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Movie Reviews
Romería | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction
After...
Fuori | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Hoosegow Girls: Martone Pays Delicate Tribute to Goliarda Sapienza
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It Was Just an Accident | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution
Jafar Panahi continues...
Aisha Can’t Fly Away | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Buliana Simon Shines In Gritty Immigrant Story That Struggles...
Eagles of the Republic | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
One Flew Over the Coup’s Nest: Saleh Muddles Through...
Dites-lui que je l’aime (Tell Her I Love Her) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Family Tree Grows Tangled Roots In Romane Bohringer’s...
Meteors | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Male Friendship Comes Apart In Hubert Charuel’s Assured Sophomore...
Interviews
Interview: Philippe Lesage – Comme le feu (Who By Fire)
The adults in the room may be battling for...
Interview: Sing J. Lee – The Accidental Getaway Driver
Winner of the Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic...
Interview: Producer David Thion – Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Hansen-Løve’s If Love Should Die
This year marks the silver anniversary of French film...
Interview: Péter Kerekes – Wishing on a Star (2024 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival)
Fiction and documentary filmmaker Péter Kerekes ventured into a...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or Predictions
Before our official June relaunch, Kevin Jagernauth and I deliver our top three picks for what we believe has a firm chance at grabbing...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Palme d’Or Competition Reactions
We haven't yet relaunched, but Kevin Jagernauth and I...
IndieSponge Episode: 14 – 2020 Venice Film Festival Predictions
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, I invited Tommaso...
IndieSponge Episode 8 – 2020 Cannes vs. Venice, Apple TV+ Gets Behind Scorsese, HBO Max Gets Behind the Safdies
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 7 – The Latest on Lanthimos, Zagar, Soderbergh, Chan-Wook & David Robert Mitchell
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 6 – Wong Kar-Wai Plants “Blossoms”, Guadagnino Snorts “Scarface” & Blanchett registers for “Armageddon Time”
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 5 – Tenet, Spike Lee, Derek Cianfrance & Ari Aster/Lars Knudsen on Save the Green Planet!
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 4 – Yankee Comandante, The Ice Beneath Her & An American Pickle
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge: Episode 3 – Oscar’s Future, Lynne Ramsay Adapting Atwood, 2020 Venice Film Fest Firm
On this week's episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
For Your Consideration - Awards CoverageLatest
Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña, Kieran Culkin, Adrien Brody & More – What are the Oscar Actors Class of ’25 Working on Next?
Yesterday, we explored the creative futures for sixteen filmmakers...
Sean Baker, Edward Berger, Brady Corbet, Jesse Eisenberg… What are the Oscar Directors Class of ’25 Working on Next?
With only the American Cinema Editors Awards left on...
2025 Oscars: Who Will Win (Anora) and Who Should Win…?
This awards season has been filled with plenty of...
2025 Césars: Emilia Pérez Crowned Best Film, Souleymane’s Story Bikes Away with Four
Emilia Pérez won Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted...
2025 Cinema Eye Honors: No Other Land Takes Best Feature, Mati Diop Wins Best Direction
Last year’s top two documentary titles from the Berlinale...
2024 NYFCC: The Brutalist Nabs Best Picture & Best Actor, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Still in the Mix
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards gave Brady...
2025 Golden Globes: Adrien Brody, Fernanda Torres, Demi Moore, The Brutalist & Flow Get Major Push for Oscar Noms
In what was a highly anticipated Cannes competition rematch,...
2024 European Film Awards: Kulumbegashvili, Delpero, Tsangari, Zürcher, Almodóvar & Mike Leigh in Second Wave
The first batch of titles were announced in August,...
2025 Oscars Best International Film Race: Frontrunners Jacques Audiard, Walter Salles & Maura Delpero Added to Mix
Recent submissions for Best International Feature Film at the...
American Indie Films NewsLatest
Foster the People: Susan Sarandon, Everly Carganilla & Aubrey Plaza Top Zach Woods’ ‘The Accompanist’
Familiar to fans of The Office and Silicon Valley,...
Exclusive Clip: Comfort with Comfort Food in Constance Tsang’s “Blue Sun Palace”
Winner of the French Touch Prize in the Critics'...
Girlfriend Material: Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan Complete Production on ‘Mouse’
Best known for last year's surprise Sundance breakout Ghostlight...
Conned Ambition: Stacy Martin Among Players in “Pocket Dream”
Last month while she was doing the red carpet...
World Cinema News
Exclusive Clip: It’s Chill Vibes (for Now) in Pedro Pinho’s ‘I Only Rest In The Storm’
After premiering The Nothing Factory in the Directors' Fortnight...
2025 Cannes Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Zuzana Kirchnerová’s ‘Caravan’ (Un Certain Regard)
Among the selections found in this year's Cannes Film...
Philosopher’s Zone: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Has Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto Exchange in ‘All of the Sudden’
Finally one Paris-based project might have leap-frogged another (Our...
Puissant Paris: Huppert, Efira, Cassel, Niney & Adam Bessa Topline Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’
Megawatt quintet Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre...
Weekly & Monthly Features
World Cinema Report: Hong Kong – Most Anticipated for 2023
Hong Kong cinema got a much-needed shot of exuberance...
World Cinema Report: The Philippines – Most Anticipated for 2023
In 2022, the Philippines was on quite a roll...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this September: The Cathedral, God’s Country & Blonde
IONCINEMA.com’s Top 3 Critics’ Picks offers a curated approach...
The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics | Book Review
Published just in time for perusal before David Fincher’s...
