the Whale, with Dustin Hoffman at the head of a dysfunctional brood of New York intellectuals, writes Michael Leader.
Thursday 25 May 2017 -
Jeune Femme review: furious moments in an unruly life
Laetitia Dosch plays an impulsive, newly single young woman adrift in Paris in this enjoyably chaotic, picaresque character study, the feature debut by Léonor Serraille, writes Sophie Monks Kaufman.
Thursday 25 May 2017 -
Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit
The endearingly modest actor with famously flexible eyebrows claimed he did little more than learn his lines and avoid the scenery, but his talent helped him to segue from TV’s The Saint to become a beloved 007, noted for his easy charm and sex appeal, says Kevin Lyons.
Thursday 25 May 2017 -
The Florida Project review: a happy film about an ugly world
Sean Baker’s energetic, candy-coloured followup to Tangerine traces a fiery six-year-old girl’s progress through the rundown motels housing poor families in the shadow of Disney World, writes Isabel Stevens.
Wednesday 24 May 2017 -
Auteur at sea: Mike Nichols’ docu-thriller The Day of the Dolphin
This marine-themed actioner from 1973 is full of surprises, writes Brad Stevens. As a presidential assassination plot takes over an educational film about wildlife, are witnessing a draft of the director’s emotional autobiography?
Wednesday 24 May 2017 -
24 Frames review: Abbas Kiarostami’s living, parting miniatures
Mementos of the late master’s increasingly minimalist poetics, these short experiments in animating photographs and a painting teem with life’s magic and mysteries, says Geoff Andrew.
Wednesday 24 May 2017 -
The Beguiled review: Sofia Coppola gives her women shelter from the war
Switching focus from the fugitive wounded Union soldier of Don Siegel’s 1971 Clint Eastwood vehicle to the commune of women amongst whom Colin Farrell’s equivalent finds a haven, Coppola’s new take burnishes a vision of hard-won female autonomy, says Isabel Stevens.
Wednesday 24 May 2017 -
Wave review: a world beyond language
The followup to Ben Cleary’s 2016 Oscar-winning short Stutterer offers a fable of alienation with an unexpectedly joyful flourish, writes Laurence Boyce.
Wednesday 24 May 2017 -
Cannes 2017 midway round-up: the best and worst of the first week
Nick James on the hits and misses of the Competition so far, including Michael Haneke’s Happy End, Valeska Grisebach’s Western and Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless.
Tuesday 23 May 2017
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