Narratively, the ‘choose your own adventure’ film is a dead-end, with repetition and wheel-spinning increasingly producing frustration

It’s possible to think of the director as a troll first and serious director second – this is understandable, but regrettable

A new series of screenings in New York tells a bracing account of filmmaking under the Russian leader

Netflix is actively and self-servingly restricting the platforms films can occupy, but it’s not the only one grumbling about Cannes’s fussy rules