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2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Brillante Mendoza’s Slumdog Manila in “Ma’ Rosa”
Hovering just over the dozen feature film mark, Ma' Rosa is now the fourth Cannes Film Fest entry for Filipino director Brillante Mendoza. Serbis was his...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Dardennes Get Clean Bill of Health for “The Unknown Girl”
Padding their already impressive filmography as filmmakers, the Dardennes are becoming a force in auteur-driven films as producers. Landing a little everywhere in Cannes...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Asks What’s Your Sign with “Aquarius”
There's a new reason to be excited about Brazilian cinema and his name is Kleber Mendonça Filho. His undeniably seminal first feature film Neighboring...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Olivier Assayas Scares & Boos with “Personal Shopper”
From one star rating to Irma Vep and Summer Hours five star perfection and everything in between, Olivier Assayas' latest will not have gone...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Pedro Almodovar Soaks in Silence with “Julieta”
Hovering around the twenty film mark, you might have thought that this Madrilenian's entire filmography was displayed on the Croisette, when in fact, excluding...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Jarmusch “Paterson” is Worth the Bus Fare
While many of us film folk who attend Cannes are reminded of Jim Jarmusch's presence on the Croisette every time we sit in on...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Jeff Nichols Has No Fear with “Loving”
We've been in full admiration of this American indie filmmaker ever since he broke out with Shotgun Stories (Berlin Film Fest) in 2007, and confirmed his...
The Conversation: 2016 Cannes Film Fest Halfway Point Pulse
Eric Lavallee: Hello Nicholas. Yesterday we completed week one and we're close to the midway point. We've been anticipating Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann for...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Arnold’s “American Honey” Features Two-Lane Bluetop
With the exception of Wuthering Heights, Andrea Arnold has stamped her presence all over the Croisette and has been heavily rewarded for her works:...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Nicole Garcia Passionate About “From the Land of the Moon”
With her eighth feature film under her belt, veteran actress (Resnais' My American Uncle) turned filmmaker Nicole Garcia returns to the Cannes competition a...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: The Joke’s on You with Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
While the Un Certain Regard section certainly has populated their section with some German items, there have remarkably been zilch film entries in the...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Park Chan-wook Gets into Seduction Mode with “The Handmaiden”
Following 2004's Old Boy (Grand Prix) and 2009's Thirst (Jury Prize), this is Park Chan-wook's third trip to the Cannes comp and technically tenth...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Ken Loach Cares About the Welfare of “I, Daniel Blake”
He has promoted, and as of late, defended the inclusion of this filmmaker, and with I, Daniel Blake - Thierry Frémaux proves that he has...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay” Sinks & Swims
Day three and four films and so far it's been a sturdy festival line-up. Excluding his mini-series P’tit Quinquin which shored up at the...
Sieranevada | 2016 Cannes Film Festival Review
Death in the Family: Puiu’s Grueling, Rewarding Portrait of Familial Strife
People are never who they seem to be, at least until you get to...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Puiu Thinks of You, The Living with “Sieranevada”
Fans of Romanian cinema are well compensated this year with not one, but two comp offerings from the Eastern european nation: Cristian Mungiu is...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Guiraudie is Hungry Like the Wolf with “Staying Vertical”
The last time Alain Guiraudie was on the Croisette, it was pretty much unanimous that his Un Certain Regard selected and Best Director winning...
Live from Cannes 2016: Introducing Our Cannes Critics’ Panel
And we're off to the races. The 69th edition of the Cannes film festival begins today and so does our Croisette gallop poll otherwise know as our annual...
Belladonna of Sadness (1973) | Review
The Devil Inside: Yamamoto’s Cult Classic Restored to Gloriously Problematic Perversity
Cinelicious resurrects one of the most disturbing, sleazy and undeniably artistic animation endeavors...
The Islands and The Whales | 2016 Hot Docs Festival Review
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Day's Sophomore Effort Investigates Cultural & Environmental Repercussions
Very much a microcosm comparable to the cultural inertia invested in the...
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change | 2016 Hot Docs Review
Where To Save Next: Fox Expands Fracking Fight To Wage War On Climate Change Via Globetrotting Personal Doc
After successfully warding off the fracking industry...
The Lobster | Review
Animal Farm: Lanthimos’ Dystopic Dip into RomCom
Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos makes an admirable English language debut with The Lobster, set within an original dystopic...
Last Days in the Desert | Review
Just By Looking At It: Garcia’s Hollowed Jesus Flick
At one time an adept purveyor of what could loosely be termed the modernized ‘women’s picture’...
Contemporary Color | 2016 Hot Docs Review
On An Ultralight Beam: Ross Brothers Turn David Byrne's Color Guard Dream Into Vivid Sensorial Masterpiece
Back in January of 2015, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne...
A Bigger Splash | Review
The Weight of Water: Guadagnino Trawls the Deep End in Euro Potboiler Overhaul
It’s been seven years since Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 international breakout I Am...
The Conversation: Five Most Anticipated Titles of Cannes 2016
Judging by the lineup of auteurs competing in the main competition at Cannes 2016, thus far it’s already promising to be a stellar festival,...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks: Audiard, Lanthimos & Tsangari this May
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? We're...
Tracking Shot: Azazel Jacobs, Pablo Berger & Claire Denis Shooting in May
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here on IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing. It's been...
Keanu | Review
Kitty Foil: Key & Peele at the Movies
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the duo behind the sketch comedy television series “Key and Peele,” get...
The Man Who Knew Infinity | Review
Beautiful Mind: Brown’s Restitution for Neglected Mathematics Genius
For those outside of an academic realm in mathematics, the name Srinivasa Ramanujan most likely won’t register,...
Viktoria | Review
Milk of Sorrow: Motherhood and Metaphors Structure Vitkova’s Somber Debut
Using intergenerational familial dilemmas to convey significant historical upheaval is certainly nothing new to fiction...
Criterion Collection: Phoenix | Blu-ray Review
German auteur Christian Petzold makes his bow in the esteemed Criterion collection with his outstanding seventh feature, Phoenix, which is also his sixth...
The Family Fang | Review
Sucked Dry: Bateman’s Portrait of Idiosyncratic Family Fails to Resonate
Actor Jason Bateman makes his sophomore directorial outing with the high profile The Family Fang,...
Viva | Review
Blame it on Fidel: Breathnach Circles the Boiler Plate with LGBT Coming-of-Age Flick
A Havana set coming-of-age tale concerning a young, gay hairdresser, Paddy Breathnach and...
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...
Nina | Review
A Matter of Resistance: Mort’s Compromised Portrait of a Musical Legend
She may try with a considerable, ambitious might, but Zoe Saldana does not conjure...
Farhadi’s “The Salesman” Completes Cannes Main Comp; Mackenzie’s “Hell or High Water” in UCR
And then they were twenty-one. Shown to Cannes' head honcho Thierry Fremaux a tad too late for the initial announcement, Asghar Farhadi's The Saleman...
A Hologram for the King | Review
Same as it ever Was: Tykwer’s Unwieldy Intersection of Commerce and Culture
We’ve seen an increasing amount of films featuring Americans floundering about in the...
The Meddler | Review
Chapter Two: Scafaria Scores with Sarandon in Earnest Character Portrait
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria manages her most accomplished work to date with sophomore feature, The Meddler,...
The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Review
Sister, My Sister: Love is a Much Belabored Thing in Fairy Tale Pre/Sequel
While it certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel (or, for that matter, capture...
Wedding Doll | Review
Dolled Up: Giladi’s Melancholy Debut on Dreams Deferred
Lives and loves hampered by the desires of others provides the basis for Israeli documentarian Nitzan Giladi’s...
Cannes 2016: Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers and a Bear
Based on a series of stories that Kanuk founder Louis Grenier (Québecois winter parka company) collected on his many trips up north, producer Roger...
Criterion Collection: Barcelona | Blu-ray Review
Criterion resurrects Whit Stillman’s 1994 sophomore film, Barcelona, previously the indie auteur’s most neglected title and heretofore unavailable on DVD. Breaking a fourteen year...
Directors’ Fortnight: Larraín, Nguyen, Lafosse, Poitras, Kashyap, Schrader & Jodo Among 2016 Line-up
Three films from Italy, one posthumous offering from Solveig Anspach and plenty of robust, yet familiar "Quinzaine" faces figure among the eighteen selections announced...
The Conversation: Producer Sylvie Pialat
Sylvie Pialat, wife of the late auteur Maurice Pialat, has been producing and fostering vibrant international directors following the passing of her husband in...
Tale of Tales | Review
Good Gaud: Garrone’s Critique of Aristocracy Goes Barely Skin-Deep
Italy’s film industry is enjoying something of a renaissance lately, though honestly it’d have to be...
Men and Chicken | Review
Cheep cheep cheep: Jensen’s Bizarre Family Reunion
Known for his incredibly prolific career as a screenwriter, penning several of Susanne Bier’s most internationally renowned films...
55th Critics’ Week: France Dominates Selections with Justine Triet’s “In Bed With Victoria” as Opener
As we wait for the Directors' Fortnight to confirm the future Croisette status of Alejandro Jodorowsky if Endless Poetry, Kim Nguyen's Two Lovers and...
Hostile Border | Review
Confessions of a Pocha Hustler: Dwyer Tackles Topicality with Listless Thriller
Michael Dwyer makes his directorial debut with Hostile Border, an adequate examination of contemporary...
Barbershop: The Next Cut | Review
Southside with You: Lee Instills Relevance to Third Franchise Chapter
Clearly, there are more pressing issues than the consistent lack of acknowledgement for black artists...
