Siddhant Adlakha
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Thrilled to have written the accompanying essay for
@criterion.bsky.social
’s release of "Resurrection," Bi Gan’s enrapturing treatise on cinema, modern Chinese history, and the collective human experience. Out on Blu-ray and DVD April 21st
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This year, the Cannes Film Festival advocated "The Devils," the Holy Grail of restorations, in crystalline 4K and in all its sacrilegious glory. Out later this year.
#Cannes2026
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: Ken Russell's ‘The Devils’ earned its X-rating in 1971 — and a new 4K restoration shows off all of its sacrilegious splendor
“Do you remember the first time your thoughts were turned to evil things?”
https://decider.com/2026/05/23/ken-russells-the-devils-restoration-review-cannes-film-festival-2026/
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Winners for Best Actress: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto Ryusuke Hamaguchi breaks you gradually, then ‘All of a Sudden’
#Cannes2026
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https://joysauce.com/ryusuke-hamaguchi-breaks-you-gradually-then-all-of-a-sudden/
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That's a wrap on
#Cannes2026
. Links to reviews within as they're added.
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We made it! The last day of
#Cannes2026
is here, the final day that the ICS CANNES 2026 CRITICS & INDUSTRY PANEL can get updates. Keep an eye out, we'll do one more update tonight, as people will be catching up with films still today
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Winner of the Queer Palm
#Cannes2026
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Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
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Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
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Koji Fukuda’s quiet, queer ‘Nagi Notes’ is Cannes’s underrated gem
#Cannes2026
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Koji Fukuda’s quiet, queer ‘Nagi Notes’ is Cannes’s underrated gem
Vying for the Palme d’Or, the understated Japanese drama starring Shizuka Ishibashi carefully picks its moments.
https://joysauce.com/koji-fukudas-quiet-queer-nagi-notes-is-canness-underrated-gem/
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Sheep In The Box Is An A.I. Reckoning In Search Of An Ending
#Cannes2026
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'Sheep In The Box' Is An A.I. Reckoning In Search Of An Ending
'Sheep in the Box,' Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest is a meandering sci-fi film on digital resurrection.
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/sheep-in-the-box-review-sci-fi-ai
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‘Colony’ Brings ‘Train to Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho Back to Zombie Mayhem
#Cannes2026
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: ‘Colony’ brings ‘Train to Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho back to zombie mayhem
This film understands that the only way to resurrect the zombie genre is by turning its established “rules” completely inside out.
https://decider.com/2026/05/19/colony-movie-review-cannes-film-festival-2026/
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‘Elephants in the Fog’ Review: A Riveting Nepalese Drama About a Transgender Community
#Cannes2026
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‘Elephants in the Fog’ Review: A Riveting Nepalese Drama About a Transgender Community
In his potent feature debut 'Elephants in the Fog,' premiering at Cannes, Abinash Bikram Shah humanizes and empowers Nepal’s Kinnar community.
https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/elephants-in-the-fog-review-1236753493/
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‘Colony’ Brings ‘Train to Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho Back to Zombie Mayhem
#Cannes2026
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: ‘Colony’ brings ‘Train to Busan’ director Yeon Sang-ho back to zombie mayhem
This film understands that the only way to resurrect the zombie genre is by turning its established “rules” completely inside out.
https://decider.com/2026/05/19/colony-movie-review-cannes-film-festival-2026/
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‘Iron Boy’ Review: A Gorgeously Hand-Painted Childhood Drama
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‘Iron Boy’ Review: A Gorgeously Hand-Painted Childhood Drama
With 'Iron Boy,' former Pixar animator Louis Clichy breaks from modern studio traditions for a moving farmland saga.
https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/iron-boy-review-1236752740/
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Na Hong-Jin’s “Hope” is a blast!
#Cannes2026
www.ign.com/articles/hop...
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The Wailing Director Returns With Hope, an Uncanny Gonzo Thrill Ride
Hope review: The Wailing director Na Hong-jin returns with a blast of an alien action thriller.
https://www.ign.com/articles/hope-review-na-hong-jin
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James Gray’s Masterful ‘Paper Tiger’ Refashions the Mob Flick For the Modern Age
#Cannes2026
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: James Gray’s masterful ‘Paper Tiger’ refashions the Mob flick for the modern age
This is Gray’s sixth Palme d’Or hopeful — a record for an American filmmaker.
https://decider.com/2026/05/18/paper-tiger-movie-review-cannes-film-festival-2026/
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‘Full Phil’ Review: Quentin Dupieux’s Unfulfilling Father-Daughter Two Hander
#Cannes2026
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‘Full Phil’ Review: Quentin Dupieux’s Unfulfilling Father-Daughter Two Hander
Cannes: Kristen Stewart and Woody Harrelson swim in circles, in a mildly surreal comedy-drama that works better on paper.
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/full-phil-review-quentin-dupieux-kristen-stewart-1235194668/
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‘Moulin’ Review: László Nemes Directs a Narratively Flat, Visually Arresting Spy Drama
#Cannes2026
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‘Moulin’ Review: László Nemes Directs a Narratively Flat, Visually Arresting Spy Drama
Starring Gilles Lellouche, László Nemes' Cannes competition entry 'Moulin' draws on Hollywood noirs for its saga of wartime heroism.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/moulin-review-1236751436/
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‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude Delivers a Surprisingly Touching Meta-Adaptation
#Cannes2026
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‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude Delivers a Surprisingly Touching Meta-Adaptation
Cannes: The Romanian satirist’s latest loosely adapts Octave Mirbeau’s novel into a sharp-witted mother-daughter epistolary.
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-diary-of-a-chambermaid-review-2026-radu-jude-1235194414/
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‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama
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‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama
Premiering in Special Screenings at Cannes, Diego Luna's latest directorial effort 'Ashes' offers worthwhile performances, but little else.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/ashes-review-1236748971/
10 days ago
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‘The Match’ Review: An Exciting, Accessible Documentary About Soccer and War
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‘The Match’ Review: An Exciting, Accessible Documentary About Soccer and War
'The Match' is a spitfire film about the controversial 1986 World Cup quarter-final, which gave rise to some of sport’s most iconic images.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-match-review-1236748602/
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Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ is a Sexy, Beguiling Meta-Slasher
#Cannes2026
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ is a sexy, beguiling meta-slasher
It’s a film of not just finding new layers to the old and antiquated, but to one’s own outlook and desires.
https://decider.com/2026/05/14/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-movie-review/
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‘Dua’ Review: A Conflicted Kosovan Coming-of-Age Drama Beset by War
#Cannes2026
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‘Dua’ Review: A Conflicted Kosovan Coming-of-Age Drama Beset by War
Premiering in Critics' Week at Cannes, Blerta Basholli’s second feature 'Dua' illuminates her own upbringing amid sociopolitical tumult.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/dua-review-1236746996/
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New York Film Critics Circle
12 days ago
It is with deep sadness that the New York Film Critics Circle acknowledges the passing of our longest-standing member, Rex Reed.
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Rex Reed Dies at 87
It is with deep sadness that the New York Film Critics Circle acknowledges the passing of our longest-standing member, Rex Reed, who died at his home in New York City early this morning, aged 87. Know...
https://www.nyfcc.com/2026/05/rex-reed-dies-at-87/
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Honoured to be nominated among esteemed colleagues by the
@lapressclub.bsky.social
for the 68th Southern California Journalism Awards
lapressclub.org
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Memories of Murder, Premonitions of Ecocide. On Lucrecia Martel’s “Our Land”:
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'Our Land' Review: Memories of Murder
A documentary about Indigenous land rights wrestles with Argentina’s colonial legacy.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/memories-of-murder-premonitions-of-ecocide/
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‘Mortal Kombat II’ sucks the life out of action movies
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‘Mortal Kombat II’ sucks the life out of action movies
It's hard to get video game films right, so in what should come as no surprise to anyone, the sequel is a major dud.
https://joysauce.com/mortal-kombat-ii-sucks-the-life-out-of-action-movies/
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"No one can stand between me and home. Not even the gods."
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The Odyssey | Official New Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI
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Your jury for the 79th Cannes Film Festival: Park Chan-wook (President), Demi Moore, Isaach De Bankolé, Laura Wandel, Paul Laverty, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga, Diego Céspedes, Chloé Zhao
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Just had the disorienting experience of learning -there’s a Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 -it came out a year ago -the title track inexplicably features… um… just listen to the first 5 seconds…
youtu.be/Cus-6cnyt1s?...
21 days ago
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Sam Adams
22 days ago
TV is in such a sorry state these days. Feels like it’s been years since anyone had their boy Squiggle cook up a beat for them.
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Out this week, "Hokum" throws too much at the wall, with too little skill or enthusiasm:
www.ign.com/articles/hok...
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Hokum, Starring Adam Scott, Is a Horror Salad With Too Many Ingredients
Hokum review: A hokey, everything-at-once horror salad with too many different ingredients.
https://www.ign.com/articles/hokum-review-adam-scott
27 days ago
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“Michael” does the impossible: it makes the King of Pop boring.
www.ign.com/articles/mic...
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The New Michael Jackson Movie Does the Impossible: It Makes the King of Pop Boring
Review: The new Michael Jackson movie does the impossible: It makes the King of Pop boring.
https://www.ign.com/articles/michael-jackson-movie-review
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The Disposability of 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
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The disposability of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
A sequel? Twenty years later? Groundbreaking. Critic Siddhant Adlakha reviews the highly anticipated sequel to the 2000s phenomenon.
https://joysauce.com/the-disposability-of-the-devil-wears-prada-2/
25 days ago
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Wish there were a short story that engaged with this particular intersection of trans experience and American empire. People would be normal about it.
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The Modi government’s displacement of the Shompen tribe and development of Great Nicobar into a “mega hub” has severe implications from ethnic cleansing to ecological disaster
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The Hidden Toll of the $10bn Great Nicobar Development Project
The Great Nicobar Island is at the centre of an $8-10 billion mega-infrastructure projec to transform the island into a global economic hub.
https://earth.org/the-great-nicobar-gamble-exploring-the-hidden-toll-of-the-10-billion-development-project/
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The Disposability of 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
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The disposability of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
A sequel? Twenty years later? Groundbreaking. Critic Siddhant Adlakha reviews the highly anticipated sequel to the 2000s phenomenon.
https://joysauce.com/the-disposability-of-the-devil-wears-prada-2/
25 days ago
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Out this week, "Hokum" throws too much at the wall, with too little skill or enthusiasm:
www.ign.com/articles/hok...
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Hokum, Starring Adam Scott, Is a Horror Salad With Too Many Ingredients
Hokum review: A hokey, everything-at-once horror salad with too many different ingredients.
https://www.ign.com/articles/hokum-review-adam-scott
27 days ago
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Playing on
@letterboxd.social
video store April 29 to May 28:
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27 days ago
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Radio car ride
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Never felt older than when my wedding DJ sent across an "old school Bollywood" list today and it was all early 2000s Yash Raj
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“F*ck the Queen!”: Tourette’s as British Melodrama
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“F*ck the Queen!”: Tourette’s as British Melodrama - Truthdig
The life of advocate John Davidson inspires a moving biopic about tics.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/fck-the-queen-tourettes-as-british-melodrama/
about 1 month ago
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The beautiful queer horror of ‘Leviticus’
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The beautiful queer horror of ‘Leviticus’
Australian director Adrian Chiarella crafts a supernatural portrait of self-loathing with stars Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen.
https://joysauce.com/the-beautiful-queer-horror-of-leviticus/
about 1 month ago
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Mira
about 1 month ago
Boat turns three years old today! He is my first pet, my favorite boy, and has changed my life ❤️
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One of those film TikTokers with a million followers keeps including screenshots of things I’ve written, but never the actual reviews, just the numerical scores I’m obliged to add for some sites. Reached out not because I’m offended, but because it’s so damn reductive…
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One of those film TikTokers with a million followers keeps including screenshots of things I’ve written, but never the actual reviews, just the numerical scores I’m obliged to add for some sites. Reached out not because I’m offended, but because it’s so damn reductive…
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‘Mother Mary’ Looks Immaculate, But Feels Emotionally Hollow
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‘Mother Mary’ Looks Immaculate, But Feels Emotionally Hollow
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel lead David Lowery’s popstar double hander.
https://videogame.town/2026/04/21/mother-mary-review-a24-anne-hathaway-siddhant-adlakha-david-lowery-michaela-coel/
about 1 month ago
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“Michael” does the impossible: it makes the King of Pop boring.
www.ign.com/articles/mic...
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The New Michael Jackson Movie Does the Impossible: It Makes the King of Pop Boring
Review: The new Michael Jackson movie does the impossible: It makes the King of Pop boring.
https://www.ign.com/articles/michael-jackson-movie-review
about 1 month ago
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Eyyy I’m docta doom ova here
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At the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia rave
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