Peter Labuza

[Cannes Review] Mommy

Being the same age as Xavier Dolan (25), I can say that it is quite an impressive feat to already have four highly acclaimed features under your belt. And while...

[Cannes Review] Leviathan

If there is a very loose thread connecting contemporary Russian cinema to its artistic heritage, it is that its best filmmakers still exude a desire to produce ...

[Cannes Review] Clouds of Sils Maria

There are so many self-interpretations and meta moments in Clouds of Sils Maria, a puzzler that shows director Olivier Assayas evolving into a director of refin...

[Cannes Review] Hard to Be a God

“The artist is a canary in a mine shaft. If Brezhnev had read Rudyard Kipling, he would never have gone into Afghanistan.” Director Aleksei German said this to ...

[Cannes Review] Goodbye to Language

Goodbye to Language, an essay work by Jean-Luc Godard, is not the kind of thing one can simply write about without weeks or months of contemplation. The head is...

[Cannes Review] The Search

Let’s get one thing straight: The Artist was not an atrocity worthy of being labeled a war crime, no matter how much some made it out to be during Harvey’s ...

[Cannes Review] Lost River

A lot of fires burn in Ryan Gosling’s Lost River, consuming the wreckage of houses left standing in America After The Recession. Those images can certainly be s...

[Cannes Review] Two Days, One Night

“I can’t stop crying,” Sandra tells herself as she walks through her home. Her phone is ringing, and she needs her pills to calm down. Her fault is not that she...