Tag: 2019 Foreign Films
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #1. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven made a whopping comeback with his first French language film in 2016’s Elle, which snagged Isabelle Huppert (check out our...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #2. The Truth – Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Truth
Fresh off his 2018 Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters (review), prolific Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda continues his perennial output with his latest project, The Truth,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #3. Nighthawk (Bacurau) – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
Nighthawk (Bacurau)
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with his third feature, Nighthawk (aka Bacurau), recruiting his previous production designer Juliano Dornelles as co-director. Filho...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #4. Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) – Pedro Almodóvar
Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
One of the most influential Spanish auteurs of all time, Pedro Almodóvar will be set to unveil his 21st...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #5. Zombi Child – Bertrand Bonello
Zombi Child
Art-house auteur Bertrand Bonello returns with what’s described as a mix between ‘ethnology and fantasy’ for his eighth feature, Zombi Child. Following the...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #6. Siberia – Abel Ferrara
Siberia
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #7. The Devil Between the Legs (El diablo entre las piernas) – Arturo Ripstein
The Devil Between the Legs (El diablo entre las piernas)
Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein breaks a three year hiatus with his twenty-ninth feature, The Devil...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #8. Bergman Island – Mia Hansen-Løve
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve continues her prolific output with the French-produced English language Bergman Island, her seventh feature in just a little over a decade...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #9. The Tiger – Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
The Tiger
Ukraine’s Miroslav Slaboshpitsky is finally set to commence on his sophomore effort, The Tiger, a project which has been in limbo since Darren...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #10. J’accuse – Roman Polanski
J’accuse
Controversial director Roman Polanski embarks on his 22nd film production J’accuse this fall, a recuperation of the infamous Dreyfus Affair which he’s been working...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #11. About Endlessness – Roy Andersson
About Endlessness
With his celebrated Living trilogy behind him (which took fourteen years to complete), Swedish auteur uses his favored vignette formatting to tackle One...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #12. Ahmed – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Ahmed
The Dardenne Bros. turn their socially minded lens to religious extremism with their eleventh narrative feature, Ahmed. As usual, the Dardennes are collaborating with...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #13. Adoration – Fabrice du Welz
Adoration
Belgian provocateur Fabrice du Welz returns with Adoration, the third chapter of his celebrated Ardennes trilogy, which follows his 2004 debut Calvaire and 2014’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #14. I Was At Home, But (Ich war zuhause, aber) – Angela Schanelec
I Was At Home, But (Ich war zuhause, aber)
German art-house auteur Angela Schanelec will be set to unveil her ninth feature, the intriguingly titled,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #15. Oh Mercy – Arnaud Desplechin
Oh Mercy
French auteur Arnaud Desplechin switches things up a bit for his tenth feature film Oh Mercy (previously known as Roubaix: a Light/Roubaix: Une...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #16. Dau – Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Dau
It looks as if 2019 will be the year we see Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s insane recuperation of Stalinist era Russia with the infamous Dau. Some...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #17. Wild Goose Lake – Yi’nan Diao
Wild Goose Lake
After taking home the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for his enjoyable genre film Black Coal, Thin Ice (review),...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #18. The Barefoot Emperor – Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens
The Barefoot Emperor
Belgian directing duo Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens have forged full speed ahead into their fifth feature, The Barefoot Emperor, which appears...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #19. Little Joe – Jessica Hausner
Little Joe
Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs....
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #20. Wasp Network – Olivier Assayas
Wasp Network
French auteur Olivier Assayas (partner to Mia Hansen-Løve who we find on our list as well) shows no signs of slowing down (or for hopping...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #21. Pure As Snow (Blanche comme neige) – Anne Fontaine
Pure As Snow
Anne Fontaine re-teams with Isabelle Huppert for the third time in Pure As Snow, a modern, erotic comedy re-telling of the Brothers...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #22. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
We’re still waiting on the appearance of Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the follow-up to his 2017 first...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #23. The Dreams of a Few – Michel Franco
The Dreams of a Few
Mexican director Michel Franco will shortly move into production on his sixth feature, The Dreams of a Few (Lo que algunos...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #24. Wicked Games (Böse Spiele) – Ulrich Seidl
Wicked Games
Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl returns to his first piece of narrative filmmaking since the unspooling of his phenomenal Paradise Trilogy six years ago...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #25. Malmkrog – Cristi Puiu
Malmkrog
As we await the production of Romanian auteur Cristi Puiu’s Hora Staccato (which was announced as a project around the same time Sieranevada went...