

Manohla Dargis
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‘The Forgiven’ Review: When the Haves Dispose of a Have-Not
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain play an unhappy couple who accidentally kill a stranger in Morocco en route to a desert bacchanal.

‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Review: Bigger Isn’t Better
The one-inch-high shell voiced by Jenny Slate gets a feature-length vehicle, but the transition from YouTube fame is only partly successful.

‘Vedette’ Review: A Cow’s Trouble in Paradise
In this documentary, two French filmmakers meet a formidable Swiss cow and, under her impassive gaze, ruminate on her Alpine life.

‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Review: The Boy in the Bubble
A recent college graduate moves back home, drifts along and strikes up an unlikely friendship with a single mother in this Sundance indie.

‘Crimes of the Future’ Review: The Horror, the Horror
In his latest shocker, David Cronenberg prophetically reads the signs while Léa Seydoux performs surgeries on a beatific Viggo Mortensen.

‘The Triangle of Sadness’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
The film festival’s top prize went to a brutal sendup of class politics directed by Ruben Ostlund, who also won in 2017 for his satire...

In Cannes, Filmmakers Contend With Despair and Beauty, Too
Titles like “Aftersun,” “Tori and Lokita” and “EO” offer dark visions that challenge and move viewers.

Cannes 2022: ‘Elvis’ Iss Remixed by Baz Luhrmann
The super-splashy biopic presents the story of the King as told by a (fake) colonel, a narratively curious choice.

George Miller on “Furiosa” and his new Cannes film
In between screenings and interviews, the 77-year-old director is working on the next film in the “Mad Max” universe, and he seems to be having...

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Politics Mixed With Moments of Grace
“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and other movies each get polemical in their own way. But there are scenes of lyrical beauty, as in “Scarlet.”