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‘Paper Tiger’ Review: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller Deliver Big Time in James Gray’s Operatically Intense Crime Drama

16 May 2026 at 21:40
The writer-director follows ‘Armageddon Time’ with a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens, New York, this time recounting a terrifying brush with the Russian mob.

‘Sheep in the Box’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda Trains His Tender Gaze on Human-AI Co-Existence in a Grief Drama in Search of an Emotional Payoff

16 May 2026 at 16:24
A couple scarred by the tragic loss of their young son sign up for a robotics program that recreates the deceased as lifelike humanoids in the 2018 Palme d'Or winner's latest.

‘All of a Sudden’ Review: ‘Drive My Car’ Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Reflection on Care and Compassion Demands Patience but Yields Rich Rewards

15 May 2026 at 15:15
Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto star in the filmmaker's first French-language work, set at a Paris nursing home where two strangers are fortified by their belief in human dignity. 

‘Atonement’ Review: Boyd Holbrook and a Shattering Hiam Abbass Grace a Drama That Widens the Perspective on Survivors of War

15 May 2026 at 08:43
Kenneth Branagh plays a fictionalized version of combat journalist Dexter Filkins, whose 2012 New Yorker article chronicled the desire of a U.S. Marine to reconcile with an Iraqi family devastated by his actions.

‘Butterfly Jam’ Review: Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough Blend Into a New Jersey Circassian Community in Absorbing but Meandering Drama   

13 May 2026 at 17:50
Harry Melling and newcomers Tahla Akdogan and Jaliyah Richards also star in this third feature from Russian director Kantemir Balagov, who had an international breakthrough in 2019 with ‘Beanpole.’

‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna’s Intimate Immigrant Character Study Is Well-Intentioned but Disjointed

13 May 2026 at 15:05
Based on the acclaimed novel by Brenda Navarro, the drama centers on a young Mexican woman struggling to carve out a better future in Spain.

‘The Electric Kiss’ Review: The Power Is Out in Pierre Salvadori’s 1920s Comedy Romance, Which Opens Cannes With a Fizzle

12 May 2026 at 20:00
Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier and Gilles Lellouche star in a con-artist caper about a fake carnival psychic reconnecting a grieving painter with his deceased wife.
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