Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. “Flow” opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, November 22. There’s a moment near the end of Latvian animation ...

Somehow I missed Flow when it premiered in Un Certain Regard in May at the Cannes Film Festival. Now having seen it just as it is about to open nationwide, it exceeds the various pockets of praise I ...