Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Attributes Tom Cruise’s Last Triumph
when it finally does, we fall into the overwhelming scale that defines the Mission: Impossible aesthetic.The central threat, the Entity
Continue ReadingExclusive Interview: “A Poet”; The Story of an Artist’s Defeat and Loneliness
A Poet (Un Poeta) directed by Simón Mesa Soto was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival
Continue ReadingFestival de Cannes 2025 |Â Basic elements of Petzoldianism
Christian Petzold’s Mirros No. 3, which premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight side section, we get a sense that this is a Petzoldian film
Continue ReadingUnmasking Shadows: About Maya and the Politics of Disappearance | Screening at Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa – June 9 to 15, 2025
In About Maya, co-directors Nasim Naghavi and Amir Ganjavie present a taut, minimalist thriller that transforms the genre’s usual beats
Continue ReadingCannes Competition Films: A Full Round Review
Mo Abdi about the Cannes Competition Films: A Full Round Review. Festival de Cannes 2025 UniversalCinema Mag last dispatch
Continue ReadingPolitics, Art, and the Palme d’Or: Reflections on Cannes and Jafar Panahi’s Victory
awarding of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival to Jafar Panahi’s A Simple Accident has stirred both celebration and controversy
Continue ReadingFestival de Cannes 2025 |Â “Sentimental Value”: Woman, Acting, and Cinema
Sentimental Value, directed by the acclaimed Norwegian-Danish filmmaker Joachim Trier, dazzled audiences at the Cannes Film Festival
Continue ReadingFestival de Cannes 2025 |Â Militantropos Now but Not Always
Militantropos had its World Premiere at Cannes as part of the Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) program
Continue ReadingFestival de Cannes 2025 |Â Caravan – A Road Trip of Growth
They return in Un Certain Regard with director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s film, Caravan, about a road trip a mother
Continue ReadingFestival de Cannes 2025 |Â From Rage to Forgiveness: A Human Drama Trapped in Design
In Woman and Child, Saeed Roustaee presents an unflinching and, at times, deeply unsettling portrait of a woman trapped in a structure
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