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Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 1: Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
Click to enlarge. Irrefutably signed Wes Anderson, co-scripted along with Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom is this U.S. indie filmmaker’s 7th feature film. Starring newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as two 12 year-olds who
Read MoreCannes 2012: After the Battle | Review
Nasrallah tackles Tahrir Uprising Barely a Year Later, Will Suffer his own Battle Scars Taking as its topic the Tahrir Square uprising in February 2011, Yousry Nasrallah’s After the Battle is a melodramatic soap
Read MoreLive from Cannes 2012: Introducing Our Cannes Critics’ Panel
And the tradition continues here on IONCINEMA.com. Our twice daily critical snapshot of the Main Competition selected films (22 films in all, plus the closing film) as rated by 16 film critics is in
Read MoreInside Cannes 2012 Day 1: Five Quotes from Moonrise Kingdom Press Conference
1. “I use my memory of what I remember wanting to have happened, and having not actually occured.” – Wes Anderson Filmmaker comments on the basis of his film – children falling in love
Read MoreHysteria | Review
Your Mind’s in Disturbia: Tanya Wexler Gives Us a Lobotomized History of the Vibrator Another example of boring, banal people ruining potentially great ideas has been birthed in the form of director Tanya Wexler’s
Read MoreCriterion Collection: La Haine | Blu-ray Review
In 1995, Mathieu Kassovitz’s exceptional debut, La Haine, was a shocking realization of the unjust ghettoizing of immigrants taking place in France, and the violent abuse of power by police forces, but its surprising
Read MoreCannes 2012: How the Nanni Moretti Lead Jury Might Vote
Which film is the odds-on favorite to grab the Palme d’Or this year. It depends not on who you ask, but who is assigned a jury seat. We’ve decided to offer our readers a
Read MoreElena | Review
A Touch of Class: Zvyagintsev’s latest slow burn reaches a masterful boil. Over the past decade, one of the most celebrated new filmmakers to come out of Russia is Andrei Zvyagintsev, with his highly
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Alice Winocour’s Augustine
Augustine – Alice Winocour Buzz: Selected as a Special Screening status for this year’s Critics’ Week, it was no secret to us that Alice Winocour was going to premiere her directorial debut at a
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Short Films from Tsai Ming-liang and Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Critics Week Closing Night: Walker – Tsai Ming-liang + Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day – João Pedro Rodrigues Buzz: Two of the most ambitious, singular, and intelligent auteurs currently working in world cinema, the
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Love
Paradise: Love – Ulrich Seidl Buzz: While part of the elite class of filmmakers who’ve attained Main Competition status (now for a second time), I still feel that the Dog Days and Import/Export helmer
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Pablo Larrain’s No
No – Pablo Larrain Buzz: Pablo Larrain needs little introduction – Tony Manero announced the arrival of a talent to watch out for and the Venice Film Festival showing of his last film, Post
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Pablo Stoll Ward’s 3
3 – Pablo Stoll Ward Buzz: After attaining international acclaim with his break out pair of films (25 Watts and Whisky) alongside Juan Pablo Rebella, helmer Pablo Stoll understandably had a rebirth of sorts.
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Darezhan Omirbayev’s Student
Student – Darezhan Omirbayev Buzz: Really, anytime there’s a new Kazakh film it’s reason to pay attention; the country doesn’t produce that much, and when they do it tends to be pretty damn noteworthy.
Read MoreInside Cannes 2012 T Minus one: Korine’s “Spring Breakers” and Tarantino’s “Django” Among Croisette Eye Candy
This year’s pre film festival stroll beginning from the Palais portion of the Croisette and heading towards the posh hotels out east begins with an uncolored spread for Wong Kar-wai’s not yet ready and
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Ilian Metev’s Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Sofia’s Last Ambulance – Ilian Metev Buzz: The only documentary in this year’s Critics’ Week section, and for that matter, only the second to compete in its 51-year history, Bulgarian filmmaker Ilian Metev picks
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Raúl Ruiz’s The Night in Front
The Night in Front – Raúl Ruiz Buzz: Director of well over 100 films, Raúl Ruiz passed away late last number at the age of 70. As you can imagine from his sprawling filmography,
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Mekong Hotel
Mekong Hotel – Apichatpong Weerasethakul Buzz: Allegedly involving Tilda Swinton at some point and focusing on flooding and pig farming in the area surrounding the Mekong River, the festival surprised arthouse fans when they
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Gyorgy Palfi’s Final Cut – Ladies & Gentlemen
Final Cut – Ladies & Gentlemen – György Pálfi Buzz: Once upon a time, György Pálfi made a splash at the Toronto International Film Festival with an elegant, plotless film called Hukkle. When he
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Sang-ho Yeun’s The King of Pigs
The King of Pigs – Sang-ho Yeun Buzz: The low-budget, animated feature debut from Sang-ho Yeun actually had its local premiere in November and the buzz was strong enough to win it a berth
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Claudine Nougaret & Raymond Depardon’s Journal de France
Journal de France – Claudine Nougaret & Raymond Depardon Buzz: In many ways, Depardon is to French cinema and cinéma vérité what Michel Brault is to Quebec’s Direct Cinema movement. While Depardon isn’t a
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Sébastien Lifshitz’s Les Invisibles
Les Invisibles – Sébastien Lifshitz Buzz: Sébastien Lifshitz is a criminally under-recognized name in French cinema, likely because of his films’ subjects being openly gay or transsexual. Not coincidentally, the only documentary in his
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur – Anurag Kashyap Buzz: Excluding the Main Comp, there’ll be a dash of curry all along the Croisette this year as India’s New Wave is taking over. Ashim Ahluwalia‘s Miss Lovely
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Yulene Olaizola’s Fogo
Fogo – Yulene Olaizola Buzz: Here’s a look at an under-30 filmmaker quietly working her way up in the world. Yulene Olaizola was born in Mexico who just last year produced and directed Paraísos
Read MoreTop 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Rufus Norris’ Broken
Broken – Rufus Norris Buzz: Selected as the Critics’ Week opening film – this debut from theatre director turned filmmaker Rufus Norris has the right ingredients in Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy and what is
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"Attenberg formed abruptly as a film that observes the human species as little animals who are scared of their reproductive system... Observing them in the manner of nature documentaries. Sir David Attenborough's documentaries move me to tears. I consider them highly poetic, scientific melodramas."
