Tag: Samuel Maoz
Interview: Samuel Maoz – Foxtrot
It's been almost a full decade since Venice Golden Lion 2009's Lebanon (check out our 2009 interview), so it was with considerable anticipation and curiosity as...
Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 10 Films of 2017
Some, including the American literary scholar James English, argue that artists shouldn’t care about awards like the Oscars. Author of “The Economy of Prestige,”...
Foxtrot | Review
Dancing in Hollow: Maoz Moves Sharply between Shock, Grief & Absurdity
Israeli director Samuel Maoz was one of the most surprising Golden Lion winners in...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this December: Foxtrot, I, Tonya & Happy End
IONCINEMA.com’s Top 3 Critics’ Picks offers a curated approach to the usual quandary: what would you recommend I see in theaters this month? Three...
Sundance ’18: Lynne Ramsay, Armando Iannucci, Samuel Maoz & Chloé Zhao in the Spotlight
The best film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and this film critic's top film of 2017 will likely have its North American debut...
2017 Toronto Intl. Film Festival: Samuel Maoz & Andrea Pallaoro Lead Eric Lavallée’s Top 10
Naturally not by intent or design, this year my number of films viewed actually matched the festival edition number. My main takeaway from the...
Balagov’s “Closeness”, Olsson’s “That Summer” & Quinn’s “Eating Animals” Land in Telluride
While questions still surround when (and where) Abdellatif Kechiche's Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno and Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here will have...
Venice 2017: Weiwei, Haigh, Maoz, Doueiri & Kechiche Compete for Golden Lion
Despite the number of spoilers in TIFF announcements less than 48 hours back, the are some top filmmaker names and highly anticipated film items...
The Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex
As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Following a glut...
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...
