Vincent Lacoste
For those with a nihilistic sensibility, there will be solace in the nothingness that comes from Smoking Causes Coughing.
Winter Boy would benefit a lot from leaning into its heartbreaking premise, but the tasteful melodrama is perhaps still considered too passé.
Christophe Honoré’s Sorry Angel is a deceptively complex character study, portraying a tragic relationship without succumbing to miserablism.