Tag: Foreign
Neighboring Sounds | Review
People Talking Without Speaking: Mendonca Filho’s Ensemble a Pleasant Din
There’s something extremely engrossing about Kleber Mendonca Filho’s episodic feature debut, Neighboring Sounds, a film...
Teddy Bear | Review
You’ll Like My Mother: Matthiesen’s Debut a Gentle Giant
Director Mads Matthiesen developed his 2007 short film Dennis into his feature debut, Teddy Bear, a...
Cosmopolis | Review
Consuming Dystopia: Cronenberg’s Latest a Morose Microcosm of Greedy Consumption
David Cronenberg returns to a familiar formula, that of creating a uniquely original film from...
Criterion Collection: La Promesse | Blu-ray Review
La Promesse, newly released on Blu-ray by Criterion, introduced the world to the filmmaking team of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and their patented brand...
The Tempest | Blu-ray Review
Shot entirely on location in the incredible Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire, England, director Derek Jarman's re-imagining of The Tempest is a bizarro Shakespearian fever...
The Awakening | Review
She Ain’t Afraid ‘a No Ghosts: Rebecca Hall’s Deadening Vehicle a Snoozer
UK director Nick Murphy, previously known for his dabbling in television, snags Rebecca...
Burning Man | Review
Tinker Troubled Trashed Tom: Teplitzky's Unconventional Debut Rises to the Occasions
Like its shattered protagonist, Burning Man's narrative arrives in a series of vibrant and...
Nuit #1 | Review
Fear and Loathing: Emotional Entitlement Reigns in Emond's debut
In this day and age, it's debatable whether the human species are better off as solitary...
Klown | Review
A Buffoon Buffet: Danish Comedy Brazen, Ballsy, Adult Fun
Witness the most surprising, and hands down, funniest film to be released in American theaters this...
The Well Digger’s Daughter | Review
Shallow Trench: Auteuil’s Debut a Bland Mush
Certainly one of the most prolific performers to come out of France over the past few decades, Daniel...
Interview: Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen)
French writer and director Benoît Jacquot gives an intimate look at the last days of monarchy during the beginning of the French Revolution. A...
Farewell, My Queen | Review
Moi Petite Reader: Underrated Jacquot Depicts Decadence on the Eve of Doom
The first of underrated Gallic master Benoît Jacquot’s films to reach theaters on...
Easy Money | Review
Honor Among Thieves: Espinosa’s Crime Thriller a Refreshing Genre Flick
Lighting up the festival circuit in 2010, Daniel Espinosa’s Easy Money finally lands stateside this...
The Hunter | Blu-ray Review
Sometimes great actors and promising material don't always add up to cinematic excellence, and unfortunately this is the case for the Willem Dafoe vehicle,...
Unforgivable | Review
Téchiné explores family ruptures through a noir lens
Veteran French director André Téchiné’s (‘Wild Reeds,’ ‘Les Voleurs’) Unforgivable is a deceptively nuanced story that skirts...
Four Lovers | DVD Review
Just a few notches above porn you'll find Antony Cordier's second feature, Four Lovers, an erotic French indie that premiered at the Venice Film...
Sony Pictures Classics Just Can’t Hide It; Almodovar’s “I’m So Excited” Makes it 8 Between Label & Helmer
In a no-brainer deal, SPC have grabbed all North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s next project which begins lensing next month. Curiously the pic...
Interview: Ilinca Calugareanu (Chuck Norris vs Communism)
Ilinca Călugăreanu is a freelance documentary filmmaker and editor based in London with a background in anthropology but as she describes it, "I moved...
Cannes 2012 Producers on the Move | Monica Lazurean-Gorgan: “We cannot talk about profit when it comes to European films”
Producers on the Move is an European Film Promotion (EFP) program that focuses on assisting European producers in finding partners for their upcoming projects...
Tribeca Films Escape with Nguyen’s “War Witch”; Label Grabs Own Fest Winner
After it claimed a pair of prizes (Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film Award and World Narrative Competition Award) at the Tribeca Film...
IFC Can’t Shake the Disease; Grab Cannes Preemed “Antiviral”
The Un Certain Regard selected "Antiviral" has been picked up by Sundance Selects/IFC Films with Arianna Bocco having probably put in a low bid...
Corpo Celeste | Review
Solid Debut Casts a Divine Spell, if never Quite Ascending to its Promised 'Heavenly' Heights
Alice Rohrwacher launches into fictional filmmaking with Corpo Celeste -...
Cannes 2012: Like Someone in Love | Review
Kiarostami Baffles and Electrifies with his own Brand of Tokyo Story
Having morphed into a predictably unpredictable filmmaker so far in the 21st century, the...
