Bond unbound: her majesty’s secret service franchise faced the departure of its star, serious imitators, and an over-the-top parody of the genre it pioneered
Up close and personal: L’Amant double, Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Available), and restorations of cinematic classics weren’t afraid to bare it all
Little Moscow on the Croisette: Kantemir Balagov’s Closeness, Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Loveless, and Sergei Loznitsa’s A Gentle Creature stood out at the French fest
Portrait of the artist: Ruben Östlund’s The Square and Michel Hazanavicius’s Redoubtable sought to satirize the self-seriousness of the art and film worlds, respectively, with mixed success
