Tag: top-stories
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition
Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....
Interview: AJ Schnack (Speaking Is Difficult / Field of Vision)
Free of much of the industry hustle and bustle of most major film festivals, Columbia, Missouri's True/False Film Festival is a sort of haven for...
Remember | Review
Where the Truth Lies: Egoyan’s Pensive, Inconsistent Revenge Thriller
Even despite its ironically forgettable title and considerable narrative flaws, Remember, the latest effort from Canadian...
Valley of Love | Review
Guilt Trip: Nicloux Reunites French Icons for Journey Through the Desert
Director Guillaume Nicloux reunites French acting legends Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu for his...
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1| Review
Once More With(out) Feeling: Schwentke Barrels Along with Malingering Franchise
If we’ve reached uncomfortable saturation levels with super hero tent poles, the same conversations should...
Krisha | Review
Turkey Shoot: Shults Brings Heartache to the Holidays in Intimate Debut
We’ve seen it plenty of times before, the hellacious discomfort accompanying the enforced tradition...
My Golden Days | Review
Straw into Gold: Desplechin’s Boys of Summer
French director Arnaud Desplechin presents one of his most enjoyable, if ultimately trivial features to date with My...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Matt Sobel’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: Matt Sobel (Take Me to the River)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema and this month’s spotlighted artist saw his debut...
The Arbalest | 2016 SXSW Film Festival Review
Toy Story: Pinney’s Debut a Strange Love Puzzle
Writer and cinematographer Adam Pinney (credited for both on indie filmmaker Adam Orr’s films Blood Car and...
2016 True/False Film Festival: Jordan M. Smith’s Postscript
It might be missing the industry saturated Park City fervor, but the smaller, shorter, and more intimate Columbia, Missouri based True/False Film Festival is the Rolls-Royce...
A Stray | 2016 SXSW Film Festival Review
Boy and His Dog: Syeed Offers Rare Glimpse into Urban Somali Community
For his sophomore effort, A Stray, director Musa Syeed focuses on a specific,...
Take Me to the River | Review
River of No Return: Sobel Brings Scent of Southern Gothic to the Mid-West with Stellar Debut
Family reunions have tremendous potential as battlefields for dysfunctional...
Midnight Special | Review
The Power of One: Nichols’ Sci-Fi Studio Film a Wispy Homage
Indie director Jeff Nichols makes his first crossover to studio fare with Midnight Special,...
Barney Thomson | Review
Demon Bumbler: Carlyle’s Serial Killer Comedy Hit or Miss
Actor Robert Carlyle directs his feature debut Barney Thomson from a first-time screenplay by producer and...
Lolo | Review
A Child is Waiting: Delpy's Return to RomCom a Mixed Bag
Julie Delpy has managed to balance a terrific (and prolific) career as an actress...
21 Nights with Pattie | 2016 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review
Carnal Knowledge: The Larrieu Bros.’ Strange Depiction of Summer Lovin’
Directing duo Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu create oddly distinct pieces of bizarre cinema, yet remain...
10 Cloverfield Lane | Review
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: Trachtenberg’s Debut Promises a Franchise
Good things can come from found footage, at least evidenced by 10 Cloverfield...
Road Games | Review
Hitchin’ a Ride: Pastoll’s Debut an Assortment of Tropes
No, it’s not a remake of the 1981 Richard Franklin thriller starring Stacy Keach and Jamie...
Winter Song | 2016 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review
Off With Head: Iosseliani Returns with Breezy Cluster of Vignettes
Fans of Georgian auteur Otar Iosseliani will be delighted to find the octogenarian in top...
Disorder | 2016 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review
Ground Control: Winocour Pours on the Paranoia with Tense Thriller
Director and screenwriter Alice Winocour crafts a sweaty-palmed, PTSD inclined thriller with sophomore effort, Disorder....
Marguerite | Review
Sing the Body Apoplectic: Giannoli Pays Thanks to the Music
French director Xavier Giannoli borrows an obscure piece of American pop culture for his latest...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Review
Where They From: Ficarra & Requa and the Privileged Perspective
Cinematic depictions of the ongoing conflict(s) in the Middle East continue to be a touchy...
Criterion Collection: The Emigrants/The New Land | Blu-ray Review
Following last summer’s restoration of Swedish auteur Jan Troell’s directorial debut Here is Your Life (1966), Criterion presents the director’s most notable accomplishment from...
Interview: László Nemes & Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul)
Jacques Audiard's Dheepan might have claimed Cannes most coveted prize, but the Palme d'Or moment belongs to Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes. Truly a groundbreaking...
United States of Love | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Certain Women: Wasilewski Explores Enlightenment and Despair
It was 1990, and the climate was changing. Or so begins Polish director Tomas Wasilewski’s third feature, United...
Malgré la nuit | 2016 Film Comment Selects Review
When the Night Has Come: Grandrieux Laments Lost Love
Seven years have passed since provocateur Philippe Grandrieux’s 2008 film Un Lac, and he remains somewhat...
Triple 9 | Review
The Russians Are Coming: Hillcoat Juggles Strands in Sprawling Heist Thriller
About half way into John Hillcoat’s impressively staged heist thriller Triple 9, it becomes...
Tricked | Review
Community Cinema: Verhoeven’s Failed Experiment Confirms Concepts of Authorship
Four years after its premiere in his native Netherlands and a screening at the 2012 Rome...
Criterion Collection: I Knew Her Well | Blu-ray Review
Love is most definitely not a many splendored thing in the bedazzled artifice of Rome’s swinging 60s, at least as far as the good...
The Conversation: Das ist Berlin
The Berlin International Film Festival continued to challenge expectations in its 66th edition, landing another auteur heavy competition line-up, albeit a slightly less sensational...
The Road to Istanbul | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Free Radicals: Bouchareb Explores a Mother’s Nightmare in Topical Treatment
French director Rachid Bouchareb is no stranger to exploring the actions radicalized children have on...
The Witch | Review
Better the Devil You Know: Eggers’ Debut Marinates with Menace
Easily the most profoundly unnerving film to play at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, the...
Embrace of the Serpent | Review
Hearts of Darkness: Guerra’s Exceptional Exploration of Ruinous Colonialization
Colombian director Ciro Guerra charts an enigmatic narrative of parallel odysseys through the Amazon with his...
You’ll Never Be Alone | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
A Lonely Way to Die: Anwandter Explores the Elements of a Hate Crime
The 2012 murder of openly gay Chilean Daniel Zamudio provides the basis...
War on Everyone | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Let’s Be Bad Cops: McDonagh’s U.S. Visit an Overworked Episode
Director John Michael McDonagh makes his first foray to the US with third feature, War...
Lily Lane | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Over the River and Through the Woods: Fliegauf Explores Intimate Portrait of Abuse Cycles
Hungarian auteur Bence Fliegauf returns with his first film since 2012’s...
Caprice | 2016 My French Film Festival Review
You Will Love a Tall Blonde Actress: Mouret Plays a Man Most Wanted in Latest RomCom
Perhaps what’s most refreshing about actor/writer/director Emmanuel Mouret’s latest...
The Club | Review
Living Under Your Spotlight: Larrain Paints it Black with Catholic Crisis Comedy
For his first film following the finale of his narrative trilogy documenting the...
Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Review
Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Greenaway’s Homage an Inspired Provocation
Erotically charged and artfully crafted, Eisenstein in Guanajuato is the first of two titles devoted...
Best of Fest: Sundance 2016’s Top 10 New Faces
Yesterday, Nicholas Bell and I issued our Top 10 New Voices, and now we launch into our New Faces. They range in age, amount of...
Hail, Caesar! | Review
Sign of the Cross: The Coen Bros. Revisit the Backlot Desires of Hollywood’s Golden Era
The Coen Bros., back with their first title since 2013’s...
Mammal | 2016 Sundance Film Festival Review
The Many Things You Gave Me: Daly’s Icy, Perverse Sophomore Film
Unfit or disinterested mothers still seem to be taboo subjects, at least to center...
Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women Leads Eric Lavallee’s 2016 Sundance Film Fest Top Ten
With a decent sized sampling of thirty-one features and several four star quality shorts viewed, my assessment of the '16 edition is as follows:...
Padre Padrone | Taviani Retrospective Review
I Never Sang for My Father: The Taviani Brothers and the Prison of Patriarchy
For many, Italian directing duo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are best...
Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women Leads Nicholas Bell’s 2016 Sundance Film Fest Top Ten
Sundance 2016 has come to a close, once more showcasing a lack of differentiation based on what constitutes the Audience and the Grand Jury....
Rabin, the Last Day | Review
Prime Time: Gitai Revisits the Assassination of Israeli Prime Minister
Israeli auteur Amos Gitai reenacts the final moments of Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin prior to...
Unlocking The Cage | 2016 Sundance Film Festival Review
Breaking Through The Bars: Hegedus & Pennebaker Go Ape In Court With Animal Rights Activist Steven Wise
Having long ago been crowned the king and queen...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #11. Steven Caple Jr. (The Land)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Steven Caple Jr.: The story of Wendell Scott. 2) J.Cole's HBO documentary "Homecoming." 3) Eric...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #9. Bernardo Britto – Jacqueline Argentine
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Bernardo Britto: Jacques Demy’s Lola, Mexican singer Daniela Romo, Cool Cat Saves The Kids.
Lavallee: What...
