Surfer, The: Irish Director Lorcan Finnegan’s Weird Tale, Starring Nicolas Cage as Man Losing his Mind? (Cannes Film Fest 2024)

To me, “The Surfer” is an uplifting movie, but it leaves you with just the right amount of ambiguity

Oh, Canada: Tale of Mortality, Written-Directed by Paul Schrader (Cannes Film Fest 2024, Competition)

“Every Time I’m Getting Ready to Die, I Have a New Idea”

Kinds of Kindness: Oscar Winner Emma Stone on her Collaborations with Yorgos Lanthimos

Oscar winner Emma Stone brushed off the suggestion that she was Lanthimos’ muse, responding, ““He’s my muse.”

When the Light Breaks: Rúnar (“Volcano”) Rúnarsson’s Tale of Youth Dealing with Loss and Grief (Opener, Certain Regard, Cannes Fest 2024)

Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature, which opened Un Certain Regard at Cannes, chronicles a day in the life of young adults dealing with  unexpected loss.

Armand (Nor-Swe-Neth): Directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel (Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann’s Grandson)–Certain Regard, Cannes Fest 2024

Tondel wrote the original story about a woman called into a school meeting about an accusation involving her six-year-old son, which spirals out of control.