Dir.: Lola Quivoron; Cast: Julie Ledrou, Antonia Buresi, Yannis Lafki, Ahmed Hamdi, Dave Nsaman Okebwan, Loius Sutton; France 2022, 104 min. Lola Quivoron makes her Cannes debut with a provocative tour-de-force...

Dir.: Joao Pedro Rodriguez, Joao Rui Guerra Da Mata; Cast: Isabel Ruth; Portugal/France 2022; 88 min. Portuguese filmmakers Joao Pedro Rodriguez and Joao Guerra Da Mata - best known for their memorable...

Dir: Malik Bendjelloul | Starring: Rodriquez, Malik Bendjelloul | 87mins   Music documentary UK/SWEDEN Searching for Sugarman is the true story of  little-known Mexican-American pop singer, Sexto Rodriguez.  Unfurling gradually this slow-burning...

The Critics’ top 20 Greatest Films of All Time are:  1       Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) 2       Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) 3       Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) 4       Tokyo Story (Ozu Yasujiro, 1953) 5       In the...

Dir.: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; Cast: Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, TijmenGovaerts, Charlotte Bruyne, Nadege Quedrago,Marc Zinga; Belgium/France 2022, 88 min.   With Tori and Lokita Belgium writers, directors and...

Dir: Thorold Dickinson | Cast: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Michael Medwin, Valentine Dyall | UK Drama, 95' Yet another jewel in an output by Dickinson, short on...

Dir: Zhangke Jia | Cast: Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Xiaogang Feng | Drama | China | 140’ ASH IS PUREST WHITE portrays the eventful relationship between a Chinese petty criminal and...

Director: Jacques Audiard | Cast: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup | 108min |French In THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED Jacques Audiard ((Rust and Bone) turns the story...

Dir: Lina Wertmüller | Doc, TV 120' It went almost unnoticed outside Italy that earthquake that struck the southern Irpinia region on a Sunday evening in November 1981. But filmmaker Lina Wertmüller,...