Tag: Stéphane Lhoest

Interview: Laura Wandel – Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam)

For her sophomore feature, Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel continues her rigorous exploration of childhood as a site of ethical conflict, institutional pressure, and emotional...

L’intérêt d’Adam | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

No Bandaid Solutions: Wandel’s Suffocating Drama Explores Collective Collateral Damage Following her remarkable debut Playground (read review), Belgian auteur Laura Wandel moves from a harrowing...

Survival of the Fittest: Anamaria Vartolomei Joins Laura Wandel’s “L’Intérêt d’Adam”

Earlier last month we reported that actresses Léa Drucker and Noémie Merlant were going to topline Laura Wandel’s highly anticipated sophomore feature, L’Intérêt d’Adam....

Playground | Review

Suffer the Children: Wandel Explores Bullying Through a Child’s Perspective in Superb Debut If everything one needs to know is learned in kindergarten, part of...

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Interview: Scandar Copti – A Childhood (Work in Progress)

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2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the...

What Does that Nature Say to You | Review

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social...

2026 Berlin International Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...