Dust in the wind: critics Antoine Thirion and Jean-Michel Frodon join to discuss Disco Boy, Manodrome, Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert, and more
In my room: while the big-name titles were relatively modest, there was nothing small about more formally expansive films like Dry Ground Burning and Jet Lag
First we take Manhattan: Jessica Kiang and Edo Choi join to discuss and debate festival highlights, including Claire Denis’s Fire, Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini and more
Light touches: this year’s slate was dotted with life-affirming standouts like Claire Denis’s Fire, Mikhaël Hers’s The Passengers of the Night, and more
I, robot: Berlin award-winner The Trouble With Being Born escapes the predictable beats of robot parables through a creeping sense of technology as perpetuating trauma
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