Cannes Review: Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Can’t Find a Rhythm
The Film Stage [Unofficial]
May 14, 2026
Without putting too fine a point on it, the 2026 Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes has kicked off with a bit of a dog. The latest from exiled Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov, Butterfly Jam takes place in and around the Circassian community in New Jersey—a diasporic milieu that will call to mind movies like Anora, Little […]
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