Tag: Jennifer Ehle
John and the Hole | Review
The Little Boy Who Lives Down the Lane: Sisto Finds a Psychopath in Disturbing Debut
There’s no arguing the discomforting vibe of John and the...
Monster [Video Review]
Fait Accompli: Mandler Mines the Gray Zone of Truth and Consequences
While more of an interesting conversation piece than the accomplished melodrama it deserves to...
Interview: Jeffrey Wright & A$AP Rocky – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Acting mainstay Jeffrey Wright jumps between mainstream and indie productions like it’s his job. In fact, it is: Wright’s résumé includes Broadway (Angels in...
Interview: Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Kelvin Harrison Jr. first came to Sundance with Birth of a Nation in 2016, then Oscar-nominated Mudbound in 2017. This past year, he was...
Interview: Producers Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Mike Jackson, Daniel Crown & Yoni Liebling – Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Sundance ’18 crowd-favorite Monster tells the agonizing tale of a 17-year-old honors student in a racially-charged legal battle. Adapted from Walter Dean Meyers’ award-winning...
Interview: Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour
For his sophomore feature, Alistair Banks Griffin proposes a phobia friendly transgressive and forbidding drama that makes strange bedfellows out of the process of...
The Wolf Hour | Review
Watts the Matter with Naomi?: Griffin Mines Madness in All-Consuming Character Study
Director Alistair Banks Griffin revisits one helluva hot summer in the city with...
Alistair Banks Griffin’s The Wolf Hour | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Once again placing his player(s) through the ringer, Alistair Banks Griffin moves from outdoorsy existentialism and moral quicksand in (2011's Two Gates of Sleep)...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #23. Alistair Banks Griffin’s The Wolf Hour
The Wolf Hour
The highest ranked Sundance Film Festival selected item on our list belongs to Alistair Banks Griffin and his long awaited second feature...
Vox Lux | Review
A Star is Worn: Corbet Confirms his Talent with Daring Sophomore Effort
2015’s The Childhood of a Leader (review) was a surprising debut in many ways,...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #99. Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour
Shooting took place in November of 2017 on Alistair Banks Griffin's sophomore feature and a cast of Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr.,...
Interview: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Emily Skeggs & Melanie Ehrlich – The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post—Desiree Akhvan’s tender tale set in a gay conversion therapy camp—took home the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance ’18. The...
Interview: Desiree Akhavan & Emily M. Danforth – The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Director Desiree Akhavan’s tender and funny second feature The Miseducation of Cameron Post won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance ’18. Based on Emily...
Video: Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Moving from quirky indie with a pulse in Appropriate Behavior (one of our favroite Sundance discoveries back in 2014) to a witty ensemble piece with...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #34. Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Desiree Akhavan could distinctly hold two parallel careers --- one in front of the camera, but we selfishly want her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #87. Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Monster
He might have been itching to direct a project as early as 2013 with the book to screen project of Tokyo Vice with Daniel Radcliffe, but...
Tracking Shot: Alistair Banks Griffin, Brady Corbet & Karyn Kusama Shooting in December
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here at IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing and as...
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...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post
One of the choice multi-tasker discoveries of 2014 Sundance edition both behind, and in-front of the camera, Desiree Akhavan recently divulged (to IndieWIRE) just...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Anthony Mandler’s Monster
A heavyweight music video helmer for close to two decades, Anthony Mandler's list of creds reads like Jack Kerouac's Famous 'On the Road' scroll....
Little Men | Review
Gentrified Agreement: Sachs’ Poignant Examination of a Childhood Friendship
For his sixth feature, Ira Sachs returns to Brooklyn with Little Men, a perceptive study of...
The Fundamentals of Caring | Review
Careworn Crucibles: Burnett’s Clichés Prove Reading is Fundamental
Writer and producer Rob Burnett, who has a healthy television resume with contributions such as “Ed” and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #31. Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion
A Quiet Passion
Director: Terence Davies
Writer: Terence Davies
In his four decades of filmmaking, British auteur Terence Davies has never unveiled consecutive projects, until now. Following...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ira Sachs’ Little Men
Steve Karmen's 70s radio jingle certainly comes to mind when considering the body of work from the likes of Scorsese, Spike Lee, Woody Allen. We can...
Fifty Shades of Grey | Review
Ties That Bind: Taylor-Johnson’s Erotic Adaptation Forgoes a Glimpse of Eros
Playful marketing provocations, heralded by the succinct tagline “Curious?” standing out beneath black and...
