Tag: Roman Polanski
Venice Film Festival 2023: All of IONCINEMA.com’s Movie Reviews
We came, we saw, we conquered. Our Nicholas Bell was in review overdrive assessing the entire competition and much more. We'll still have film...
The Palace | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
It’s Only the End of the World: Polanski Checks Out with Broad Satire
As many are likely to avoid The Palace, the latest film from persona...
2023 Venice Film Festival – 75 Predictions: Fien Troch, Ellen Kuras, Michel Franco, Jan P. Matuszyński…
Among yesterday's round of Venice Film Festival predictions we had the likes of Bertrand Bonello, Viggo Mortensen, Tarsem Singh, Ethan Coen, Pablo Larrain, Michael...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #117. Roman Polanski’s The Palace
The Palace
Understandably this next item on our list comes with a lot of heat. An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse) won a trio of...
The Conversation: 10 Most Anticipated Films – Venice 2019
There’s much to be excited for in the upcoming 2019 Venice Film Festival, the 76th edition of the world’s oldest major film festival. Of...
The Conversation: Last But Not Least for Cannes 2019
With the main competition and the sidebar programs all unveiled, we await news of one or potentially two last-minute titles added to the competition,...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sandi Tan’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? We look back at the incredible launch year...
The Conversation: 2019 Cannes Film Festival Predictions
For several reasons, the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival was something of a slight progression, if at least for the number of...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #10. J’accuse – Roman Polanski
J’accuse
Controversial director Roman Polanski embarks on his 22nd film production J’accuse this fall, a recuperation of the infamous Dreyfus Affair which he’s been working...
Video: Roman Polanski’s Based on a True Story – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Received with a rather chilly reception, the final film and press conference of the fest was for the non comp item closer by Roman...
Based on a True Story | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
Hider in Her Head: Polanski Mines a Dull Playing Field with Psychological Thriller
The promising conceptualization of Roman Polanski directing a femme centric psychological thriller...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell (2017 Edition)
It’s hard to believe, but we’re about five weeks away from the unveiling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival lineup. After several months of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #18. Roman Polanski’s Based on a True Story
Based on a True Story
Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Olivier Assayas, Roman Polanski
After some more court related issues seemingly delayed his long gestating project The Dreyfus...
The Conversation: Producer Saïd Ben Saïd
For the past sixteen years, Franco-Tunisian producer Saïd Ben Saïd has been steadfastly supporting the works of many a European maverick auteur. Beginning in...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: An Introduction
As we were putting together our projections for most anticipated films due in 2017, we noticed there were too many notable titles to be...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: Picks 100 to 6
While DC and Marvel might already have a lock on several future release dates past the 2015 campaign with the Coen Bros. circling February...
Best of 2014: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 (Picks 10-1)
Nicholas Bell's Top 20 films of 2014...
#20. Madeleine Olnek's The Foxy Merkins
#19. Damien Chazelle's Whiplash
#18. Gillian Robespierre's Obvious Child
#17. Jennifer Kent's The Babadook
#16. Adam...
Venus in Fur | DVD Review
While it went home empty handed after competing in Cannes, and was released in dozens of territories before Sundance Selects dropped the title onto...
Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Best of 2014 So Far…
#10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Without a doubt, Anderson’s darkest film to date, this also has to be the richest and most complex of his...
Venus in Fur | Review
Mighty Aphrodite: Polanski Returns With Spirited Adaptation
The once quite reticent Roman Polanski quickly returns with yet another adaptation of a popular Broadway play, Venus...
Most Anticipated Films for 2015: An Overview
Last month, we unveiled our all-encompassing, most anticipated films for the current year in film. Now we peer into a future that is a...
No Staginess on the Part of Sundance Selects; Polanski’s “Venus in Fur” Heads to U.S. Market
Unlike the beating he took for his stage to screen translation of God of Carnage with Carnage, Polanski's Venus in Fur, a film that...
Escalante, Bruni-Tedeschi, Warmerdam & New Zhangke Crack 2013 Cannes Main Comp Line-Up
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and noticeable absentees in the list of 19 Main Comp films and...
2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur
#13. Roman Polanski's Venus In Fur
Gist: Polanski's wife Emmanuelle Seigner stars in this off-Broadway play adaptation about an actress trying to convince a director...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #72. Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur
Venus In Fur
Director/Writer: Roman Polanski
Producer(s): Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Emmanuelle Seigner and Louis Garrel
And just before we were about to throw...
From Faith Akin to Craig Zobel: Our Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
Before we unleash the beast that is our annual Top 100 Most Anticipated Films List for 2013, we thought we'd give our readers an...
Criterion Collection: Rosemary’s Baby | Blu-ray review
Just in time for Halloween, Criterion has remastered what’s long been culturally considered one of the most notable pieces of horror film making in...
