Anna Smith

Jacques Audiard's latest movie, the Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez, had its competition world premiere Saturday in Cannes, where it received a an ovation that lasted more than 11 minutes. Stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramirez were all in attendance…

Editors note: This review was originally published September 3, 2022 after the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The movie opens Friday in New York via Magnolia Pictures. A lesbian gym teacher navigates Margaret Thatcher's Britain under the "Section 28" law in Blue Jean, Georgia…

Editors note: This review originally was originally published on May 18, 2022 after its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival. Kino Lorber releases it in theaters Friday. Italian director Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden) shifts his focus to France in Scarlet (L'En…

Editors note: This review was originally published May 23 after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film opens in New York on Friday and in Los Angeles on April 21. A married man falls for a trans woman in Joyland, the first Pakistani feature to play in Cannes. Saim Sadiq's…

Breathing fresh life into the rom-com genre, Raine Allen Miller's Rye Lane is a delight. Premiering at Sundance, it pays affectionate tribute to its forebears while injecting a youthful British energy reminiscent of seminal TV shows such as Skins. This is a sunny, irreverent take on life and love…

As 2022 draws to an end, Deadline's critics have each chosen their top three movies of the year to hail from abroad. Some were festival world premieres, and some have made the International Feature Oscar shortlist (not all were put forth by their country of origin, nor are they each in a foreign…

Philip Yung delivers an ambitious decade-spanning true crime thriller with Where The Wind Blows, Hong Kong's entry for the International Feature Oscar. Previously known as Theory of Ambitions, it's a technically impressive feat with an equally impressive cast lead by Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu-wai…

A trio of teens navigates relationships in contemporary Helsinki in Girl Picture, Finland's entry for the Best International Feature Oscar. Directed by Alli Haapasalo (Love and Fury), it's an engaging portrait of young women that's as refreshing as it is entertaining. To call this a "Finnish Booksmart"…

An Afro-European woman connects with her roots in Bantú Mama, the Dominican Republic's entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Co-written and directed by Ivan Herrera, it's was picked up by Ava DuVernay's Array Releasing. It's a compelling drama featuring a strong performance from Clarisse…

Iceland's entry for the Best International Feature Oscar is a tense, tender portrait of teenage boyhood. The second feature from writer-director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Heartstone), Beautiful Beings world premiered in Berlin Panorama, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label.  Awards continue for…

It's interesting to see a documentary exploring the challenges for a new mother returning to work – and when that new mother happens to be a prima ballerina, the results are especially fascinating. Laura Kaehr's engrossing documentary Becoming Giulia won the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival, and…

Director Asif Kapadia makes slick work of Akram Khan's ballet in Creature, which world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Based on Khan's original concept and choreography, the English National Ballet Production is produced by Uzma Hasan for Little House Productions, and brings an intense…