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Evolution | Blu-ray Review

One of the best but most overlooked theatrical releases of 2016 was Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s sophomore film Evolution, a creepy coming-of-age body horror film about...

Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 20 to 11

To the relief of many, the final, strenuous chapter of the anxiety-inducing and emotionally toxic year 2016 draws to a close this week. As...

Evolution | Review

Island of Lost Boys: Hadzihalilovic’s Triumphant Return to Enigmatic Filmmaking French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic returns to the director’s seat for the first time since 2004’s...

The Conversation: Top 10 Technicians Mid-Year Ranking

With directors and/or actors usurping most of the credit and acclaim for lauded film features, we chose to highlight a few of the behind-the-scenes...

The Conversation: Producer Sylvie Pialat

Sylvie Pialat, wife of the late auteur Maurice Pialat, has been producing and fostering vibrant international directors following the passing of her husband in...

The Conversation: Top Ten Films of 2015 in…2016

As always, a number of deserving film festival entries are stragglers in need of distribution or funneled away by buyers to be released in...

AFI Fest 2015: Mediterranea, James White & Krisha Among New Auteurs and American Independents Films Lineup

A pair of sections that we've been covering almost since its inception, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced their selections for the New Auteurs...

The Conversation: The Totality of Toronto (Plus 2015 TIFF Top Ten)

In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of...

Alchemy Sedates Hadzihalilovic’s “Evolution” in Pre-Fest TIFF Pick-Up

We're already gearing up for some TIFF presales with this one coming from the delicious Vanguard programme offerings. Deadline reports that Lucile Hadzihalilovic's long awaited...

Cinema Italiano: 2015 Venice Film Festival Predictions

Now that we’ve come out of the Cannes ether, we can examine several of the names glaringly absent from the lineup that may potentially...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions

With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #40. Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution

Evolution Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic // Writers: Alanté Kavaïté, Lucile Hadzihalilovic While she’s mostly known for having co-written Gaspar Noe’s infamous 2009 film, Enter the Void, Lucile...

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