Contributor Charles Bramesco

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Festival

Poolman – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

There’s a whole lot of Chinatown in Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman, an Angeleno neo-noir with a script that gives Robert Towne more than fair grounds to sue for damages.
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Festival

Woman of the Hour – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, about a abused upstart actress and a serial killer in her midst, says all the right things, but too loud and too often.
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Review

War Pony

by Charles Bramesco

Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s debut feature focuses on two Oglala Lakota teenagers as they come of age in South Dakota.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Interview

Sydney Sweeney: ‘I’ve always felt that my duty is to my characters, and to my work’

by Charles Bramesco

The star of Tina Satter's whistleblowing drama Reality speaks about the challenges of playing a real person and the concept of the modern movie star.
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Festival

The New Boy – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Warwick Thornton’s spiritually-inclined Outback drama sees a nameless aboriginal boy face off against Cate Blanchett’s anxiety-prone nun.
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Festival

The Sweet East – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Talia Ryder stars as a high school student who becomes embroiled in various precarious situations on the east coast of America in Sean Price Williams' feature debut.
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Festival

Monster – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest, scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, is a dense, shape-shifting drama that grows more scattered as it progresses.
Interview

How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘You just try to live in a way that minimises your reprehensibility’

by Charles Bramesco

The team behind the explosive eco-thriller How to Blow Up A Pipeline reflect on the nature of activism, living under capitalism and spurring audiences out of inertia.
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Festival

The Director’s Fortnight and Critic’s Week sidebars bolster a packed Cannes

by Charles Bramesco

Films from Michel Gondry, Manoel de Oliveira, and a slew of newcomers will play alongside the Official Selection announced last week.
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Festival

Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Glazer, and Wes Anderson lead the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup

by Charles Bramesco

The Competition selection also includes new works from Catherine Breillat and Todd Haynes.

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