Tomris Laffly

1 week ago | backstage.com | Tomris Laffly

You can always rely on the Cannes Film Festival to introduce an inspiring slate of newcomers, as well as unveil fresh performances from bona fide movie stars like we’ve never seen them before. With its recently concluded 78th edition, this year’s cinematic outing on the French Riviera was no exception, marked by notable showcases from both lesser-known performers and household names.

1 week ago | elle.com | Tomris Laffly

Courtesy of the Cannes Film FestivalWith its clear blue Mediterranean waters, unpredictable May weather, red carpet glitz and glamour, and timed standing ovations, the Cannes Film Festival was once again a glorious sight to behold in its 78th edition. But as always, the real heroes were the movies themselves, as well as the artists who brought their cinematic offerings to the French Riviera. It’s always hard to pick out the best titles out of a festival as richly multifaceted as Cannes.

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Tomris Laffly

There is a kind of sadness that comes from living in a restless state of FOMO — or fear of missing out, as the acronym goes. The experiences you’d squander if you didn’t show up to an occasion, the next song you wouldn’t hear if you left a party too early and so on.

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Tomris Laffly

In Morad Mostafa’s austere and captivating feature debut “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” the title says it all. An absorbing and at times, puzzling blend of genres ranging from drama to body horror tells the story of an African immigrant who both craves something more and deserves a lot better than the hand she’s been dealt. But like a caged bird, she can’t escape her cruel and imprisoning circumstances.

2 weeks ago | avclub.com | Tomris Laffly

Sadly, it doesn’t take long for Alpha to settle down in its themes and become an inexplicably shallow and simple-minded AIDS allegory. (The disease is actually a disease, and not anything more surprising than that, symbolized with an A tattoo for AIDS, get it?) The movie version of the disease spreads the same way as in real life, though nothing about it resembles the real aftermath of getting HIV. Those who get it turn a color and texture that resembles a smooth-surfaced marble.