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Interview: Gabriel Mascaro – The Blue Trail (O Último Azul)

We have long admired the cinema of Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro. His films amplify the social frictions embedded within systems that quietly erode personal...

The Blue Trail (O último azul) | Review

Crimes of the Future: Mascaro Envisions Trouble Ahead “Getting old ain’t no place for sissies,” a quote often attributed to Bette Davis (or similar variations...

Exclusive Clip: Women at the Helm in Gabriel Mascaro’s ‘The Blue Trail’

Selected for 2025's Berlinale where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian-dipped drama The Blue Trail finally drops stateside (this...

2025 Sundance: Cherien Dabis, Mary Bronstein, Amalia Ulman, Clint Bentley, Ira Sachs & Bill Condon in Premieres Section

On paper, this year's Premieres section offerings (fiction and non-fiction) should be all the hyope and talked about well into awards season. Some of...

Silver Haze | Review

Keeper of the Flame: Polak Reckons with Reconciliation vs. Retribution in Conventional Drama Dutch director Sacha Polak continues to explore the difficulties of acceptance and...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #70. Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze

Silver Haze For her fourth feature film, Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak appears to be moving into an area that blurs the lines - promising "a...

Dirty God | Review

A Woman’s Face: Polak’s Tender Melodrama Explores Struggle for Self-Love With her third narrative feature, Dirty God, which also stands as her English language debut,...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat – Rojo

Selected for the Platform section competition at TIFF and San Sebastian (winner of the Silver Shell for Best Director, the Silver Shell for Best...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Benjamín Naishtat’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we ask...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Benjamín Naishtat – Rojo

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging voice from the world of cinema. This month, we are pleased to introduce Argentinian...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...