Deauville Festival of American Cinema — A–Z of films

"I'm so scared we're going to die down here."

Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the craft of filmmaking.

This documentary feels confined by constraints that should have been stripped away in the filming process.

This is a tale told with unusual sensitivity and skill.

An accomplished portrait that presents something much more human than we're used to in this context.

British actor Dickinson – surely on the first step to a lot more film roles – slides seamlessly into Frankie’s groove, the accent and the body language spot on.

The brave new world of electronic dictatorship is not ready for this. There are no maps.

The Safdies invest their own knowledge of their home turf to give it all a frenetic and authentic sense of urgency.

Reveals just enough in the sparse dialogue and long silences to keep us intrigued.

Without the girl the film might have slipped under the radar. With the girl it takes off.

What makes this better than a smack in the face with a wet cliche is Woody Harrelson's performance

Rather than pick apart rituals... Weinstein simply lets us see them in action as part of the natural fabric of his life

This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

In the realm of the insane reason has no place. Anything is possible. Even the impossible

Scenes are set up and played out as if rehearsing for a mud sculpture

It's more an assortment of clips showing Reagan doing what Reagan did best, which was to project a sort of all-pervasive bonhomie through the camera lens.

The craft, the knowledge, the deep communication with the animal, shown without words - this is breathtaking, transcendent cinema.

Sweet Virginia is a simple story told very, very well.