Nicolas Rapold

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Discoveries

11 discoveries from Cannes 2026

Back from Cannes, a selection of our critics pick the first, second or breakthrough feature that bowled them over during this year’s festival.

By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others

11 discoveries from Cannes 2026

Festivals

All of a Sudden: Hamaguchi questions philosophies of care in a radically tender and enriching drama

By Nicolas Rapold

All of a Sudden: Hamaguchi questions philosophies of care in a radically tender and enriching drama

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“When you look at the roles I played, I made a difference in every movie”: Bruce Dern on his life in film

By Nicolas Rapold

“When you look at the roles I played, I made a difference in every movie”: Bruce Dern on his life in film

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Fatherland: Thomas Mann takes a postwar roadtrip in Paweł Pawlikowski’s brisk and beautiful father-daughter drama

By Nicolas Rapold

Fatherland: Thomas Mann takes a postwar roadtrip in Paweł Pawlikowski’s brisk and beautiful father-daughter drama

Reviews

Flies: a lonely retiree and 9-year-old boy find kinship in this charmingly downbeat comedy

By Nicolas Rapold

Flies: a lonely retiree and 9-year-old boy find kinship in this charmingly downbeat comedy

Festivals

The Invite: Discomfort is served in Olivia Wilde’s bittersweet sex comedy

By Nicolas Rapold

The Invite: Discomfort is served in Olivia Wilde’s bittersweet sex comedy

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The History of Concrete: John Wilson expands his eccentric TV series into a sneakily profound debut

By Nicolas Rapold

The History of Concrete: John Wilson expands his eccentric TV series into a sneakily profound debut

Reviews

Hamnet: Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel is a devastating exploration of loss and creative alchemy

By Nicolas Rapold

Hamnet: Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel is a devastating exploration of loss and creative alchemy

Reviews

Marty Supreme: Timothée Chalamet is perfect as a bratty ping pong hustler

By Nicolas Rapold

Marty Supreme: Timothée Chalamet is perfect as a bratty ping pong hustler

Reviews

Anemone: a welcome return from Daniel Day-Lewis

By Nicolas Rapold

Anemone: a welcome return from Daniel Day-Lewis

Festivals

The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie

By Nicolas Rapold

The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie

Lists

Eight under-the-radar LFF films

By Thomas Flew, Beatrice Loayza and others

Eight under-the-radar LFF films

Festivals

Father Mother Sister Brother: Jim Jarmusch’s low-key family anthology speaks from the heart

By Nicolas Rapold

Father Mother Sister Brother: Jim Jarmusch’s low-key family anthology speaks from the heart

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No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook’s murderous thriller is goofy, grisly and perverse

By Nicolas Rapold

No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook’s murderous thriller is goofy, grisly and perverse

Reviews

Together: Alison Brie and Dave Franco find funny, skin-crawling horror in a love that binds

By Nicolas Rapold

Together: Alison Brie and Dave Franco find funny, skin-crawling horror in a love that binds

Discoveries

13 discoveries from Cannes 2025

By John Bleasdale, Thomas Flew and others

13 discoveries from Cannes 2025

Festivals

Nouvelle Vague: Richard Linklater’s joyful tribute to the free spirits of French filmmaking

By Nicolas Rapold

Nouvelle Vague: Richard Linklater’s joyful tribute to the free spirits of French filmmaking

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Cloud: an online hustle turns deadly in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s violent, freewheeling thriller

By Nicolas Rapold

Cloud: an online hustle turns deadly in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s violent, freewheeling thriller

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Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

By Nicolas Rapold

Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke feels unstoppable in Richard Linklater’s loving Broadway biopic

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2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Nicolas Rapold

2,000 Meters to Andriivka: an intense in-the-moment account of Russia’s war on Ukraine

Festivals

Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

By Nicolas Rapold

Life After: a nuanced interrogation of right-to-die policy

Reviews

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Mary Bronstein pushes life’s daily irritations to the limit in this dark maternal drama

By Nicolas Rapold

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Mary Bronstein pushes life’s daily irritations to the limit in this dark maternal drama

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Maria: Pablo Larraín’s grand, reverential biopic of Maria Callas

By Nicolas Rapold

Maria: Pablo Larraín’s grand, reverential biopic of Maria Callas

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Pavements: Alex Ross Perry’s slanted and enchanted tribute to a canonical 1990s band

By Nicolas Rapold

Pavements: Alex Ross Perry’s slanted and enchanted tribute to a canonical 1990s band

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The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendship

By Nicolas Rapold

The Room Next Door: Almodóvar’s graceful exploration of mortality and friendship

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Mohammad Rasoulof’s domestic thriller is an elegant warning to the Iranian regime

By Nicolas Rapold

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Mohammad Rasoulof’s domestic thriller is an elegant warning to the Iranian regime

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The Shrouds: Cronenberg captures the obsessional force of grief in a dystopian widower drama

By Nicolas Rapold

The Shrouds: Cronenberg captures the obsessional force of grief in a dystopian widower drama

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Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

By Nicolas Rapold

Suspended Time: an affectingly vulnerable lockdown chronicle

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Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

By Nicolas Rapold

Architecton: a daunting look at the rubble of our existence

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I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession

By Nicolas Rapold

I Saw the TV Glow: a rough portrait of fanatical obsession