Festivals

At the crossroads: three striking discoveries stood out at this year's Czech festival, including Tinatin Kajrishvili’s Citizen Saint, Naqqash Khalid’s In Camera, and Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis

Over the shoulder: this year's festival of rediscovered cinema, featuring a retrospective of the films of Rouben Mamoulia, was not merely a celebration of past glories, but a declaration of a peculiarly privileged present

Strength in numbers: the duo discuss their latest drama about the local effects of global capitalism, which sees working-class Northern Englanders clashing, and finding common ground, with Syrian refugees

Finest worksong: documentarian Wang Bing discusses his two Cannes entries—the typically expansive Youth (Spring), and Man in Black, a briefer, but equally dense portrait of a composer

Perspective shift: history was retold and resold at this year’s Cannes, in films like Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Lisandro Alonso's Eureka, Alice Rohrwacher's La chimera, and others

The long day closes: Justin Chang, Dennis Lim, and Rachel Rosen offer an overview of the festival that was, and discuss late premieres from Catherine Breillat and Hong Sangsoo

Party’s over: our critics discuss latter-day selections including Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days, and more

If dogs run free: Jessica Kiang offers a canine-centric overview of the fest as it approaches its end, sniffing around Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents, and more

Chasing waterfalls: the Argentine filmmaker discusses his new tripartite feature, a festival highlight that seamlessly blends narrative and documentary elements

Sewed up tight: the Cameroonian filmmaker discusses her first narrative feature, a standout selection of this year’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar