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Foreign Film News
Paint By Numbers: Noée Abita Among FEMEN Force in Charlène Favier’s “Oxana”
October 17, 2023French filmmaker Charlène Favier who broke out with the Cannes 2020 Label Slalom (read review) is...
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Interviews
Interview: Nora El Hourch – HLM Pussy (Sisterhood)
October 17, 2023Selected for TIFF’s Platform section (Toronto’s only competition section), French-born filmmaker Nora El Hourch pulled from...
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Foreign Film News
Mister Cab Driver: Guillaume Senez Reteams with Roman Duris for Japan-set “Une Part Manquante”
October 16, 2023They teamed together on his 2018 Cannes Critics’ Week premiered Our Struggles (Nos Batailles), and now...
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Foreign Film News
Hall of Mirror: Sammy Lechea & Zar Amir Ebrahimi Topline Karim Moussaoui’s “The Vanishing”
October 16, 2023After making a splash on the Croisette in 2017 with his debut feature Until The Birds...
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Interviews
Interview: Mika Gustafson – Paradise is Burning
October 15, 2023Swedish filmmaker Mika Gustafson shifts from the docu world beginnings to her fiction feature debut in...
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Reviews
Anatomy of a Fall | Review
October 13, 2023Witness for the Prosecution: Triet Beguiles with Knotty Crime Procedural Justine Triet reunites with several of...
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Interviews
Interview: Delphine Girard – Quitter la nuit (Through the Night)
October 13, 2023Belgian filmmaker Delphine Girard‘s debut film takes a plunge into the murky world she created with...
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Foreign Film News
Catherine Frot Toplines, Claire Mathon Behind the Line in Alain Guiraudie’s “Miséricorde”
October 13, 2023Just weeks before Alain Guiraudie is set to begin production on his seventh feature film, we...
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Foreign Film News
Bubbling to the Surface: Léa Mysius To Give us a Night to Remember with “Histoires De La Nuit”
October 13, 2023A Cannes Film Festival regular with her Critics’ Week showcased Ava (in 2017) and Directors’ Fortnight...
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Interviews
Interview: Vita Maria Drygas – Danger Zone
October 13, 2023[The FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project is a training workshop for young critics and film journalists within...
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Interviews
Interview: Nara Normande & Tião – Sem Coração (Heartless)
October 12, 2023For their feature debut collaboration, Brazilian filmmakers Nara Normande and Tião returned to the heart of...
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Interviews
Interview: Nehir Tuna – Dormitory (Yurt)
October 11, 2023For his feature debut, Turkish filmmaker Nehir Tuna climbs back into his personal space to explore...
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Interviews
Interview: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – City of Wind
October 10, 2023For her debut feature film, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir delves into her own past experiences, exploring customs and...
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Foreign Film News
Conjugal Bliss: Sophie Letourner’s “Voyages en Italie” Part of Future Trilogy
October 10, 2023This past weekend we had the chance to chat with French filmmaker Sophie Letourner on her...
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Foreign Film News
Not So Silent: Guillaume Nicloux Setting Up Sarah Bernhardt Biopic “La divine”
October 9, 2023There is no slowing down French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux. With the comedy Dans la peau de...
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Foreign Film News
An “Offerings” He Can’t Refuse: Anthony Shim Sets Up Next Project for 2024 Shoot
October 9, 2023A tidbit of news that slipped under our radar late last week, Variety reports that Canadian...
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Foreign Film News
Love Will Tear us Apart: Sideshow & Janus Films Embrace Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast”
October 9, 2023It just had its NYFF splash and while it was shut out from any of the...
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Film Festivals
46th Résidence of the Festival de Cannes: Asmae El Moudir & Gessica Geneus Among the Selected Six
October 6, 2023It’s not only paid room and board in Paris but a true opportunity to help support...
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Reviews
She Came to Me | Review
October 6, 2023Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry To those who think...
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Reviews
The Royal Hotel | Review
October 5, 2023Kitty Green Takes her ‘Assistant’ To The Outback in Sunburn Sizzler After exploring the ways in...
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Film Festivals
2023 Mill Valley Film Festival: It’s Oscar Race Crunch Time for “American Fiction”, “NYAD”, “The Bikeriders” & “The Zone of Interest”
October 5, 2023The battlefield of Telluride already made a dent in the Oscar race, Toronto followed suit and...
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Reviews
More Than Ever (Plus que jamais) | Review
October 4, 2023When the Body Speaks: Krieps & Ulliel Fight for the Right Balance in Atef’s Final Voyage...
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Foreign Film News
2023 Wallonia-Brussels: Woodworth, Lafosse, Guit Bros., Baloji, Mitevska & Laura Wandel Receive Coin
October 3, 2023The folks at the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles folks are...
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FYC
2024 Oscars: Rodrigo Moreno’s “The Delinquents” is Argentina’s Nomination for Best International Film
October 2, 2023It was pretty much a forgone conclusion that after Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents was all the...
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Film Festivals
2023 American Film Fest in Wrocław: Tyler Taormina, Cutter Hodierne & Sarah Friedland Among U.S. in Progress Participants
October 2, 2023Before we get all focused on next year’s Sundance, one of the last major pit-stops for...
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FYC
Narrowing Down the Pack: 9 Titles That Will Shake up the 2024 Best Intl. Film Race
October 2, 2023Today we insert Austria’s pick in Vera (the Best Director and Best Actress winner at last...
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Film Festivals
2023 San Sebastián: Camborda’s “The Rye Horn” Wins Golden Shell, “Kalak” & “Puan” Double Up in Prizes
September 30, 2023It’s now the fourth year in a row that a female filmmaker has won San Sebastián’s...
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Foreign Film News
Catch Twenty-2?: Jasmila Zbanic Embarks on “Quo Vadis, Aida: The Missing Piece”
September 29, 2023Tucked away in German coin trade news (via the Screen Daily folks) we find a bunch...
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Foreign Film News
Billionaire Boys Club: Andrey Zvyagintsev Tackles Power & Corruption with “Jupiter”
September 28, 2023He had a couple of projects in the works (English language project What Happens and a...
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Reviews
Saturn Bowling | Review
September 28, 2023Nightmare (Bowling) Alley: Mazuy Shocks with Disturbing Thriller Every once in a while, a film comes...
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Film Festivals
2023 European Film Awards: The Zone of Interest & Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Lead New Noms
September 27, 2023A pair of noteworthy Cannes titles in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest and Tran Anh...
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Film Festivals
2023 MyMetaStories: 1st Edition includes Roquet’s “Libertad”, Ido’s “Gravity” & Mitevska’s “The Happiest Man in the World”
September 27, 2023The selections for the first edition of MyMetaStories – The Innovative European Film Festival were announced...
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Reviews
MMXX | 2023 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival Review
September 26, 2023Hindsight, 20/20: Puiu Contemplates the Comedy of Crisis Mercury is most definitely in retrograde for the...
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Film Festivals
Venice Film Festival 2023: All of IONCINEMA.com’s Movie Reviews
September 26, 2023We came, we saw, we conquered. Our Nicholas Bell was in review overdrive assessing the entire...
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FYC
2024 Oscars: Lila Avilés’ Tótem is Mexico’s Nomination for Best International Film
September 26, 2023In a flurry of announcements for the Best International Film category, we now learn that Mexico...
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Foreign Film News
Love Me Don’t: Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair & Damien Bonnard Join Mouret’s “Une honnête femme”
September 25, 2023A major ensemble casting update has dropped (via the Cineuropa folks) for Emmanuel Mouret‘s next directing...
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Film Festivals
Next Step Volume II: Konstantina Kotzamani, João Paulo Miranda Maria & Sam Kuhn Selected
September 25, 2023For almost a decade now, the Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival has been nurturing...
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Foreign Film News
Anatomy of the Future: Arthur Harari to Direct Léa Seydoux in Sci-fi Project
September 24, 2023Adding to a string (Crimes of the Future and The Beast) of recent sci-fi-based roles, actress...
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Foreign Film News
Toque in Trilogy: Carla Simon Dances with Producer María Zamora for “Romería”
September 22, 2023Golden Bear winner Carla Simon has reteamed with her Alcarràs (read review) producer Elástica Films’ Maria...
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Foreign Film News
Labor Market: Laure Calamy Toplines Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Debut “Les Inséparables”
September 22, 2023Anne-Sophie Bailly has lassoed the multi-faceted Laure Calamy for her feature debut, Les Inséparables. Originally titled...
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Foreign Film News
Northward Bound: Lucia Garibaldi in Production on “Un Futuro Brillante”
September 21, 2023Uruguayan filmmaker Lucia Garibaldi is currently in production with her sophomore feature which is currently lensing...
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Foreign Film News
Mirrored Life: Jaime Rosales Looks at Love Entanglement with “Morlaix”
September 21, 2023Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales has chosen the backdrop of Morlaix (located in Brittany, France) for his...
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Foreign Film News
The Key to My Art: Kaouther Ben Hania to Direct “Tu ne feras point d’images” in 2024
September 20, 2023After premiering her Les Filles d’Olfa aka Four Daughters (which was nabbed by the Kino Lorber...
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Reviews
Robe of Gems | Review
September 19, 2023Trojan Women: Lopez Crafts Collage of Complicity in Stellar Debut For her directorial debut Robe of...
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Reviews
En attendant la nuit (For Night Will Come) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
September 19, 2023I Was a Teenage Vampire: Rouzet Insists the Family That Slays Together Stays Together For her...