Jordan M. Smith

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We Need To Talk About Kevin | Blu-ray Review

Lynne Ramsay likes to trudge through the dark depths of the human spirit, and after a nine year period without a film in the...

Criterion Collection: La Haine | Blu-ray Review

In 1995, Mathieu Kassovitz's exceptional debut, La Haine, was a shocking realization of the unjust ghettoizing of immigrants taking place in France, and the...

Patience (After Sebald) | Review

Retracing Steps: Gee's Cinematic Nod To Sebald Director Grant Gee started his film career documenting the musical landscape by dabbling in music videos, and making...

2012 Hot Docs: Platform Moon | Short Film Review

Ancarani's Oceanic Astronauts Endure The Mundane For Dark Depths There is a looming uneasiness within the claustrophobic deep sea diving station that is the world...

2012 Hot Docs: The Punk Syndrome | Review

Meandering From The Group Home To The Stage Punk rock is alive and well in Finland thanks to the seemingly miraculous rise of Pertti Kurikka’s...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’

Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman...

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s ‘A Woman’s Life’

With her sophomore feature, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet made her first...
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