Tag: 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Mia Madre | Review
Mamma Mia: Moretti’s Continues Exploring a Death in the Family
After having won the Palme d’Or in 2001 for his film The Son’s Room, Italian...
The Sea of Trees | Review
The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire
Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...
Our Little Sister | Review
Sisters Doing It For Themselves: Kore-eda’s Continued Examination of Polite Familial Discord
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with Our Little Sister (aka Umimachi Diary), another...
The Other Side | Review
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Minervini Continues Fascination with American Rural Dysfunction
One can’t help but recall the refreshing yet uncomfortably toxic memories of Harmony...
The Lobster | Review
Animal Farm: Lanthimos’ Dystopic Dip into RomCom
Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos makes an admirable English language debut with The Lobster, set within an original dystopic...
Tale of Tales | Review
Good Gaud: Garrone’s Critique of Aristocracy Goes Barely Skin-Deep
Italy’s film industry is enjoying something of a renaissance lately, though honestly it’d have to be...
Louder Than Bombs | Review
Another Time, Another Place: Trier’s Graceful, Quiet English Language Debut
Norwegian director Joachim Trier reteams with his regular scribe Eskil Vogt for Louder Than Bombs,...
Standing Tall | Review
Jostling Juvi: Bercot’s Take Familiar Stance on the System
Exploring a few too many problematic delinquency issues than it can rightly address, Emmanuelle Bercot’s Standing Tall (La Tête...
Valley of Love | Review
Guilt Trip: Nicloux Reunites French Icons for Journey Through the Desert
Director Guillaume Nicloux reunites French acting legends Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu for his...
The Treasure | Review
Porumboiu, The Treasure Hunter: Yet Another Romanian Gem
As far as we're aware, no Romanian director has yet made a movie about staring at a stark,...
Son of Saul | Review
Hell on Earth: Nemes’ Impressive, Unsettling Debut Plunges into the Darkness of WWII
Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes makes an impressive debut with Son of Saul,...
Arabian Nights Trilogy | Review
Tales of a Tale of Tales: Gomes's Three-Part Epic Is A Monument To The Plight Of Portugal's Working Class
There may be more traditionally successful...
Youth | Review
Oh, Youth and Beauty!: Sorrentino’s Shows Softer Side in Switzerland
Following the success of the snide yet undeniably eloquent 2013 title The Great Beauty, which...
Carol | Review
Locked Out of Heaven: Haynes Delivers Chilly Lesbian Romance
Todd Haynes makes an exciting return with Carol, his first feature film since 2007’s I’m Not...
Love | Review
Scorpio Becomes Electra: Noé's Sex Scenes from a Marriage
The last time we were caught in provocateur Gaspar Noé’s crosshairs it was back in 2009...
Sicario | Review
The Company of Wolves: Villeneuve’s Superb Packaging Enhances Customary Cartel Themes
There’s much to be excited about with Sicario, the latest film from Quebecois director...
Alias Maria | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review
Guerillas in the Mist: Rugeles Explores the Jungles in Labored Sophomore Effort
An intriguing perspective within a terrifying environment initially makes for a compelling scenario...
2015 Cannes Film Festival: Our Coverage
IONCINEMA.com's 2015 Cannes Film Festival coverage.
Standing Tall - Nicholas Bell
Tale of Tales - Blake Williams
Our Little Sister - Nicholas Bell
One Floor Review - Blake...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Full Grid
Final grades were officially tallied up after the repeat screenings on Sunday, and while the 1-2-3-4 positions haven't changed, Todd Haynes' Carol further cemented...
2015 Cannes Critics Panel Predictions: “Carol” Leads “Son of Saul” & “The Assassin” for Palme d’Or
According to our jury Cannes Critics Panel, László Nemes' Son of Saul and Hou Hsiao-Hsien's The Assassin have an outside chance of walking out of...
2015 Cannes Critics Panel: Todd Haynes’ “Carol” is Our Top Graded Film
The Price of Salt is at a market high according to our critics. While Le Film Francais have Mia Madre in the pole position and...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Kurzel’s “Macbeth” Avoids Tragic Fate
It was last year's most snap worthy Cannes Market one sheet image and it pretty much secured an In Comp entry the moment Marion...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 10: Takes Two to Limbo in Nicloux’s “Valley Of Love”
A Croisette anomaly of sorts and still a relative unknown despite his three decade and dozen film span, Guillaume Nicloux's only previous Cannes showing...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 10: Pulling the Plug on Michel Franco’s “Chronic”
It's a Tim Roth lead Un Certain Regard jury that awarded Michel Franco with the highest honor of the section. Michel Franco has moved...
Chronic | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review
Prognosis Negative: Franco’s English Language Dance with Death
After winning the Un Certain Regard Award for his 2012 sophomore feature After Lucia, Mexican director Michel...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Does Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Killer Instinct Found in “The Assassin”
Taking a page from WKW, Taiwanese master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien took a full eight years working on martial arts film, The Assassin. He first...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Audiard Goes Off Deep-end with “Dheepan”
We'll be better able to assess whether this Jacques Audiard's seventh feature film was triumphant, faltered or flatlined when more results trickle in, but...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8 & 9: Between a Rock & a Hard R Place for Noé’s “Love”
It's only his fourth feature film, but his eighth trip to Cannes, Gaspar Noé hasn't let go of the short or long format. He...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Zhangke’s “Mountains May Depart” Sees “The World” as Capitalist
Almost splitting his time equally between the Lido and the Croisette, with almost a dozen features in (a mix of fiction and docus), Jia...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: No Love Lost on Sorrentino’s “Youth”
The last of the three competing Italian films for the Palme d'Or, unlike 2008 where Garrone's Gomorrah edged out Sorrentino's Il Divo, here, solely...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Donzelli’s “Marguerite & Julien” is “Small Change”
I've been there before. One week into the strenuous daily grind that is Cannes and the tired journalist/critic might think twice about a project featuring...
Cemetery of Splendour | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review
Syndromes And A Cemetery: Thai Joe Returns With A Familiar Stunner
An elementary school-cum-hospital built atop a "cemetery of kings," ancient spaces reactivated the present,...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Villeneuve Takes Back Cannes with Sicario
In the beginning stages of his career (with the exception of Maelstrom showing in Berlin), Denis Villeneuve was an habitual of the Cannes Film...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Flash Mob Sides with Trier’s “Louder than Bombs”
There are a swarm of cinephiles out there who became instant, cult-like fans of his first work (2006's Reprise) and his sophomore film in...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Brizé “Le loi du marche” Should Lead to Future Employment for Lindon
Six features in, French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé hasn't had a long history with the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, the one time Camera d'Or...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Rousing, Tender, Homo…geneous Response to Haynes’ “Carol”
Long tipped for a Main Comp berth, the Croisette's Todd Haynes drought appears to be over with a dam busting gush of a love...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Maiwenn Breaks a Leg with “Mon Roi”
It was with her multi-angled, social dramedy where the actress, slowly turning into filmmaker (2006's Pardonnez-moi and 2009's Le bal des actrices) made her...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Sea of Trees “Gerry”manders Critics
A film that explores the suicide theme might have become the first Croisette casualty, hara-kiri style. He has had a lengthy, healthy career moving...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Margherita with All the Toppings for Moretti’s “Mia Madre”
A two time juror, winner of Best Director for Dear Diary (1993) and Palme d'Or winner for The Son’s Room in 2001, this is...
In the Shadow of Women | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review
Masculine/Feminine: Garrel Offers Yet Another Take On A Romantic Rift
As we see with many so-called auteurs, Philippe Garrel has been making the same film...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Son of Saul Puts Focus on One Individual
It's a next to nil chance that a first time filmmaker will have the opportunity to walk the red carpet steps of the Main...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: The Lobster Boils Over into Bunuelian Aura
Its much to early to crown him as the godfather of the Greek new wave, but there'll be mounds of further essays written on the tsunami-breaking...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Lots to Munch on in “Tale of Tales”
Marking another strong year for Italian cinema vying for the Palme d'Or, Matteo Garrone is the first out of the gates for the green,...
One Floor Below | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review
Radu Muntean Updates Rear Window to the Modern Age
Radu Muntean's One Floor Below, the latest entry in the Romanian New Wave, has a bone...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Kore-eda Needs No Introductions with “Our Little Sister”
The race for the Palme d'Or officially begins today. It's day 2 at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival which means the press core and as per...
What’s Up Doc?: Kent Jones, Asif Kapadia & Luc Jacquet Head to Cannes
It should come as no surprise that Cannes Film Festival will play host to Kent Jones's doc on the touchstone of filmmaking interview tomes, Hitchcock/Truffaut (see...
“Love” Spreads Her Arms…Gaspar Noe, Guillaume Nicloux, Michel Franco & Thai Joe Are Going to Cannes
Thierry Frémaux wasn't done adding to the official festival selections, and in the same token, wasn't done in shaking up a certain Main Comp...
2015 Directors’ Fortnight: Saulnier’s Green Room & Bidegain’s Les Cowboys Among “Dope” Selections
Takashi Miike (Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld), Fernando León de Aranoa (A Perfect Day starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, and Olga...
2015 Critic’s Week: Wajeman’s Les Anarchistes, Louis Garrel’s Debut, SXSW Winner Krisha & Mediterranea Make the Cut
Lead by Charles Tesson, the Cannes Critics' Week programming team (the competition section that specializes in feature film work from 1st, and 2nd time filmmakers)...
Apartment 21: Neighbors Lose Their Balance in Radu Muntean’s One Floor Below (Un Certain Regard)
Radu Muntean will be sojourning on the Croisette again, more precisely the Debussy Theatre, home of the Un Certain Regard section. Joining fellow Romanian...
