Tag: Phillip J. Bartell

Bad Hair | Review

Witches Get Stitches: Simien Retrofits Folklore with Contemporary Subtexts in Horror Satire Justin Simien recuperates a particular time and place with a jaunty but ultimately...

The Vanished Elephant | 2014 TIFF Review

A Puzzle within a Puzzle within a Puzzle Initially, The Vanished Elephant, Javier Fuentes-León’s follow-up to the well-received ghost story, Undertow, has a surprisingly unpolished...

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2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

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2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...