Tag: Music Box Films

Maid in Paris: Music Box Films Works Overtime for Eric Gravel’s “Full-Time“

France's pick to represent the country at the Oscars is in, but Music Box Films had gone ahead and landed the well-received Venice title...

Hang Noose: Music Box Films Find Swede Spot with “A Man Called Ove”

Next to Ikea, the Music Box Films folks are perhaps the biggest importers of Swedish culture, so after bringing The 100-Year Old Man Who...

Music Box Have a Wandering Eye For Fontaine’s “Gemma Bovery”

After shoring up in Toronto with their Cannes pick-ups in Alleluia and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, the Music Box Films folks have landed...

Music Box Madly in Love with Fabrice Du Welz’s “Alleluia”

Definitely in the Godfather: Part II category of films where the second instalment might be the jewel of a proposed trio of films, Fabrice...

Music Box Make a Vow; Pawlikowski’s “Ida” Receives Foreign Oscar Support

A helping hand is always appreciated when it comes to the foreign film Oscar race.  It begins with about 60 submissions from countries such...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sean Baker

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This November, we feature Sean Baker, an independent...

Two Shades of Blue; Music Box Makes Post Sundance-Berlin Pick-Up of ‘Keep the Lights On’

Contempo Queer cinema is alive and well. After showings at Sundance and in Berlin, Ira Sachs' Keep the Lights On is following along in...

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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...