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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...
Colonia | Review
Ticket to Heaven: Gallenberger Depicts Chilean Torture Cult
The devastation General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship waged on Chile from the moment of his infamous 1973 coup...
Criminal | Review
The Iceman Cometh: Vromen Baffles with Illogical Romantic Thriller
Director Ariel Vromen dashes the promise shown in his 2012 portrait of contract killer Richard Kuklinski...
A Married Woman (1964) | Review
Charlotte’s Web: Godard’s Detailed Fragments of Woman Consumed
Cohen Media Group presents a limited theatrical re-release of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1964 film A Married Woman...
Green Room | Review
Music Lets the People Come Together: Saulnier’s Latest an Enjoyably Intense Thriller
Director Jeremy Saulnier follows the promise of his 2013 breakout thriller Blue Ruin,...
The Conversation: Producer Paulo Branco
One of the most prolific, contemporary European art-house producers has to be Paulo Branco, who has been fostering considerable auteur driven fare since 1975,...
One More Time | Review
Begin Again: Edwards’ Satisfying Sophomore Film Utilizes Walken
Thanks to the overwhelming trend of quirk, cliché, or contrivance evident in most American indie offerings (whether...
The Boss | Review
She’s a Hustla, Baby: Falcone and McCarthy Sew Themselves a Silly Badge
Melissa McCarthy arrives as a perpetually turtle-necked, foul mouthed CEO with abandonment issues...
The Criterion Collection: The Manchurian Candidate | Blu-ray Review
As we go through another round of sensationalized presidential campaigns with various candidates claiming altruism in the name of power, John Frankenheimer's classic political thriller The...
Neon Bull | Review
The Tail End: Mascaro’s Sophomore Feature a Strikingly Sensual Exhibition
For his sophomore directorial effort, Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro examines a strange universe through his...
The Invitation | Review
Your Friends & Neighbors: Kusama’s Enjoyably Tense Cult Thriller
Since premiering her phenomenal, Michelle Rodriguez starring indie debut Girlfight in 2000, Karyn Kusama hasn’t lived up...
Louder Than Bombs | Review
Another Time, Another Place: Trier’s Graceful, Quiet English Language Debut
Norwegian director Joachim Trier reteams with his regular scribe Eskil Vogt for Louder Than Bombs,...
Kill Your Friends | Review
How to Get Ahead in Miming: Harris’ Recycles the Sociopathic Entrepreneur
Owen Harris dips out of television for feature debut Kill Your Friends, an adaptation...
Everybody Wants Some!! | Review
Second Helpings: Linklater Hits the Joie de Vivre Sweet Spot
Director Richard Linklater joyously returns to the nostalgia tipped obliviousness of youth with period piece...
Darling | Review
When She Calls You Sweetheart: Keating Invokes Femme Fou with Derivative Art-house Thriller
Riding the thin line between copycatting and homage, indie director Mickey Keating...
Standing Tall | Review
Jostling Juvi: Bercot’s Take Familiar Stance on the System
Exploring a few too many problematic delinquency issues than it can rightly address, Emmanuelle Bercot’s Standing Tall (La Tête...
Miles Ahead | Review
Kinetic & Spirited: Debut Heavily Reliant on Cheadle’s Perf
His raspy voice precedes, commanding the dark screen. Front and center, the unruly Don Cheadle channels the...
Criterion Collection: A Poem is a Naked Person | Blu-ray Review
Criterion snags documentarian Les Blanks’ heretofore lost title A Poem is a Naked Person for their collection, a portrait of singer-songwriter Leon Russell filmed...
