Cannes 2025: Slauson Rec, Dandelion’s Odyssey, Lucky Lu
On three films that sketch out worlds that are too close for comfort.
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Cannes 2025 Video #5: Chaz Ebert on “Nouvelle Vague” and “Highest 2 Lowest”; Interviews with Elizabeth Guest and Filmmakers of “Average White Band”; Nicole Kidman on Women in Motion Award
Chaz reviews two big releases out of Cannes and conducts two interviews with filmmakers out of the fest.
Cannes 2025: Sentimental Value, Romería, The History of Sound
Two highs and a low mark our latest dispatch from the festival.
Cannes 2025: It Was Just an Accident, Alpha
On a writer’s favorite and least favorite film from this year’s Cannes competition program.
Cannes 2025: A Private Life, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Today’s dispatch include Jodie Foster’s first French-language film and a sprawling Russian epic about a Nazi monster.
Movies That Deal with the Peculiarities of Being a Teenager: Bruce Handy on His New Book about Teen Movies
An interview with the author of a new book about teen flicks, from Breakfast Club to Rebel Without a Cause.
Cannes 2025: Exit 8, Eleanor the Great, Fuori
On three of the most inventive films out of the fest.
Cannes 2025: Renoir, Sons of the Neon Night, Orwell: 2+2=5
On three films that required significant mullling over at Cannes.
Cannes 2025: Eagles of the Republic, Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Two films from the Middle East explore the relationship between art and power.
Cannes 2025: Nouvelle Vague, A Magnificent Life
On two films from Cannes about famous French creators.
Cannes 2025 Video #4: Brian Tallerico on Mission Impossible, The Phoenician Scheme, My Father’s Shadow, Secret Agent
RogerEbert.com’s Managing Editor weighs in on some of the biggest titles screening at the fest this year.
The Red Carpets of the 2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Excerpts from interviews taken at the red carpet of Chicago’s esteemed critics-led film festival.
Cannes 2025: The Secret Agent, The Love That Remains, Magellan
The scope of Cannes expands and contracts with three films that either peer into hometowns or box in their cinematic frames.
Lookin’s Free: Joe Don Baker (1936-2025)
On the celebrated character actor, who walked tall through Westerns, crime pictures, and spy flicks for 60 years.
Cannes 2025 Video #3: Robert Daniels on Urchin, Renoir, Die My Love, and More
Chaz checks in with our Associate Editor at the midway point of the fest.
Cannes 2025: My Father’s Shadow, Enzo, Dalloway
Our most recent dispatch covers films about various kinds of losses — from family to self.
Cannes 2025: The Chronology of Water, Urchin
Two directorial debuts from high-profile actors are explored in our latest Cannes dispatch.
Cannes 2025: Die My Love, Pillion, Miroirs No. 3
On three Cannes premieres, including films from Lynne Ramsay, Christian Petzold, and one of the best debuts in years.
Cannes 2025: A Useful Ghost, Arco
Ghostly household appliances and a boy from the future mark two of Cannes’ more out-there entries this year.
