Tag: Foreign Films
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #140. The Beast in the Jungle – Clara van Gool
The Beast in the Jungle
Dutch director Clara van Gool tackles the Henry James novella The Beast in the Jungle, adapting the text as a...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #141. The Lost Prince – Michel Hazanavicius
The Lost Prince
Oscar winning director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist, 2011) embarks on his seventh feature, The Lost Prince (Le prince oublié), set to star...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #142. Celle que vous croyez – Safy Nebbou
Celle que vous croyez
For his sixth film, Celle que vous croyez, France’s Safy Nebbou assembles an all-star cast led by Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #143. Sole – Carlo Sironi
Sole
Director Carlo Sironi makes his directorial debut with Sole, a project which was selected for several notable initiatives during its development, including Residence de...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #144. The Seven Last Words – Multiple Directors
The Seven Last Words
Canadian filmmaker, musician and composer Kaveh Nabatian assembles six directors beside himself for the multidisciplinary omnibus project The Seven Last Words....
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #145. Paradise Hills – Alice Waddington
Paradise Hills
Producer and editor Alice Waddington makes her directorial debut with the fantasy/sci-fi film Paradise Hills, a US-Spanish co-production which she wrote alongside Brian...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #146. I’m No Longer Here – Fernando Frias
I’m No Longer Here
Mexico City’s Fernando Frias has completed his sophomore feature Ya no estoy aqui (I’m No Longer Here), which was part of the 2014...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #147. Curiosa – Lou Jeunet
Curiosa
French director Lou Jeunet makes her directorial debut with Curiosa, produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films. Lensed by Simon Roca (9 Fingers, 2017),...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #148. Koko-di Koko-da – Johannes Nyholm
Koko-di Koko-da
Sweden’s Johannes Nyholm returns with his highly anticipated sophomore film Koko-di Kojo-da, which the director produced alongside co-producer Maria Moller Christofferson. His cast...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #149. Misbehavior – Philippa Lowthorpe
Misbehavior
Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe (the first woman to win a BAFTA TV Award for Directing for 2012’s “Call the Midwife,” an award...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #150. Matthias & Maxime – Xavier Dolan
Matthias & Maxime
And we begin our count up with Quebecois director Xavier Dolan, who after working on his largest budget to date in 2017/18...
Video: Romain Gavras’ The World is Yours (Le monde est à toi) | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
We haven't been bemused by gangsta comedy genre perhaps since Guy Ritchie's bumbling idiot films, and yet with this long anticipated sophomore film, Romain...
Interview: Ali Abbasi – Border
Two years after Shelley, a horror film based on a Norse mythology and folktale, Ali Abbasi premiered the buzz heavy Border at the Cannes Film...
Video: Ali Abbassi’s Border | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
The surprise hit of the Un Certain Regard and kudos to the Benicio del Toro led jury on giving the section's top honors, Ali...
Maria Monge’s Treat Me Like Fire (Joueurs) | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Where Maria Monge's Treat Me Like Fire excels is in abiding by a frenetic fuelled street film that is more steeped in fantasy, than...
Exclusive: Poster & Trailer Premiere for Natalia Almada’s Everything Else
Via the arthouse label who gave us the Gastón Solnicki's Argentine gem Kékszakállú, the Cinema Tropical folks have provided us with the exclusive first...
Interview: Olivia Newman – First Match | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Selected for SXSW Film Festival's Narrative Feature Competition, Olivia Newman's First Match (read review) picked up an audience award before quickly bowing over at Netflix....
Gloria Meet Gioria: Fabrice Du Welz Finds Lead for “Adoration” (EXCLUSIVE)
Showcased as part of the fierce acting quartet in the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion winning Xavier Legrand's Custody (Jusqu'à la garde), child actor...
Video: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless | 2017 Cannes Film Festival – Jury Prize
Sight unseen, it was a front runner for the Palme d'Or and leading up to the final day was being name dropped as a...
Video: Michel Franco – April’s Daughter (Las hijas de abril) – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
While some could say he was relegated or took a step down from the prestige of the Official Comp, the Cannes Film Festival has...
Video: Roman Polanski’s Based on a True Story – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Received with a rather chilly reception, the final film and press conference of the fest was for the non comp item closer by Roman...
Video: Belle de Jour (1967) | Jean-Claude Carrière – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
It's a section I rarely allow myself to venture towards during the madness of what is the Cannes film fest, but in most cases...
Video: Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra – 2017 Cannes Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
After premiering his debut film at the Venice Film Festival, Édouard Waintrop's Directors' Fortnight would beat out Critic's Week for the right to show...
Video: 2017 Cannes Press Conference Intro: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless
Before we leap ahead into the fall, we're looking back at some of our favorite moments on the Croisette. One of the most anticipated...
Dukhtar | Review
Not Without My Dukhtar: Nathaniel’s Debut a Sobering Drama
On paper, the premise of director Afia Nathaniel’s debut, Dukhtar (Daughter), sounds like it has the...
The New Girlfriend | Review
The Skin I Live In: Ozon’s Exquisite New Exploration of Gender Subversion
For his most playful and delightfully creepy film in years, Francois Ozon adapts...
Goodnight Mommy | Review
Mom Without a Face: Fiala/Franz’s Fiction Debut a Mesmerizing Slice of Psychological Horror
Once you’re made aware that Goodnight Mommy is the fictional directorial debut...
Guidance | Review
Life Coach: Mills’ Debut a Showcase for Own Multi-talents
Toronto based filmmaker Pat Mills makes his directorial debut with Guidance, a dark hearted comedy that...
Alleluia | Review
In the Mood For Love: Du Welz Returns With Gloriously Dark Rendering of Insatiable Passion
His first film since 2008’s underappreciated Vinyan, Belgian director Fabrice...
Eden | Review
In The Garden Of Garage: Hansen-Løve Recounts Brother's Coming of Age During the Rise of House Music
Thanks to her brother Sven’s involvement in the popularization...
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | Review
Familiar Tune: Andersson Completes Trilogy With Enjoyable, Familiar Chapter
Prolific Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson tends to work infrequently, taking years, if not decades, between film...
Saint Laurent | Review
Once again, Make it the Same Only New
With this biopic on the great French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello streamlines for himself...
Exclusive Clip: Pushing the Envelope in Everardo Gout’s Days of Grace (Dias De Gracia)
An official, Midnight Screening selection of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Everardo Gout's award-winning (landed the Ariel Awards (a.k.a Mexican Oscar) for Best First...
2014 TIFF: Maxime Giroux’s Félix et Meira
Following the Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema competition) world premiere (it would quickly move onto an Official Selection at the San Sebastian...
La Sapienza | Review #1
Style-Over-Substance in a Fancy Baroque Package
French “artiste” Eugène Green’s latest work is further evidence that his overriding career trajectory of indulgent reminiscence, has a deliberately...
Amour Fou | Review
Love Fool: Hausner’s Latest an Exquisitely Shot, Humorous Exploration of Love and Death
With her fourth feature film, Amour Fou, Austrian director Jessica Hausner reveals...
Aida Begic Preps a Moving “A Ballad” for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Certainly a project that will be pitched for pre-sales on the Croisette in a couple of months from now, Cineuropa reports that Aida Begic, who...
3 Hearts | Review
Heart to Heart to Heart: Jacquot’s Romantic Drama Can’t Cover Every Angle
Despite sporting the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve, 3 Hearts, the...
Down the Hatchet: Strand Take Advice from Pat Mills’ “Guidance”
We can coin this as a double Toronto Int. Film Festival acquisitions kind of day for the Strand Releasing folks --- according to Variety, they've...
They’ve Gotta Have It: Strand Releasing Add May Allah Bless France! to Future Bling
Strand Releasing's healthy appetite for French cinema is made once again apparent with the pick-up of Abd Al Malik's TIFF-preemed, double nominated (Best First...
Maps to the Stars | Review
What’s the Matter with Havana?: Cronenberg’s L.A. Story a Hot Mess of Tangled Ideas
Couched within its episodic instances of harpooning Hollywood stereotypes, there is...
Good Grief: Mimi Brănescu Measures Brain Waves in Cristi Puiu’s “Sierra-Nevada”
Cristi Puiu has reteamed with his The Death of Mr. Lazarescu actor Mimi Brănescu on the filmmaker's fifth feature film currently filming in Bucharest...
The Duke of Burgundy | Review
The Body and the Whip: Strickland’s Sublime Homage to Erotic Cinema
Beginning like something that should have been called Exploits of a Chambermaid, replete with...
In Case of No Emergency: The Films of Ruben Östlund
The first ever retrospective of Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s work which opens at the at the Film Society Lincoln Center this Wednesday and began its tour...
Li’l Quinquin | Review
Life of Quinquin: Dumont’s Foray into Miniseries Format Filled with His Brand of Peculiar Humor
Provocative auteur Bruno Dumont lets loose his comedic side with...
Song of the Sea | Review
Of Myth and Men: Moore Dons Skin of the Irish Selkies To Craft Stunning Children's Tale of Family Heritage
You can probably count the number...
Leviathan | Review
On the Waterfront: Zvyagintsev’s Sprawling Opus of a Modern, Devouring Regime
Back with his fourth feature, Leviathan, Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev succeeds in cinematic sublimity...
Miss Julie | Review
Touch of Class: Ullmann’s Update of Classic Text Ultimately Lifeless
There are a scant few equals to the texts of playwright August Strindberg’s, his 1888...
The Homesman | Review
Jumping Claims: Jones’ Attempt at Revisionist Western Withers Under its Own Intentions
Try as it might, The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones’ first directorial effort since...
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | Review
Princess from the Moon: Takahata Bows with Feminist Spin on Fable
Following the news of Hayao Miyazaki’s possible retirement after the release of 2013’s The...
