Tag: Macon Blair
I Care A Lot | Review
Battle of the Bilk: Blakeson Returns with Topical Con Comedy
“There’s no such thing as good people,” croons the dulcet Rosamund Pike over the opening...
The Hunt | Review
The Most Capitalist Game: Zobel Skewers Class Consciousness with Ribald Satire
Social satire is perhaps the only conducive way to narratively navigate the ills...
Interview: Jim Cummings – Thunder Road
He first came to our attention as one of the producers on Patrick Wang's The Grief of Others and Trey Edward Shults' Krisha, but...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark
A filmmaker we've been keeping tabs on since the late naughts when his Slamdance/SXSW preemed 2007's Murder Party dropped, Jeremy Saulnier played a significant creative role with...
Sundance ’17: Hittman, Robespierre & Larnell Come Knocking Again in U.S. Dramatic Comp
Last year we had Grand Jury and Audience Award section winner and current awards season no-show The Birth of a Nation by Nate Parker...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sean Baker’s The Florida Project
Not unlike how we feel about the road trip formula, there is no shortage of or love lost for: kids drifting off into ruined...
Green Room | Review
Music Lets the People Come Together: Saulnier’s Latest an Enjoyably Intense Thriller
Director Jeremy Saulnier follows the promise of his 2013 breakout thriller Blue Ruin,...
Birds & the Bees…Boyhood Leads 24th Gotham Independent Film Award Noms
Deemed as his career best, Richard Linklater's Boyhood leads all nominations for the 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards with winks in the Best Feature,...
The Future is Now: Top 20 New Faces from TIFF 2013
Now that the dust has settled and the behemoth TIFF is in our rear-view mirror, the IONCINEMA.com team are comparing notes, grading films and...