Believe the hype. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s ALL OF A SUDDEN is a treasure. After watching so many bleak movies in Cannes, AOAS enveloped me like a warm blanket and reassured me everything is going to be okay. This movie rocked me like a sweet soothing lullaby. A single bittersweet tear rolled down my cheek as it came to its conclusion. It may be a long watch but the runtime didn’t bother me at all, because I was so swept up in its charms and gorgeous performances from Virginia Efira and Tao Okamoto. It’s a little heavy-handed in its capitalistic message but it never felt too preachy.
So glad to have ended the festival with this hopeful, empathetic and life-affirming gem. There will be a review on the channel soon. #Cannes2026
Another Cannes is in the books. Here is my ranking of everything I saw at the festival, as well as some thoughts on a "down year" and what I'm predicting will win the Palme d'Or. https://t.co/zpSJAhYFPI
Artistic Director of @TheNYFF Dennis Lim explores how Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden and Lisandro Alonso's La libertad dobles—both of which premiered at Cannes last week—speak to the times with clarity and empathy. https://t.co/aE3qttSpjt
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and his former teacher Kiyoshi Kurosawa at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Hamaguchi spoke to us about what he learned from Kurosawa: https://t.co/Eq7TC2cmG4
I'd never gotten emotional reviewing a film before, but ALL OF A SUDDEN is that kind of movie; it's Hamaguchi's most humanist to date, and one of Cannes's best. Words for @TheFilmStage: https://t.co/UpqLo1eE13
All of a Sudden is extraordinary. More than anything this film felt healing. Hamaguchi stakes out a territory for human connection and flourishing that feels earned and essential in the face of despair. The kind of film you just want to sit and ponder for hours
ALL OF A SUDDEN is one of the most beautiful, compassionate, and profoundly humane films I’ve ever seen. You can reform a system from within and perhaps extend its life, but the same cannot be said for people. We are all born knowing that one day our time here will end. All we can hope for is that, when that moment comes, we leave this world peacefully. And that’s exactly what this immense film is: peaceful. A soulful meditation on the human condition and celebration of nurses and caregivers unlike almost anything else, it captures our capacity to laugh, love, create, and care for one another as we all move toward the same inevitable fate. Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto are both heartbreaking and heartwarming together, their special bond carrying so much weight with quiet elegance, found in the tiniest of moments. Another intellectual, deeply emotional, and masterfully written and directed work from a brilliant filmmaker, one that earns every second of its 196-minute runtime.
Family drama Sound of Falling, directed by Mascha Schilinski, and İlker Çatak‘s Berlin Film Festival winner Yellow Letters are leading the nominations for the 2026 German Film Awards, also known as the Lolas, Germany’s equivalent of the Oscars. https://t.co/cLtCK9m81x