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Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” a Death and the Maiden–like drama about a group of Iranians confronting a man whom they suspect wa...

After my last dispatch’s uncommon thematic synergy, I’ve come back with two films that on their face couldn’t be any more different in style...

This is my first year at Cannes, and while thematic synergy is expected at any given film festival, I’m surprised at how easy it’s been to f...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In today’s video, Chaz reviews th...

If you’ve been following along, you’ll notice that most of these capsules have been grab bags that aren’t necessarily linked by their festiv...

Much has been made of the length of standing ovations after Cannes screenings, but the most memorable one this year was before the film even...

Jodie Foster is known to be fluent in French, but Rebecca Zlotowski’s film “A Private Life,” showing out of competition, is said to mark her...

The following table of contents contains RogerEbert.com’s coverage of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which includes full reviews and festiva...

The relationship between art and power—and, more specifically, cinema and power—is the subject of “Eagles of the Republic,” showing in compe...

Cannes seemed to be more interested in usual in examining its own history in this year’s program, whether it’s the building of a grand archi...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In today’s video, Chaz checks in...

Celebrating its twelfth year, the Chicago Critics Film Festival returned with a robust lineup of over two dozen films and hosted the largest...

Bearing no relation to the Joseph Conrad novel, the competition entry “The Secret Agent,” from the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In today’s video, Chaz sits in to...

After what felt like a slow start, Cannes 2025 exploded over the weekend with lauded premieres from beloved filmmakers like Lynne Ramsay, Ri...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In today’s video, Scott Dummler s...

A confidently made procedural from the Competition program for this year’s Palme d’Or should engage with audiences outside of Cannes more th...

Themes emerge at film festivals, reflections of international anxieties and concerns collected in art. An early topic of conversation at Can...

Sean Baker, the winner of last year’s Palme d’Or (and four Oscars) for “Anora,” already has a new film at Cannes—sort of. “Left-Handed Girl,...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development, including her breakdown of the op...

It seems like every month, there’s an exciting new 4K re-release or a newly restored rediscovery that’s reaching audiences for the first tim...

The Kyiv-raised director Sergei Loznitsa has divided his recent career between documentaries and dramatized features. When he’s in the latte...

Cannes takes a day to settle in, using the opening night to hear from the jury (led this year by one of our best actresses in Juliette Binoc...

The 78th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday with two films—one that’s 100 years old, and another that seems likely to be forgotten b...

There’s a curious effect to the cumulative raunch of Tom Segura‘s new sketch show, “Bad Thoughts,” which feels like “I Think You Should Leav...