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Italian auteurs and American upstarts: the Cannes Film Festival in 1976

We reported from the 30th edition of Cannes, where a bustling lineup included films by Bertolucci, Rohmer, Visconti, Rivette, Scorsese and more. From our Summer 1976 issue.

By Penelope Houston

Italian auteurs and American upstarts: the Cannes Film Festival in 1976

From the Sight and Sound archive

“A film of marvels if not quite a marvellous film”: Shrek reviewed in 2001

By Kim Newman

“A film of marvels if not quite a marvellous film”: Shrek reviewed in 2001

Reviews

Queer as Punk: powerful music doc takes viewers on the road with a radical Malaysian punk band

By Blake Simons

Queer as Punk: powerful music doc takes viewers on the road with a radical Malaysian punk band

Lists

Sight and Sound’s original verdict on 15 of Cannes’ biggest Palme d’Or winners

By Lindsay Anderson, John Gillett and others

Sight and Sound’s original verdict on 15 of Cannes’ biggest Palme d’Or winners

Reviews

Obsession: Curry Barker plays on the twisted ideas of the manosphere in a violent make-a-wish horror

By Virginie Sélavy

Obsession: Curry Barker plays on the twisted ideas of the manosphere in a violent make-a-wish horror

Reviews

The Christophers: Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against Michaela Coel for a film rich with ideas about art, criticism and forgery

By Kate Stables

The Christophers: Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against Michaela Coel for a film rich with ideas about art, criticism and forgery

From the Sight and Sound archive

“I make a daily effort to demolish my ignorance”: Roberto Rossellini interviewed in 1976

By Philip Strick

“I make a daily effort to demolish my ignorance”: Roberto Rossellini interviewed in 1976

Features

At the movies with Guillermo del Toro

By Mar Diestro-Dópido

At the movies with Guillermo del Toro

News

Sight and Sound: the June 2026 issue

Reviews

Olivia: Mysterious debut about a missing butcher presents a bold new voice in Argentinian cinema

By Travis Jeppesen

Olivia: Mysterious debut about a missing butcher presents a bold new voice in Argentinian cinema

Reviews

Romería: reality and fantasy intertwine in this ethereal drama about buried family histories

By Sophia Satchell-Baeza

Romería: reality and fantasy intertwine in this ethereal drama about buried family histories

Reviews

Hokum: Damian McCarthy’s horror finds a human story amid all the creepy grotesquerie

By Anton Bitel

Hokum: Damian McCarthy’s horror finds a human story amid all the creepy grotesquerie

Reviews

Surviving Earth: Slavko Sobin is a beguiling presence in this well-crafted debut

By John Bleasdale

Surviving Earth: Slavko Sobin is a beguiling presence in this well-crafted debut

Reviews

Wild Foxes: the body keeps the score in this affecting drama about an injured young boxer

By Jason Anderson

Wild Foxes: the body keeps the score in this affecting drama about an injured young boxer

From the Sight and Sound archive

“A story marshalled with dazzling skill and precision”: All the President’s Men reviewed in 1976

By Richard Combs

“A story marshalled with dazzling skill and precision”: All the President’s Men reviewed in 1976

Reviews

Kokuho: A melodramatic tale of brotherly rivalry in the cutthroat world of kabuki

By Alexander Mooney

Kokuho: A melodramatic tale of brotherly rivalry in the cutthroat world of kabuki

Reviews

Exit 8: a video game turned claustrophobic time-loop horror movie

By Anne Billson

Exit 8: a video game turned claustrophobic time-loop horror movie

Reviews

Miroirs No. 3 second look review: a glorious sun dappled noir from Christian Petzold

By Adam Nayman

Miroirs No. 3 second look review: a glorious sun dappled noir from Christian Petzold

Festivals

The Wizard of the Kremlin: a westernised take on Putin’s rise to power

By Travis Jeppesen

The Wizard of the Kremlin: a westernised take on Putin’s rise to power

Reviews

Rebuilding: Josh O’Connor delivers a tender performance in this timely story of a rancher set adrift by wildfires

By Kate Stables

Rebuilding: Josh O’Connor delivers a tender performance in this timely story of a rancher set adrift by wildfires

Festivals

The Blue Trail: a senior citizen flees dystopian Brazil for a freewheeling Amazonian adventure

By Sam Wigley

The Blue Trail: a senior citizen flees dystopian Brazil for a freewheeling Amazonian adventure

Reviews

Blades of the Guardians: cluttered storytelling overwhelms Yuen Woo-Ping’s wuxia epic

By David West

Blades of the Guardians: cluttered storytelling overwhelms Yuen Woo-Ping’s wuxia epic

From the Sight and Sound archive

“Funny, engaging and winning in its self-deprecating modesty”: Bridget Jones’s Diary reviewed in 2001

By Leslie Felperin

“Funny, engaging and winning in its self-deprecating modesty”: Bridget Jones’s Diary reviewed in 2001

Reviews

The Drama: a slyly funny psychological drama in a neat rom-com disguise

By Kate Stables

The Drama: a slyly funny psychological drama in a neat rom-com disguise

Reviews

Kim Novak’s Vertigo: an intimate audience with a candid Hollywood star

By Henry K Miller

Kim Novak’s Vertigo: an intimate audience with a candid Hollywood star

Reviews

D is for Distance: a personal, hallucinatory journey through medical bureaucracy

By Nick Bradshaw

D is for Distance: a personal, hallucinatory journey through medical bureaucracy

From the Sight and Sound archive

Hell freezes over: the Coen brothers on Fargo

By Lizzie Francke

Hell freezes over: the Coen brothers on Fargo

News

Sight and Sound: the May 2026 issue

Reviews

Fuze: a gripping, unpredictable heist thriller that prizes momentum over depth

By Gayle Sequeira

Fuze: a gripping, unpredictable heist thriller that prizes momentum over depth

Festivals

Pompei: Below the Clouds: documentary tribute to Naples is filled with sepulchral melancholy

By Nick James

Pompei: Below the Clouds: documentary tribute to Naples is filled with sepulchral melancholy