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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 77. Fatih Akin’s In the Fade
In the Fade
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm
Fatih Akin has been a fixture in German language cinema since his 2004 break out Head-On,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 78. Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra
A Ciambra
Director: Jonas Carpignano
Writer: Jonas Carpignano
Italian-American filmmaker made waves with his 2015 debut Mediterranea (which took home a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 79. Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas’ Good Manners
Good Manners
Director: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas
Writer: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas
Brazilian directing duo Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas made an unnerving first impression with Hard...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 80. Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais’ Birthmarked
Birthmarked
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Writer: Marc Tulin
Quebecois anglo helmer Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won Best New Narrative Director at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival for his debut Whitewash starring...
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...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 82. Martin Zandvliet’s The Outsider
The Outsider
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Writer: Andrew Baldwin
Danish filmmaker Martin Zandvliet scored his first international success with his third feature, 2015’s tense WWII film Land of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 83. Gael Morel’s Leg It
Leg It
Director: Gael Morel
Writer: Gael Morel, Rachid O.
Gael Morel came to prominence in his youth as an actor, nominated for a Cesar in Andre...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 84. Calin Peter Netzer’s Ana, Mon Amour
Ana, Mon Amour
Director: Calin Peter Netzer
Writer: Calin Peter Netzer, Cezar Paul Badescu
Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer reached international acclaim upon winning the Golden Bear...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 85. Guillaume Nicloux’s Confines of the World
Confines of the World
Director: Guillaume Nicloux
Writer: Jerome Beaujour
The fast paced Guillaume Nicloux (who has premiered a new film project in succession from 2012 to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 86. Manuel Martin Cuenca’s The Motive
The Motive
Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca
Writer: Alejandro Hernandez, Manuel Martin Cuenca
Spanish director Manuel Martin Cuenca caught our attention with his fourth feature, the thriller Cannibal...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 87. Ulrich Kohler’s In My Room
In My Room
Director: Ulrich Kohler
Writer: Ulrich Kohler
German director Ulrich Kohler (who also happens to be the partner of Maren Ade, who is currently enjoying...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 88. Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor
Spoor
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Writer: Agnieszka Holland, Stephen Hulik, Olga Tokarczuk
We’ve been tracking the latest project from Agnieszka Holland for some time, which was up until...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 89. (Tie) Gyorgy Palfi’s For Ever & His Master’s Voice
For Ever & His Master’s Voice
Director: Gyorgy Palfi
Writer: György Pálfi, Zsofia Ruttkay (For Ever)
Writer: György Pálfi, Zsofia Ruttkay, Navy V. Gergo (His Master’s Voice).
Expect...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 90. Sylvain Chomet’s The Thousand Miles
The Thousand Miles
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Writer: Sylvain Chomet, Demian Gregory
It’s been four years since we last saw anything from Sylvain Chomet, when he delivered his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 91. Talya Lavie’s The Current Love of My Life
The Current Love of My Life
Director: Talya Lavie
Writer: Talya Lavie
Israeli director Talya Lavie scored great success with her 2014 debut Zero Motivation, a richly...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 92. Agusti Villaronga’s Uncertain Glory
Uncertain Glory
Director: Agusti Villaronga
Writer: Agusti Villaronga, Coral Cruz
Mallorcan director Agusti Villaronga is perhaps best known amongst cinephiles for his 1986 debut, In a Glass...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 93. Volker Schlondorff’s Return to Montauk
Return to Montauk
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Writer: Volker Schlondorff, Colm Toibin
It’s impossible to discuss the German New Wave of the 1970s without mentioning Volker Schlondorff, perhaps...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 94. Raoul Peck’s The Eyes of Karl Marx
The Young Karl Marx
Director: Raoul Peck
Writer: Pascal Bonitzer
Haitian director Raoul Peck, currently enjoying considerable awards buzz for his 2016 documentary on James Baldwin, I...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 95. Thomas Vinterberg’s Kursk
Kursk
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writer: Robert Rodat
After his well-received period drama The Commune premiered in the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, Danish auteur Thomas Vinterberg scored...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 96. Lav Diaz’s When the Waves Are Gone
When the Waves Are Gone
Director: Lav Diaz
Writer: Lav Diaz
Lav Diaz had a sterling 2016. After winning the Alfred Bauer Award for his eight hour...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 97. Ciro Guerra’s Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage
Director: Ciro Guerra
Writer: Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent won top honors out of Directors’ Fortnight and was the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 98. Santiago Mitre’s The Summit
The Summit
Director: Santiago Mitre
Writer: Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinas
A new major player on Argentina’s cinema scene is Santiago Mitre, who won the Grand Jury Prize...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 99. F.J. Ossang’s 9 Fingers
9 Fingers
Director: F.J. Ossang
Writer: F.J. Ossang
Cult filmmaker F.J. Ossang returns after a seven year break with his fifth film, 9 Fingers. His 1985 debut...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 100. Urszula Antoniak’s Beyond Words
Beyond Words
Director: Urszula Antoniak
Writer: Urszula Antoniak
Polish director Urszula Antoniak won Best First Feature (and several other prizes) at Locarno for her 2009 debut Nothing...
The Ardennes | Review
Brother’s Keeper: Pront’s Squalid Crime Thriller a Promising Debut
Although we’ve seen certain tropes and characterizations aplenty, such as any number of disenfranchised families struggling...
Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 10 to 1
Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up.
20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water
19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy
18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship
17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...
Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 20 to 11
To the relief of many, the final, strenuous chapter of the anxiety-inducing and emotionally toxic year 2016 draws to a close this week. As...
Toni Erdmann | Review
Tony Toni Tone: Maren Ade Returns with Profound Portrait of Estranged Family Members
Comedic films coming out of Germany, at least those nabbing international acclaim...
I, Daniel Blake | Review
Brexit of Champions: Loach’s Unadorned Blue Collar Melodrama Rages against the Machine
As he has been doing since he became an auteur of note...
A Monster Calls | Review
Cover Up Love’s Alibi: Bayona Delivers Sensitively Portrait of Childhood Grief
Rounding out a loosely themed trilogy on traumatic motherhood, director J.A. Bayona, once protégé...
Passengers | Review
In Space, No One Can Hear You Snore: Tyldum Instills Insistently Dull Throb of Boredom in Sci-Fi Romance
Where are they going and where have...
Collateral Beauty | Review
Terms of Amusement: Frankel’s Sentimental Platitudes Ensconce Profoundly Foolish Melodrama
The folly of Will Smith is he’s a performer seemingly unable to differentiate between authentic...
2016 Costa Rica Int. Film Festival: Joyas Del Cine Rica
The 2016 Costa Rica International Film Festival kicked off with an impressive retrospective for Kelly Reichardt, including her latest and potentially most acclaimed film...
Frank & Lola | Review
A Lover I Don’t Have to Love: Ross’ Debut Explores Troubled Romance
Notions of monogamy and ownership hover on the troubling periphery of Matthew Ross’...
Old Stone | Review
Stone Cold: Ma’s Bleak Debut Conveys the Uselessness of Doing the Right Thing
Nice guys don’t get ahead, at least not if they’re part...
Jackie | Review
The Safety of Objects: Larrain Revisits Traumatic Chapter of Iconic First Lady
There have been very few First Ladies either before or after Jacqueline Kennedy...
Always Shine | Review
All About Actresses: Takal’s Flavorful Psychodrama Treads Familiar Territory
As she conveyed in her 2011 debut feature Green, Sophia Takal has a particular interest in...
Things to Come | Review
Things Fall Apart: Hansen-Love Crafts Superb Scenario for Huppert
Director Mia Hansen-Løve breathes majestic layers of complexity into her fifth feature, Things to Come, documenting...
Man Down | Review
Little Drummer Boy: Montiel’s Misguided and Manipulative PTSD Allegory
Since his autobiographical 2006 debut A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, director Dito Montiel has been...
I Am Not Madame Bovary | Review
What Women Want: Feng’s Lusciously Filmed Satire a Wearying Critique on Cultural Custom
Prolific Chinese director Xiaogang Feng, whose films are often well-regarded box office...
The Eyes of My Mother | Review
And Soon the Darkness: Pesce’s Debut a Superbly Stylized Nightmare
If Portugal were the portal to some Lynchian netherworld of dreams deferred, it would look...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Greg Kinnear’s The Philosophy of Phil
From Little Miss Sunshine to the more recent Little Men, Greg Kinnear has been part of the recent tapestry of the festival as an actor,...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Marius A. Markevicius’ Ashes in the Snow
We've got Drake Doremus' oft-used screenwriter in Ben York Jones, The Diary of a Teenage Girl starlet Bel Powley and a docu filmmaker who...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ari Gold’s American Sway
His debut film (Adventures of Power) premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and his sophomore film project which lensed perhaps as far back...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alexandre Moors’ The Yellow Bird
Once a genre that was box office poison and an area that indie film did not want to address either, there has a resurgence...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Benjamin/Carrillo/Kusama/St. Vincent/Vuckovic’s XX
Looking down our list, if included at this year's fest, they would be emblematic of what we believe will be the highest percentage of...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kate & Laura Mulleavy’s Woodshock
We imagine they just didn't quit their day jobs, so it might have been a longer post production gestation period for the first time...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joe Swanberg’s Win It All
While he was busy delivering the Netflix Series 'Easy,' January to November 2016 will have came and went and we will not have heard...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Craig Johnson’s Wilson
Now pegged with a March 24th date via Fox Searchlight, despite it not being an acquisitions title, Craig Johnson's Wilson could still land in...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Fritz Böhm’s Wildling
Sundance’s 2015 breakout starlet Bel Powley stars in a project that is being Let The Right One In and maybe a pinch of The Babadook. Prior...
