Tag: Nathan Halpern

Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on Rinko Kikuchi Healing comes in baby steps — and dance steps in Josef Kubota Wladyka’s warm...

Down with the King | Review

King Without a Crown: Ongaro Crafts a Rap Trap in Portrait of Creative Crisis Fifteen years ago, Jay-Z defiantly declared “Thirty’s the new twenty” in...

Swallow | Review

On Body and Soul: Mirabella-Davis Gets Squeamish with Formidable Debut As much as it speaks to contemporary understandings of female agency, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ astute directorial...

Swallow | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Tough to Swallow, in a Good Way: Davis Offers Big Gulp Feminist Thriller Carlo Mirabella Davis’ debut feature Swallow is a haunting study in gender politics in...

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Interview: Scandar Copti – A Childhood (Work in Progress)

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2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

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What Does that Nature Say to You | Review

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social...

2026 Berlin International Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...