Cannes 2026: Our favorite critics rate films from this year’s edition

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Mark Asch Little White Lies
Justin Chang The New Yorker
Giovanni Marchini
Camia Sight and Sound
Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com
Devika Girish Film Comment
Jessica Kiang Freelance, Variety
Beatrice Loayza Film Comment
Ruun Nuur Freelance
Kong Rithdee Bangkok Post
Jonathan Romney Screen
Isabel Stevens Sight and Sound
Alison Willmore Vulture
 
All of a Sudden Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 3.2
4
4
1
3
3
4
4
4
2
3
3
 
Another Day Jeanne Herry 1.8
2
2
3
 
The Beloved Rodrigo Sorogoyen 2.9
3
3
3
3
3
1
4
4
2
 
The Birthday Party Léa Mysius 0.8
2
1
1
1
 
Bitter Christmas Pedro Almodóvar 2.4
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
 
The Black Ball Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo 1.8
2
1
2
1
2
3
 
Coward Lukas Dhont 1.8
1
3
2
2
2
1
 
The Dreamed Adventure Valeska Grisebach 3.7
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
 
Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski 2.9
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
 
Fjord Cristian Mungiu 2
3
3
3
1
2
1
1
3
2
3
 
Gentle Monster Marie Kreutzer 1.5
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
 
Hope Na Hong-jin 2.8
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
 
A Man of His Time Emmanuel Marre 2.9
3
3
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
 
The Man I Love Ira Sachs 2.4
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
 
Minotaur Andrey Zvyagintsev 3.2
3
4
4
2
4
3
2
3
4
3
 
Moulin László Nemes 1.3
2
1
1
1
3
 
Nagi Notes Kôji Fukada 2.4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
2
 
Paper Tiger James Gray 3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
 
Parallel Tales Asghar Farhadi 1
2
1
1
1
1
 
Sheep in the Box Hirokazu Kore-eda 1.3
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
3
 
The Unknown Arthur Harari 2.7
3
3
4
4
1
4
4
1
 
A Woman’s Life Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet 1.5
1
2
1
2
1
2
 
9 Temples to Heaven Sompot Chidgasornpongse 3.7
4
3
4
 
Butterfly Jam Kantemir Balagov 1.1
2
1
2
2
1
 
Clarissa 3.3
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
 
The Diary of a Chambermaid Radu Jude 3.2
2
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
 
Double Freedom Lisandro Alonso 3.4
3
4
3
4
3
 
Gabin Maxence Voiseux 3.3
3
3
3
4
 
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Clio Barnard 2.5
3
3
1
2
4
2
 
Once Upon a Time in Harlem William Greaves, David Greaves 3.8
3
4
4
4
4
 
La perra Dominga Sotomayor 2.5
2
2
2
1
4
3
3
3
 
Thanks for Coming Alain Cavalier 2.5
3
2
 
We Are Aliens Kohei Kadowaki 2.5
3
2
 
Everytime Sandra Wollner 3.4
4
3
3
3
4
 
La gradiva Marine Atlan 3.8
4
4
4
3
4
 
The Samurai and the Prisoner Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2.6
3
3
3
2
2
 
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Jane Schoenbrun 3.1
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
 

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