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2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Victoria Mahoney’s Chalk Rx
She was on solid grounds workshopping her debut film at multiple Sundance Institute labs and it yielded notable stops at the Berlin, SXSW, Deauville...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic
Still relatively new in the distrib game, Bleecker Street has been keen on including film fest premieres for their individual film release strategies and...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Hager Ben-Asher’s The Burglar
It might be wishful thinking on our part to think that Hager Ben-Asher would somehow submit her sophomore film in January instead of holding...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jessica Dimmock & Christopher Lamarca’s Brick
More than any other period in film history, the popularity for the docu-form means we are in its healthiest and perhaps most inundated moment. With various quality...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Deb Shoval’s AWOL
With one of last year's Sundance intoxicatingly cute natured discoveries in Lola Kirke (from Noah Baumbach's Mistress America) toplining, the reasonable five-year morphing phase into a...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Carson Mell’s Another Evil
Those in the know (his following might have discovered him via his pair of novels in The Blue Bourbon Orchestra and Saguaro) appreciate his off...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Shaz Bennett’s Alaska is a Drag
Shaz Bennett has her own unique history with the Sundance Film Festival having worked for them as a programmer before it was even known...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mark Elijah Rosenberg’s Ad Inexplorata
Naturally the post production process can be a lengthier one when latticeworking critical sci-fi elements with technical aspects. As is the nature with our set of...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mike Ott/Nathan Silver’s Actor Martinez
As was the case for Joe Swanberg, it's not unheard of that trailblazing names synonymous with micro American indie film fail to crack the...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tobias Lindholm’s A War
Despite his lengthy filmography as a scribe (mostly Thomas Vinterberg's righthand man Submarino, The Hunt and upcoming The Commune) and his previous outings as...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Andy Goddard’s A Kind of Murder
Climbing up the ranks with mostly writing and directing television gigs (this includes a handful of "Downton Abbey" episodes), Andy Goddard flew under the radar...
2016 Sundance Film Festival 75 Predictions List: An Introduction
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up,...
Secret in Their Eyes | Review
The Eyes Have It: Ray’s Unnecessary Remakes Pales Next to Source
Thanks to mainstream America’s huffy dismissal of subtitles when it comes to cinema, we...
#Horror | Review
As You “Like” It: Subkoff Finds the Sound and the Shrillness in Social Media
Actress Tara Subkoff makes her directorial debut with #Horror, a film...
Criminal Activities | Review
Subliminal Criminal: Haley’s Debut Feloniously Familiar
There’s a certain amount of smarmy appeal to justify Jackie Earle Haley’s attraction to taking on Criminal Activities, the...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 | Review
To Kill a Mockingjay: Lawrence Brings YA Franchise to Inevitable Denouement
The last tony gasp of Suzanne Collins’ celebrated Hunger Games franchise is steered, at...
Carol | Review
Locked Out of Heaven: Haynes Delivers Chilly Lesbian Romance
Todd Haynes makes an exciting return with Carol, his first feature film since 2007’s I’m Not...
The Summer of Sangaile | Review
The Wind Beneath Her Wings: Kavaite’s Sapphic Sophomore Sighs
Sophomore is an adjective that serves as a pun to describe Alante Kavaite’s latest film, The...
Dangerous Men | Review
Man Trouble: Rad Enters Race for Worst Film Ever Made
A unique oddity even amongst contemporary counterparts competing for notoriety as one of the worst...
Video Interview: Filmmaker Josh Mond (James White)
After producing (as one-third of the Borderline Films crew) such seminal films as Antonio Campos' Afterschool and Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene, its...
Video Interview: Christopher Abbott, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi & Makenzie Leigh (James White)
If you visit Borderline Films' mini catalog of short and feature films you'll notice that they have a genuine knack for discovering and unearthing...
Casa Grande | Review
The Kids Are All Right: Barbosa Explores Brazil’s Class Fissures in Evenhanded Debut
Familiar dramatic conflicts are elevated by strong performances and astute characterizations in...
Shelter | Review
A Hard Knock Life: Bettany’s Naive Debut Exudes Good Intentions
Actor Paul Bettany makes his directorial debut with Shelter, meant to be a glimpse into...
The 33 | 2015 AFI Film Festival Review
Mountains May Depart: Riggen Reenacts Devastating Chilean Mining Collapse
Mexican director Patricia Riggen makes a curious departure with her third feature, The 33, a studio...
Queen of the Desert | AFI Film Festival Review
Hey, Queen: Herzog Can’t Convey Passion in the Desert
Acclaim does not seem to be the fate of Werner Herzog’s latest film, the long gestating...
By the Sea | Review
The Sterile Cuckoo: Jolie’s Handsome Relationship Drama is Long in Tooth
Moving on from last year’s suffocatingly honorable POW reenactment drama Unbroken, Angelina Jolie returns...
Criterion Collection: Code Unknown | Blu-ray Review
Over the past two decades, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke has grown into one of the most formidable cinematic titans currently working today. Winning five...
The Mask (Eyes of Hell) | Review
Circus of the Face: A Delectable Restoration of Obscure Canadian Horror Film
The 1961 horror film The Mask owns several notable distinctions. Not only was...
What’s Up Doc?: Pennebaker/Hegedus & Malick Voyage to the Top in November
It's been a couple months since the last edition of What's Up Doc? placed Michael Moore's surprise world premiere of Where To Invade Next at...
The Hallow | Review
Hollow’s Eve: Hardy’s Creature Feature Debut Has Superficial Roots
It was announced that Irish director Corin Hardy would be heading up The Crow reboot for...
Spectre | Review
The Legacy of Octopussy: Mendes Returns to 007 on Autopilot
A good act is hard to follow, and Spectre, the latest installment in the enduring...
Miss You Already | Review
Sisterhood of the Big C: Hardwicke and Case of the Dramatic Cancer Clause
Those who’ve been yearning for a remake of Garry Marshall’s beloved 1988...
Trumbo | Review
The Brave One: Roach Recapitulates Black List Era Hollywood
Examining the past from the safer perspective of our more enlightened period, Jay Roach’s Trumbo is...
In the Basement | Review
Dungeons, Nazis and Latex Babies: Seidl Puts Modern Cave Dwellers on Display
Paradise trilogy helmer Ulrich Seidl returns to docu form in what could easily...
Brooklyn | Review
A Brooklyn Baby: Crowley’s Simple Immigration Tale Buoyed by Strong Emotional Core
Director John Crowley returns with Brooklyn, his strongest film in years, based on...
Video Interview: Maxim Pozdorovkin & Tony Gerber (The Notorious Mr. Bout)
You may know the co-directors of The Notorious Mr. Bout for their prior individual projects, the likes include Maxim Pozdorovkin's co-directed project HBO alongside...
The Notorious Mr. Bout | Review
Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spoof: Gerber & Pozdorovkin Indulge Bout
You probably know him by his wildly exaggerated media coined title, the 'Merchant of Death', or...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks: Rick Alverson, Josh Mond & Todd Haynes this November
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? This November,...
The Conversation: Finding Foreigners
Though there are many issues regarding the problematic process in deciding the roster of nominees for the annual onslaught known as the Academy Awards,...
Tracking Shot: Walter Hill, Ry Russo-Young & Alexandros Avranas Shooting in November
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here on IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing. This November, we’ve got...
Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa) | Review
There’s a Ghost in Me: Dutra and Rojas Explore the Reductive State of Capitalism
The changing socioeconomic landscape in Brazil has had a direct impact...
Marshland (La Isla Mínima) | Review
Caught in the Quagmire: Rodriguez’s Satisfying Period Neo-Noir
Having swept the 2014 Goya Awards back home (winning ten of its sixteen nominations, including Best Film),...
Burnt | Review
Chef Boyardee: Wells Fails with Filmmaking Recipe
For his third film outing, director John Wells delves into the catty universe of high-end cuisine with Burnt...
Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats: Two Adaptations by Sergio Martino & Lucio Fulci | Blu-ray Review
Throughout the history of cinema there are countless adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's work, from D. W. Griffith's early take on The Sealed Room...
The Conversation: Top 10 American Indie Filmmakers Missing in Action
No film buff wants to see a promising, or prominent filmmaker pull a disappearing act a la Terrence Malick, (though it seems he isn't keen to...
Love | Review
Scorpio Becomes Electra: Noé's Sex Scenes from a Marriage
The last time we were caught in provocateur Gaspar Noé’s crosshairs it was back in 2009...
The Royal Road | Review
Jenni Olson begins The Royal Road, her latest emotional excavation of Hollywood nostalgia via Benning-esque 16mm landscape portraiture, by self-referentially quoting Michel Chion on...
Julia | Review
Beyond Therapy: Brown’s Illogical Entry of Femme Revenge
For the most part, director Matthew A. Brown presents his directorial debut Julia without the exploitative flourishes...
Tokyo Tribe | Review
Why Don’t You Play in the Streets?: Sono’s Overblown Street War Musical
Many consider Sion Sono to be Takashi Miike’s succeeding enfant terrible, both in...
The Sound and the Fury | Review
But a Walking Shadow: Franco’s Faulkner Redux Merely Serviceable
Continuing to thumb his nose at naysayers, James Franco plunges onward into his own particular directorial...
