Tag: Nicole Kidman
Babygirl | Review
Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey
“There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...
2024 Golden Globe Awards: Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist & Anora Take Pole Positions
It'll be a Cannes Film Festival competition rematch alongside the critical darling (Best Director) winning competition film from the Venice Film Festival. Emilia Pérez...
2024 Gothams: Sean Baker’s Anora Lands Four Noms; Payal Kapadia & RaMell Ross in the Mix
The notoriously unpredictable and always confusing Gotham Awards revealed their nominations for the upcoming 34th gala, with Sean Baker’s Anora leading the pack. Anora...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mimi Cave’s Holland, Michigan
Despite the pandemic nixing the physical edition and replacing it with the virtual one, it feels like it didn't snow on Mimi Cave's parade....
Cheat Sheet: 2013 Black List Fave “Holland, Michigan” Back in Circulation with Mimi Cave/Nicole Kidman
Scribe Andrew Sodroski might finally get to see the film project that gave him his big break in the business finally receive the big...
The Northman | Review
Whisper Tales of Gore: Eggers Burns Trail to Valhalla in Viking Epic
In keeping with the time-hoary notion of revenge being a dish best served...
Being the Ricardos [Video Review]
Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch.
Executive producers: Jenna Block, Stuart Besser, David Bloomfield, Lauren Lohman, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Director: Aaron Sorkin.
Screenplay: Aaron...
The Prom [Video Review]
Dance Dance Revolution: Murphy’s Musical a Treacly Affair of the Sweet and Simple
It’s sugar and spice and everything nice in The Prom, Ryan Murphy’s...
Bombshell | Review
All the Network Allows: Roach Gets Righteous with Topical Melodrama
They’re mad as hell and they just might not take it anymore. So could...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #43. Jay Roach’s Fair and Balanced
Fair and Balanced
In a project that will carry a heavier price tag than Trumbo (read review), while we normally don't associate him with American indie,...
Destroyer | Review
Sabotage Triage: Kusama and Kidman Break the Bank in Riveting Revenge Thriller
Robert Burns’ eternal line “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men/Gang aft...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #20. Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer
Destroyer
She didn't exactly lose her footing, but Karyn Kusama found herself in the dream scenario moving directly from indiewood Sundance accolades to Hollywood misfires...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #69. Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased
Boy Erased
While we give the advantage Nash (Gringo is sitting in our #84 spot) in terms of who between the two has a better...
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...
Video: Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 Cannes Film Festival – Best Screenplay
A film that was highly anticipated and did not go unnoticed, shared with Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, this was the press...
The Beguiled | Review
The Last Seduction: Coppola Eschews Subtext with High Profile Remake
Claiming to be a closer adaptation to Thomas Cullinan’s 1966 novel than the famed 1971...
The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Dear Hunter: Lanthimos Flatlines with Terse Revenge Fantasy
There’s no arguing the unique capabilities of Greek Weird Wave alum Yorgos Lanthimos, who broke out...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #16. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos.
Writer: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
Following the success of 2015’s The Lobster, Greek Weird Wave forefather Yorgos Lanthimos...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 37. John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writer: Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell
We’d had high hopes this would have popped up in...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties
We've got one month left in the 2016 calendar and the top titles that should have dropped in this year happen to come from Sundance...
The Family Fang | Review
Sucked Dry: Bateman’s Portrait of Idiosyncratic Family Fails to Resonate
Actor Jason Bateman makes his sophomore directorial outing with the high profile The Family Fang,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #32. John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writers: Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell
This year marks the welcome return of John Cameron Mitchell...
Secret in Their Eyes | Review
The Eyes Have It: Ray’s Unnecessary Remakes Pales Next to Source
Thanks to mainstream America’s huffy dismissal of subtitles when it comes to cinema, we...
Queen of the Desert | AFI Film Festival Review
Hey, Queen: Herzog Can’t Convey Passion in the Desert
Acclaim does not seem to be the fate of Werner Herzog’s latest film, the long gestating...
Strangerland | Review
Cry in the Dark: Farrant’s Debut an Unnerving Exploration of Carnal Knowledge
Recent critically acclaimed imports from Australia tend to glorify more aggressive genre trends,...
Before I Go to Sleep | Blu-Ray Review
After flopping at the box office and landing an unnecessary entry on the shortlist for 2014’s Best Actress Razzies for Nicole Kidman, Before I...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #64. Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert
Director: Werner Herzog // Writer: Werner Herzog
One of the most prominent members of the New German Wave happens to be Werner...
Before I Go To Sleep | Review
Sleep, My Love: Joffe’s Effective Woman in Peril Thriller
Adapting S.J. Watson’s pulpy novel Before I Go to Sleep for his second feature film (2010’s...
Grace of Monaco | 2014 Cannes Review
Coup de Grace: Embellishment Can’t Save Dahan’s Fairy Tale
Try as it might, Grace of Monaco can’t seem to wring any significant interest out of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #46. Park Chan-Wook’s Stoker
Stoker
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Writer(s): Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson
Producer(s): Michael Costigan, Ridley and Tony Scott
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Dermot...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #92. Jonathan Teplitzky’s The Railway Man
The Railway Man
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Writer(s): Frank Cottrell Boyce (Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) and Andy Paterson
Producer(s): Archer Street Productions' Andy Paterson, Chris...
