An indigent boy goes on a peripatetic journey of ascension within the criminal world in an institution purported to reform, curb, and punish law-breaking activities. Since that very institution allows ...

Jacques Audiard’s febrile, engrossing prison thriller A Prophet opens the way tragedies often close, with a man forced to choose between his life and his soul. Malik (Tahar Rahim), a 19-year-old ...

One of my favorite films of Cannes finally has a teaser trailer. Jacques Audiard's latest feature, Un Prophete, debuted last week at the festival to nothing but heaps of praise. I absolutely loved it ...

I had never seen a Jacques Audiard film before today, but now I want to go back watch all of his films. I was waiting to finally discover something exceptional here at Cannes, and this it. I caught ...

Taking its lead from Muhammad’s mantra that ‘This world is a prison for the faithful, but a paradise for unbelievers’ Jacques Audiard’s new thriller is a disquieting portrait of ambition and ...