Tag: top-stories
Into the Inferno | Review
Herzog And The Goblets of Fire: Following In The Volcanic Footsteps Of Katia and Maurice Krafft
Who could have imagined more fitting new subject matter for...
The Unspoken | Review
Here We Are Again: Wilson’s Last Hell House in the Town that Dreaded the Woods
There are quite a considerable amount of mediocre movies in...
Tampopo (1985) | Review
Noodles and Co.: Itami’s Ramen Saga Retains Delightful Flavor
Before the categorization of a cinematic movement affectionately referred to as ‘food porn,’ Japanese director Juzo...
Creepy | Review
Social Disease: Kurosawa’s Aptly Titled Thriller Returns to Expressions of a Serial Killer
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa does double duty this year releasing two extravagant,...
Video Interview: Antonio Campos (Christine)
She never stood a chance or perhaps, she finally stood her ground. Via Craig Shilowich's original screenplay, an exploration of possible undiagnosed mental illness...
The Whole Truth | Review
Truth, Be Told: Hunt Returns to Moral Grey Zone with Courtroom Drama
The only real anomalistic quality to Courtney Hunt’s long awaited sophomore feature The...
The Handmaiden | Review
Women in Revolt: Chan-wook’s Sumptuous Period Drama Wrestles with Romance, Revenge
Following his 2013 English language debut, Stoker, South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook returns to...
Under the Shadow | Review
Ghosts in Wartime: Anvari’s Period Piece the Horror Genre Needs
Iranian born Babak Anvari broke out with his literal assessment of class conflict in BAFTA-nominated...
Theo Who Lived | Review
Make Love Not War: Schisgall Documents the Terrors of the Syrian Conflict
Any sustained ignorance of the last couple of years with regards to the...
Moonlight | Review
When the Rainbow is Enuf: Jenkins Returns with Exceptional, Moving Character Portrait
It’s been eight years since indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins debuted his exceptional directorial...
True Crimes | 2016 Warsaw Film Festival Review
Cold Communist Files: Avranas Paints Unorthodox Procedural into Mincing Eurotrash
A late addition to the Greek Weird Wave thanks to his 2013 sophomore title Miss...
Christine | Review
Mad as Hell: Campos Paints a Moving, Psychological Portrait of Sensational Subject
For his third and most psychologically complex feature to date, Antonio Campos presents...
Certain Women | Review
All I Desire: Reichardt’s Exceptional Triptych of Tenacious Women
Though she’s already touted as one of the most talented American contemporary directors, Kelly Reichardt accomplishes...
Aquarius | Review
Sign of the Times: Filho’s Formidable Examination of Life as a House
For his sophomore effort, Brazilian director crafts an intriguing character study around a...
2016 Warsaw Film Festival: Visions on the Vistula
It’s gray and overcast in Warsaw, the perfect movie watching weather for the city’s 32nd edition of their annual film festival. Awakening to a...
Amanda Knox | Review
Foxy Knoxy Rides Again: McGinn & Blackhurst Take On Murder Media Circus With Elegant True Crime Saga
Sometimes the preferred version of a song might actually be a...
JT + The Tennessee Kids | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Demme & Timberlake Don Suit & Tie In Masterful 20/20 Experience Concert Doc
It’s been 32 years since Jonathan Demme immortalized David Byrne and the...
The Girl on the Train | Review
Those Who Love Me Can Fake the Train: Taylor’s Silly Soap Opera Thriller
Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting...
Being 17 | Review
Changing Times: Téchiné Skews Youthful with Enjoyable Drama
Director André Téchiné manages his most emotionally rewarding venture in well over a decade with Being 17,...
The Birth of a Nation | Review
Born Again: Parker Resuscitates Turner Narrative in Painful Labor of Love
An odd, continued legacy of unquestioned applause greets the reception of actor Nate Parker’s...
The Greasy Strangler | Review
Grease is the Word: Hosking’s Repellant Debut Revels in Grotesque
There’s a certain insane glee lurking within Jim Hosking’s directorial debut, The Greasy Strangler, a...
Criterion Collection: Cat People | Blu-ray Review
The concept of ‘psychological horror’ is a genre notion all but extinct in modern cinematic renderings of thriller narratives, a once lucrative subgenre considered...
Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children | Review
Let’s Do the Time Loop Again: Burton’s Back with Another Belabored Children’s Fantasy
The time has long since passed when Tim Burton was able to...
Betty (1992) | Review
Betty’s Blue: Chabrol’s Compelling Character Study of Victimhood and Agency
Claude Chabrol, dubbed the Alfred Hitchcock after rising out of the Nouvelle Vague, began his...
The Color of Lies (1999) | Review
The Hole Truth: Chabrol Explores What Lies Beneath the Chilly Idyll in Brittany
The continually clever and constantly rueful Claude Chabrol ended his stretch of...
Criterion Collection: Blood Simple | Blu-Ray Review
Now among the most distinctive of American auteurs, it’s hard to believe Joel and Ethan Coen had a difficult time getting their first film,...
The Conversation: Jenkins’ Moonlight, Escalante’s The Untamed & the Totality of TIFF ’16
As far as the matter of size goes, the Toronto International Film Festival continues to astound, with close to 300 plus titles amassed for...
TIFF 2016: Jordan M. Smith’s Top Five Documentaries
In a blur of motion in the dark, another TIFF has already come and gone. Of the 296 features offered this year, I managed...
Frantz | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
The Guest Who’s Coming to Dinner: Ozon’s Period Culture Clash a Handsome, Uninvolving Production
In many ways, Francois Ozon’s output still swings jaggedly between the...
Indivisible | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
It Takes Two: De Angelis Crafts Distinctive Neapolitan Drama on Siamese Twins
Siamese twins have always made alluring subjects for the cinema, whether at the...
Hermia & Helena | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Like so many other filmmakers from around the world, the Buenos Aires born writer/director Matías Piñeiro has found himself straddling borders with his latest...
City of Tiny Lights | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Farewell, My Lovely: Travis Tries Urban Neo Noir in Prosaic Adaptation
One gets the sense the source novel by Patrick Neate is a bit more...
Daguerrotype | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Spirits of the Dead: Kurosawa Continues Ghostly Leitmotifs in First French Language Film
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa makes a surprise venture into French language cinema...
The War Show | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Demonstrating To Breathe: Heartbreaking Spiral Into Syrian Oblivion Moves in Micro-Operatic Movements
Syria and the Arab Spring are not exactly new subjects for a documentary...
Godless | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Just a Slob Like One of Us: Petrova Paints Bleak Portrait of Bulgarian Stupor
Judging from a recent slew of titles touring the festival circuit...
Orphan | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Woman Thou Art Loosed: Des Pallieres Disorientates with Fractured Character Portrait
Between constantly shifting time periods and abrupt transitions from one clutch of characters to...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Travis Gutiérrez Senger’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Travis Gutiérrez Senger (Desert Cathedral)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. A winner at the SXSW and Tribeca Film...
Zoology | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Tale of Tails: Tverdovsky’s Myopic Modern Fable Chases Its Own Tail
Zoology. You ask, what does it mean? For the purposes of Ivan Tverdovsky’s sophomore...
Demon | Review
A Dybbuk Got Your Baby: Wrona’s Atmospheric Blend of Horror and History
For his third feature, Marcin Wrona adapts Piotr Rowicki’s stage play Adherence into...
London Road | Review
The Kindness of Stranglers: Norris Mounts Film Version of Macabre Musical
Those familiar with the infamous 2011 musical London Road should be pleased with this...
Klown Forever | Review
In Heart a Clown: Norgaard Takes another Spin with Popular Man-Children Duo
For those familiar with the various trials and travails of best buddies Casper...
The Light Between Oceans | Review
To the Lighthouse: Cianfrance Labors Through Melodrama in Handsome Period Piece
Director Derek Cianfrance manages a series of firsts with his fourth feature, including his first...
In Order of Disappearance | Review
Gone Baby Gone: Moland’s Deadpan Nordic Noir Enhanced by Skarsgard
There’s a droll viciousness to In Order of Disappearance, a Nordic Neo-Noir which premiered...
Mia Madre | Review
Mamma Mia: Moretti’s Continues Exploring a Death in the Family
After having won the Palme d’Or in 2001 for his film The Son’s Room, Italian...
The Sea of Trees | Review
The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire
Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...
Don’t Breathe | Review
Secret in Their Eyes: Alvarez Conjures Tension in Home Invasion Thriller
After unveiling his grisly and rather well received directorial debut, the 2013 remake of...
Spa Night | Review
Hot and Bothered: Ahn’s Debut a Knowing Character Study
As proof of the multitudinous, untold human stories happening at any given period within the sprawling...
Imperium | Review
Made in USA: Radcliffe Infiltrates Neo-Nazi Faction in Solid Potboiler
Daniel Radcliffe impresses once again in an unlikely bit of casting as an FBI agent...
Last Days in the Desert | DVD Review
Ewan McGregor stars as both Jesus and the devil in Rodrigo Garcia’s seventh narrative feature, Last Days in the Desert, which premiered at the...
