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Interview: Carolina Cavalli – Amanda

A refreshing new voice on the Italian cinema scene popped up in the Orizzonti section (Venice Film Festival's parallel section to the comp) in...

Oscilloscope Has Temper Tantrum for Carolina Cavalli’s “Amanda”

A tonally quirky film with its defiant and eccentric like Max Fisher (from Rushmore) type character (a straight-faced Benedetta Porcaroli) at the film's core,...

2022 TIFF: Honoré, Seidl, Pálmason, Mungiu & Gueret+Akoka in the Contemporary World Cinema Program

After front-loading the section with Canadiana last week, we now know the entire make-up of the Contemporary World Cinema Program and there are plenty...

2022 Venice Film Festival: Alice Diop, Poitras, Panahi & Iñárritu Among Front-Runners for the Golden Lion!

With only one title left to be unveiled (for the time being, let's call it the August 30th pre-opener as it will be actually...

Amanda | 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review

Be Kind Unwind: Radiant Performances Buoy Hers Powerful Drama Unless we’re talking about heist films, preparedness is often a trait lacking in protagonists and when...

2018 Venice Film Festival: Jennifer Kent, Alverson, Corbet, Schnabel & Coen Bros. in Comp

Surprise, surprise. At the end of the day, Ethan and Joel Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a feature film (not a series)...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions II: La France

Perhaps more contentious than any other competition titles are the French language items jockeying for coveted slots which are announced last. Both Claire Denis...

Tracking Shot: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Asghar Farhadi & Martin Scorsese Shooting in August

“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here on IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing. With summer...

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Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.