Cannes 2024: 'The Second Act' Review

Cannes' opening night film is filled with heavy hitters, including Lea Seydoux, Louis Garrel and Vincent Lindon. It's The Second Act, a very meta comedy about characters in a film who know they're in a film. But the jokes belie writer-director Quentin Dupieux's deep anxieties about cinema's future. My review is here.

Cannes 2022: 'Smoking Causes Coughing' Review

How to describe Quentin Dupieux's truly daffy comedy Smoking Causes Coughing? It's an homage to cheesy old live-action kids' shows like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but it's also about gross-out gags and weird segues into utter silliness. I dug it, as I explain in my Screen International review.