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Infinite Storm | Review

White Woman in a Blizzard: Szumowska Pitts Watts Against the Elements in True Life Trauma Drama Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska unleashes her tenth narrative feature...

The Postcard Killings | Review

Postcards from the Dredge: Tanovic’s English Language Debut a Major Misfire Films presenting serial killers who desire to make like The Police and turn murder...

Swallow | Review

On Body and Soul: Mirabella-Davis Gets Squeamish with Formidable Debut As much as it speaks to contemporary understandings of female agency, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ astute directorial...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #94. Effacer l’historique – Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine

Effacer l'historique Kooky Belgian duo Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine will present their ninth collaboration in 2020, Effacer l'historique, another exercise about social misfits attempting...

The Day Shall Come | Review

Fooling the Children of the Revolution: Morris Returns with Dark, Political Satire Stakes are perhaps too high for writer-director Christopher Morris’s sophomore film following the...

Video: Chris Morris’ The Day Shall Come | 2019 SXSW Film Festival

Eight years after his incendiary debut Four Lions premiered at Sundance, British satirist Chris Morris unveiled his follow-up The Day Shall Come at SXSW...

Swallow | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Tough to Swallow, in a Good Way: Davis Offers Big Gulp Feminist Thriller Carlo Mirabella Davis’ debut feature Swallow is a haunting study in gender politics in...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #86. The Day Shall Come – Christopher Morris

Writer-director Christopher Morris, who won a BAFTA for Best Debut with 2010’s Four Lions, despite having directed four episodes of the television series “Veep”...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #89. Untitled Christopher Morris Comedy

Christopher Morris brought Four Lions to Sundance in 2010, and his follow up went into production in the summer of 2017 in the Dominican...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #80. Carlo Mirabella-Davis – Swallow

After a false start of sorts, Carlo Mirabella-Davis will finally be premiering the France-US co-production and his directorial debut Swallow in 2019. His past...

Lizzie | Review

Walk Away Genet: Macneill Revisits the Lurid Case of Lizzie Borden in Fascinating, Empowering Psychological Portrait For true crime aficionados, there is perhaps no figure...

Video: Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie | 2018 Sundance Film Festival

The '18 edition of Sundance stood as a breakout year in terms of women taking ownership of material. We could cite several projects where...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #61. Untitled Chris Morris Comedy

Can you believe it’s been eight years since Chris Morris’ 2010 debut Four Lions? The breakthrough writer-director, who won a BAFTA for Best Debut...

Sundance ’18: Morano, Silva, Akhavan & Boots Riley Among U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections

Last year's section of sixteen included such gems as Beach Rats (Directing Award), Brigsby Bear, Ingrid Goes West (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award), Golden Exits...

Novitiate | Review

And Then There Were Nun: Betts’ Novel Approach to the Nunnery Director Maggie Betts revisits a fascinating transitional period in the Catholic church with her...

The Judge | Review

I Never Served Time For My Father: Dobkins’ Middling Melodrama Groaning beneath the weight of its desperate grandstanding for awards consideration, David Dobkins’ The Judge...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #60. Jean-Marc Vallée’s The Dallas Buyer’s Club

The Dallas Buyer's Club Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Writer(s): Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack Producer(s): Robbie Brenner and Rachel Rothman U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner,...

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2025 Le Groupe Ouest – The Annual Selections include Céline Rouzet & Yaonan Liu

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