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Top 5 Most Anticipated German Films for 2011
January 5, 2011Like in several other territories, commercial juggernauts will win it big in 2011. This should be...
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Top 5 Most Anticipated Romanian Films for 2011
January 5, 20112010 has been another good year for Romanian cinema. Lots of awards and many new young...
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Tracking Shot January 2011: Shame, Looper, Life of Pi and The Iron Lady
January 4, 2011At the beginning of every month, IONCINEMA.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Luca Guadagnino and Tilda Swinton
January 4, 2011I'm cheating here as I could have put it on last year's list, but I felt...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Mike Leigh and Lesley Manville
January 4, 2011She might overtly come across has neurotic but there is a subtext in Manville's work here...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in the Coen Bros. and Jeff Bridges
January 4, 2011Rooster Cogburn won't "overtake" Jeffrey Lebowski as Jeff Bridges' best Coen Bros' character, and perhaps Bridges...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Mike Leigh and Jim Broadbent
January 4, 2011We all know which actress will receive all the acclaim for her part in Another Year,...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Mike Leigh and Ruth Sheen
January 4, 2011I love the fact that Mike Leigh works with the same players and has the knack...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg
January 4, 2011Many directors tried to make it into the ring for this project, but David O. Russell...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in the Coen Bros. and Josh Brolin
January 4, 2011Josh Brolin's part probably took less than a week to shoot and compared to some rather...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Todd Phillips and Zach Galifianakis
January 4, 2011If I'm Zach Galifianakis I've already offered to donate any organ to director Todd Phillips in...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
January 4, 2011We can bet that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio won't be renewing their vows every two...
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2010’s Top 10: Repeat Offenders in Rachid Bouchareb and Debbouze, Zem, Bouajila and Blancan
January 4, 2011The French-Algerian Bouchareb employed the services of Roschdy Zem in 2001's Little Senegal and then cast...
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Specialty Box Office: Ringing In “Another Year” at the Box Office
January 3, 2011While box office receipts are down from 2009, the specialty market ended on a high note...
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Top Posters of 2010: #1. Buried
January 3, 2011And the number one poster design of the year comes to us via the Ignition Print...
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Top Posters of 2010: #2. Black Swan
January 3, 2011She's a beauty. While I could be talking about Natalie Portman, I'm specifically addressing the features...
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Top Posters of 2010: #3. For Colored Girls
January 3, 2011For years now, whenever a new Tyler Perry film production is announced, we can anticipate a...
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Top Posters of 2010: #4. The Social Network
January 3, 2011Probably the most discussed piece of movie artwork in 2010, the Kellerhouse folks once again prove...
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Top Posters of 2010: #5. Devil
January 3, 2011Horror movies sure make for some impressionable posters. Luckily the emphasis on the arrow pointing down...
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Top Posters of 2010: #6. Amer
January 3, 2011This poster kicks ass. It’s crazy, it’s erotic, it’s scary, it’s retro. It's a Valentine's card...
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Top Posters of 2010: #7. Nothing Personal
January 3, 2011I’ll be completely honest. I know nothing about this Urszula Antoniak's debut film, but if I...
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Top Posters of 2010: #8. White Material
January 3, 2011This poster sticks with me. It lingers and haunts. I love the choice of font, the...
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Top Posters of 2010: #9 127 Hours
January 3, 2011’m a sucker for clever one sheets - but I guess with 127 Hours, I wasn't...
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Top Posters of 2010: #10. The Tempest
January 3, 2011Anyway you slice it, there is so much going on in this triptych display, perhaps too...
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Film in Pictures: Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s Silent House
January 2, 2011It was just announced this week that Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's Silent House was a...
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Cannes 2010 Interview: Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)
December 30, 2010Blue Valentine followed in the footsteps of Lee Daniels' Precious, in that both films began their...
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Sundance 2010 Interview: Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)
December 30, 2010If you asked me at different times throughout the year what the highlight of 2010 was...
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Top 5: Best in Spanish Cinema in 2010
December 29, 2010While Alejandro González Iñárritu's drama's only saving grace might be Javier Bardem´s acting, the rest of...
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Last Minute Sundance Addition: Silent House Remake From Open Water Pair
December 28, 2010With less than a month before the festival begins, Sundance have added what could be considered...
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Pang Ho-Cheung Can’t Quit: ‘Love In A Puff’ to Get a Sequel
December 28, 20102011 will be another busy year for Pang Ho-Cheung, as it was confirmed that he planned...
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Satoshi Kon at Film Society of Lincoln Center
December 28, 2010To memorialize the late Anime auteur Satoshi Kon (1963-2010), last week the Film Society of Lincoln...
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City of Life and Death Goes to War with Kino Int.
December 27, 2010Lu Chuan’s City of Life and Death will finally receive its theatrical release and it won't...
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Specialty Box Office: ‘Somewhere’ Debuts And Specialty Market Has Merry Christmas
December 27, 2010In a Christmas weekend marked by low attendance, specialty debuts like Somewhere and The Illusionist showed...
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Top 5: Best in Hong Kong Cinema in 2010
December 24, 2010It was hard to pick this one as the best film of the year. I really...
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Top 5: Best in Mexican Cinema in 2010
December 23, 2010But given that figure, this small percentage illustrates a strong dose of diversity and range of...
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Top 5: Best in Romanian Cinema in 2010
December 23, 2010It was one more vintage year for Romanian films on the world cinema scene. The long-awaited...
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Top 5: Best in South Korean Cinema in 2010
December 23, 2010In 2010, the Korean film industry continued in its strong stride having several domestic hits such...
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Top 5: Best in Israeli Cinema in 2010
December 22, 2010Looking back on the year of Israeli cinema we first notice that there weren't any standouts...
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Top 5: Best in German Cinema in 2010
December 22, 2010An entire year's worth of production, however the piece of German cinema that left the biggest...
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Eva Pervolovici’s Feature Debut Set for 2012
December 22, 2010Strada Film has a new film project in development with a basic log-line about drug-dealers and...
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The Robber Has Legs; Sony Picks Up English Language Remake Rights to Der Rauber
December 21, 2010Sony has made a low-figure development buy for the English-language remake rights to Austrian helmer Benjamin...
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Music Box Films Plans to Kick ‘Hermano’ into Theaters in 2011
December 20, 2010Foreign film specialists Music Box Films have grabbed the rights to Marcel Rasquin's directorial debut -...
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Antonio Campos’ Busy with Back to Back Features: ‘Simon Killer’ to Preem in 2011 and ‘Momma’ to Shoot in 2011
December 20, 2010One of the best discoveries of 2008/09, Afterschool helmer Antonio Campos has been busy at work...
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Specialty Box Office: ‘Black Swan’ Tippy Toes Around Studio Pics
December 20, 2010In the past few weeks, 3D releases have inundated the studio market. Disney’s Tron: Legacy took...
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First 8 Minutes: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs
December 17, 2010Released earlier this week Blu-ray & DVD, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs might be a message film perhaps...