Under the guise of a revered story of an eccentric academic genius, writer-director Anna Novion’s “Marguerite’s Theorem” is a mellow ballad on reinventing oneself amidst the remnants of shattered dreams. Presented at…
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Omen (Augure, 2023) ‘Cannes’ Review: Belgium-based artist and polymath Baloji debuted his first features at Cannes, and this utterly beautiful piece of cinema reflects his deep connection with moving genre-hybrid art. Titled…
Belgian filmmaker Claude Schmtiz’s The Other Laurens (L’autre Laurens, 2023) – screened at Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes – is a neo-noir thriller that tells a familiar tale of sardonic people and seedy…
Black Swan (2010) Themes Analysed & Ending Explained: Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz,…
High Tension (2003) Movie Twist Ending, Explained: One of the pioneering features of the French Extremity Movement, Alexandre Aja’s High Tension is a perfect epitome of the brutality associated with the sub-genre.…
AKA (2023): ‘AKA’ is a new French-language action thriller streaming on Netflix. Directed by Morgan S. Dalibert, the script follows a special ops agent named Adam Franco, who infiltrates a criminal organization…