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Enter The Void | DVD Review
February 8, 2011Seven years after Irreversible, with his first English-language feature, Noé has upped the innovation ante, delivering...
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Specialty Box Office: “Speech” Still Strong and “Cold Weather” Hits
February 7, 2011IFC released Cold Weather in one NYC location but saw a promising $14,513 return this Super...
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Film in Pictures: Virginie Despentes’ Bye Bye Blondie
February 4, 2011Unlike Cannes 2010, this year's expected Main Competition will be so rich and textured that a...
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Film in Pictures: Philippe Garrel’s That Summer
February 4, 2011We've got what appears to be screen caps for Philippe Garrel's That Summer (Un Été Brûlant)...
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Dardennes’ Cannes Destined Latest Titled ‘The Kid With a Bike’
February 4, 2011Formerly going by the title of "Set Me Free," or in French Délivrez-moi!, the Dardenne Bros.'...
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Book-to-Film: The Creed of Violence Part II
February 4, 2011Yesterday, we looked at potential actors who could play the parts, the look of the visual...
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DVD Review: Lebanon (Blu-ray)
February 3, 2011Peril looms from all sides and, ironically, the tank’s imperiousness is also its weakness. In this...
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DVD Review: Animal Kingdom
February 3, 2011With an impressive ensemble cast, Animal Kingdom looks deeper into the politics behind this family of...
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Book-to-Film: The Creed of Violence
February 3, 2011IONCINEMA.com's Book-to-Film is a monthly feature written by our resident book worm and cinephile Lori Fischburg...
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Animal Kingdom | DVD Review
February 3, 2011With an impressive ensemble cast, Animal Kingdom looks deeper into the politics behind this family of...
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Lebanon (Blu-ray) | DVD Review
February 3, 2011Peril looms from all sides and, ironically, the tank’s imperiousness is also its weakness. In this...
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Miramax Pass Off Risks of ‘Last Night’ to Tribeca Film
February 2, 2011Now that Miramax is its own entity, 2011 should see the rollout of several films that...
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Tracking Shot February 2011: Cogan’s Trade, The Wettest County in the World, The Ides of March
February 1, 2011At the beginning of every month, IONCINEMA.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are...
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Specialty Box Office: “Biutiful” Opening Weekend
January 30, 2011With the Oscars approaching, independent films are making aggressive pushes to capitalize on the added award...
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Sundance Day 5: Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter
January 27, 2011Sony Pictures Classics made one of the better moves of the festival with their pre-emptive pick-up...
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Sundance 2011: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s On the Ice
January 26, 2011The site will be playing catch up for the next couple of weeks with loads of...
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In the Pipeline: Lance Edmands
January 24, 2011If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker,...
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Sundance Day 4: Elgin James’ Little Birds
January 24, 2011I've got the post screening Q&A below, but I wish I would have recorded Elgin James...
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Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer
January 23, 2011Honest Man, a film by James Dirschbeger, takes Dwyer’s story and expands it beyond his notoriety,...
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Sundance Day 3: Shorts IV Carter Smith, Daniel Mulloy, Hong Khaou…
January 23, 2011Odds that a Sundance short films program will be a good harvest are in the high...
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Sundance Day 2: Braden King’s HERE
January 23, 2011Before the unveiling of the world premiere for Braden King's HERE - patrons at the Library...
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Review: Silent House
January 22, 2011A higher production value than the original, no new ground is broken here. It’s just about...
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Sundance Day 2: Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene
January 22, 2011Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene is everything we hoped it would be and more --...
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Silent House | Review
January 22, 2011Home Innovations: Kentis and Lau Make Perfect House Call
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Review: Uncle Kent
January 21, 2011Joe Swanberg’s latest feature, and first to screen at Sundance, is "classic" Swanberg. The filmmaker remains...
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Uncle Kent | Review
January 21, 2011Swanberg does Swanberg again: Niche Fans will Appreciate Latest Entry
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Sundance 2011: Eric’s 10 Most Anticipated Films
January 20, 2011Shotgun Stories announced the arrival of filmmaker with a command for story, in full control of...
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Sundance 2011: Sean’s Ten Most Anticipated Films
January 19, 2011It’s no secret how we here at Ion feel about the Borderline Films boys. Just about...
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And the Most Anticipated Film of 2011 is… Steve McQueen’s Shame
January 19, 2011British director Steve McQueen mounted one of the most stunning first works as a filmmaker and...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: 10 Names to Remember
January 19, 2011Before we unveil our most anticipated film of 2011, I figure we might want to emphasize...
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2011 The Cinema Eye Honors: Gift Shop and Last Train Home Win Big
January 19, 2011It was a wonderful night celebrating documentary filmmaking at the fourth annual Cinema Eye Honors, held...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Terrence Malick’s Tree of LIfe
January 18, 2011I'm more excited about this 2 minute trailer than a good portion of the films on...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia
January 18, 2011Moving from losing your child, to the notion of losing the world and everything in it,...
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HBO Go Bananas for James Marsh’s ‘Project Nim’
January 18, 2011I'm not sure how this compares to previous years, but there are several pre-Sundance festival deals...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Giorgos Lanthimos’ Alps
January 18, 2011The most bizarre, wackiest and fascinating films of 2009 re-introduced us to Greek cinema and a...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Terrence Malick’s The Burial
January 18, 2011In addition to Malcik here are five reasons why this is way up on the list:...
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Jeff Nichols to ‘Take Shelter’ Under Sony Pictures Classics Label
January 18, 2011When I mentioned that we should expect Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter "to be quickly picked-up by...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Pedro Almodóvar’s Skin that I’m in
January 18, 2011Those who remember Pedro Almodovar's earlier work recall that before Penelope and at the same time...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin
January 18, 2011No need in blaming her for our chewed up DVD copies of her only two feature...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmasters
January 18, 2011With auteurs Asian filmmakers such as Jiang-Ke and Hou Hsiao-Hsien also making the leap into martial...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Michael Haneke’s Love
January 18, 2011Octogenarians put through the test of long lasting love via the hands of Haneke with Isabelle...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Dardennes Bros.’ Set Me Free
January 18, 2011If you want a piece of Belgium this year, skip Tintin and look out for the...
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Alex de la Iglesia’s The Last Circus Grabs 15 Goyas (Spanish Oscar Noms)
January 18, 20112010 was the weakest year at the Spanish box office in a decade – proof that...
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Specialty Box Office: “Barney’s Version” Makes Mountains Out Of Globe-hills
January 17, 2011While the Golden Globes aren’t exactly known as being the Mecca of critical genius, the Best...
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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights
January 17, 2011We're huge fans of Arnold's Fish Tank and her short film work (especially Wasp), and we...