Screen time: multimedia artist Josh Kline’s sprawling exhibition at the Whitney Museum attempts to untangle climate change, consumerism, and the function of art in the face of catastrophe
Truth content: the latest from Nicole Holofcener, You Hurt My Feelings, expands on the director’s women-centric inquiries into marriage and its complicated demands of candor and companionship
Reaching out: the trio of filmmakers on their new collaboration, a hybrid film that turns a series of video letters into a meditation on loss, isolation, and connection
Sunrise: Pietro Marcello’s latest, Scarlet is a tender, sumptuous fairy tale which exemplifies the director’s deft straddling of documentary and fiction, realism and illusionism
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
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
Picture book: this year’s festival kicked off with a swirl of controversy and a dud opening night film, before finding its footing with films like Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming, Cédric Kahn’s The Goldman Case, and others
Rocky road: in addition to a strong retrospective program, this year’s edition was highlighted by understated Competition winners From You and There Is a Stone.
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