Tag: Adam Bessa
Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with Out of Touch Drama
Initially, it would seem Asghar Farhadi’s decision to present a contemporary world...
Philosopher’s Correspondence: Charlotte Rampling Joins Bertrand Bonello’s ‘Santo Subito!’
Before becoming Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla was very much both an intellectual and, for a significant part of his life, an ordinary...
Ghost Trail | Review
The Executioner's Song: Millet’s Stabbing Debut Looks at How Control Moves Beyond Borders
If a Syrian doesn’t find himself in Syria does he still make...
Puissant Paris: Huppert, Efira, Cassel, Niney & Adam Bessa Topline Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’
Megawatt quintet Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa (plus a bonus appearance by Catherine Deneuve) will populate Asghar Farhadi's...
Ill Communication: Music Box Films Corners Jonathan Millet’s ‘Ghost Trail’
Late last week the Music Box Films people made a pick-up for a remarkable debut feature that kicked off last May's Critics' Week section...
Who Do I Belong To | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Return of the Soldier: Joobeur Explores Ghosts of War
Matriarchs confronted by their radicalized children have slowly and painstaking formed a cinematic subgenre of...
