Tag: Sebastián Lelio

Feminist May: Sebastián Lelio Rides “The Wave” with #MeToo Musical

Some cool international film news dropping before Cannes unveils their line-up, Variety gets the exclusive scoop on a new Sebastián Lelio project flying off...

The Wonder | Review

Power Surge: Lelio Ponders power and the profound in his latest which attempts to grapple with the nature of storytelling itself “This is the beginning...

2022 TIFF: Peter Farrelly, Hong Sang-soo & Tobias Lindholm to World Premiere in Toronto

The fun part about dissecting TIFF's Gala and Special Presentations unveiling are what titles are skipping TIFF, which titles are moving directly from Venice...

2022 Venice Film Festival: 70 Predictions (Part II) Aroonpheng, Lindholm, Hogg & Rolf de Heer

Only hours before TIFF unveil what should be a sizeable amount of their line-up (and in the same sweeping motion confirm a lot of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #14. Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder

The Wonder Produced by Tessa Ross, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney. Directed by Sebastián Lelio Written by Alice Birch, Sebastián Lelio Starring: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine...

The Conversation: Top 10 of 2019 Thus Far …

Half-way through the last year of the decade, the same cinematic trends exist as far as theatrical releases in the US, those being the...

Lelio Runs Pell Mell with Ms. Gloria Bell (2018) | Blu-ray Review

Sebastián Lelio scored his best domestic box office success to date with Gloria Bell, his English language remake of 2013’s Gloria, clocking in at...

Gloria Bell | Review

I Think They Know Her Alias: Lelio Revisits His Breakout Title with English Language Remake Chilean auteur Sebastian Lelio, who recently took home an Academy...

2018 TIFF: Saulnier, Lelio, Keshavarz, Sam Taylor-Johnson Plus Debuts From Minghella & Jonah Hill Stack SP & Galas

Wrapping up the selections for glitzy Galas and Special Presentations programmes (the break down is: 44 World Premieres, 9 International Premieres, 12 North American...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions I: North & South America

As we near the announcement of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival’s program next month (April 12th for Cannes, 16th for Critics' Week and possibly...

2018 Tribeca Film Fest’s Spotlight Narrative includes: Emma Forrest, Marianna Palka, Award Winners Sebastian Lelio & Desiree Akhavan

Film items we've seen at TIFF back in September in Haifaa Al Mansour's Mary Shelley and Sebastian Lelio's Disobedience, to Sundance's top prize winner...

Interview: Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman)

With the release of Disobedience and the Oscar nomination for A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) 2017, and now 2018 is indeed a special juncture in...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #8. Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria

Gloria His second consecutive English language feature is a retooling, and not necessarily a remake of his 2013 critically well received drama of the same...

Video Countdown: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Films of 2017

Although we have another facetiously titled Michael Haneke film to ring in the New Year with, it is a decidedly unhappy end considering the...

2018 Indie Spirit Noms: Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” Leads Pack with 6, Benny Safdie Lands 3

It's the head-scratching nominations process where Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is good enough for the Best Feature category and picks up four nominations in...

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...

TIFF 2017: Special Presentations World Preem Status for Gillespie, Gomez-Rejon, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun & Sebastián Lelio

If Alexander Payne, Valerie Faris/Jonathan Dayton, Scott Cooper, Darren Aronofsky, Martin McDonagh, Stephen Frears, Greta Gerwig and George Clooney appear jetlagged its because they'll...

The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …

At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...

Aki Kaurismaki’s “The Other Side of Hope” Leads Nicholas Bell’s 2017 Berlin Intl. Film Fest Top Ten

Unfortunately, Berlinale 2017, the 67th edition of the film festival, may be remembered as something of a letdown. Although several surprises were to be...

A Fantastic Woman | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

A Time to Love and a Time to Die: Lelio’s Fantastic Portrait of Pain and Perseverance “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,” murmurs the...

2017 Berlin Intl. Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Most Anticipated Films

As the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival kicks off, we run blazing into a new year of auteur worship. While the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 81. Sebastian Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience

A Fantastic Woman & Disobedience Director: Sebastian Lelio Writer: Sebastian Lelio & Gonzalo Maza (A Fantastic Woman) – Sebastian Lelio & Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Disobedience) Since premiering his...

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...

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...