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‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the...

‘Un Simple Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the...

At Cannes, Sneaky Period Pieces and Film Lovers’ Delights Rule the Screen

Movies from China, Brazil, Iran and elsewhere prove that there’s so much more to cinema than Hollywood would have us believe.

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Mood Is Uncertain and Unsettled

The threat of tariffs and the struggles of Hollywood have dampened what is usually an international party. Even the early standouts are somber.

‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Defies All

For the eighth installment of this stunt-spectacular franchise, the star returns to fight off A.I. planetary domination, the bends, gravity and maybe mortality itself.

‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Sees Constant Flux

The Chinese director shot two decades of footage to for his new film, which captures his country in tumult and one woman living through it.

‘Rust’ Review: Alec Baldwin Western Hit by Tragedy Is a Hard Watch

During every scene of this western, I couldn’t stop thinking about the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set in an entirely preventable...

‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Florence Pugh and Pals Kick Some Asterisk

The actress is the main attraction in Marvel’s latest, about a group of ragtag super-types who join forces to (spoiler alert!) save the world.

‘April’ Review: A Doctor’s Dilemma

In this, her second feature, the Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili takes on the risks faced by an obstetrician who performs kitchen-table abortions.

‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Revenge of the Killer Nerd

Affleck returns as a brilliant C.P.A. who moonlights as a mysterious, gun-toting fixer and gets help from his little bro, played by Jon Bernthal.