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Dennis Lim
An Act as Simple as Dreaming
By
Dennis Lim
May 5, 2022
Time and again: in an excerpt from his new monograph,
Tale of Cinema
, Dennis Lim grapples with the conceptual challenges of both writing about and programming the films of Hong Sangsoo
The Termite’s Return
By
Dennis Lim
January 6, 2020
Reflecting on an unwieldy decade in film, from the ground up
Crossing Over
By
Dennis Lim
July 1, 2019
A prize-winning triumph at Cannes, Mati Diop’s Dakar-set debut feature
Atlantics
confirms an oeuvre of elemental immediacy and dreamlike exile
The Long View
By
Dennis Lim
January 2, 2019
A reckoning with Argentine director Mariano Llinás’s marathon movie of the moment, an opus of various tones, genres, and cinematic madeleines
Interview: Lee Chang-dong
By
Dennis Lim
October 25, 2018
Vast carelessness: the Korean director's beguiling drama of lives led astray will be the one to endure from this year's edition of the festival
Moving Through Time
By
Dennis Lim
August 20, 2018
With
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
, Bi Gan mesmerizes again with a virtuosic noir trip where experience and dreams become one
Festivals: Cannes 2018
By
Dennis Lim
May 28, 2018
Bending the rules: with the frenzy of Cannes in the rearview mirror, a few films reward consideration for their thoughtful reinventions
Cannes Interview: Ulrich Köhler
By
Dennis Lim
May 22, 2018
Last man on earth: the director of the quietly apocalyptic
In My Room
talks about embracing genre conventions and the Pet Shop Boys
Keeping at It
By
Dennis Lim
July 3, 2017
The fruits and frustrations of labor were on display at Cannes
The Well-Told Tale
By
Dennis Lim
July 5, 2016
Five Cannes standouts took different approaches to getting the whole story
Daydream Believers
By
Dennis Lim
June 30, 2015
Two 21st-century trailblazers stole the festival’s thunder
Films not so fragiles
By
Dennis Lim
June 30, 2014
Three up-and-comers trump the usual suspects
Death Trips
By
Dennis Lim
July 1, 2013
Outsiders with murder on their minds stole the show this year