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Jupiter Ascending | Review
Space Princess Diaries: Wachowski’s Space Adventure is Intergalactic Hooey
Those craving the intelligent sci-fi that graced their early 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix are sure...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #37. Matt Gallagher (Bob and the Trees)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Matt Gallagher: Hana, Maui. 5 pound Gummy Bears. Not wearing underwear.
Lavallee: Could you describe that...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #36. Mya Taylor (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Mya Taylor: I discovered my husband Nathan. He's amazing. Favorite album: Aaliyah By Aaliyah
Favorite song: Toni...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #35. Logan Miller (Take Me to the River)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Logan Miller: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s graphic novel The Incal, Raymond Pettibon, and the Private island...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #34. Christopher Abbott (James White)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Christopher Abbott: 1). Richard Hawley's records Cole's Corner and Truelove's Gutter. 2). Marc Maron's WTF...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #33. Kentucker Audley (Christmas, Again)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Kentucker Audley: Uhh Yeah Dude (podcast), Stoner (novel), Eastbound and Down (TV show).
Lavallee: You could...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #32. Bob Tarasuk (Bob and the Trees)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Bob Tarasuk: I have been reading quite a number of true survival stories lately. 'Unbroken,'...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #24. Shih-Ching Tsou (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Shih-Ching Tsou: I was secretly searching for the best french toast in New York city....
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #12. Timo Chen (Advantageous)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Timo Chen: I worked a lot in 2014 so I didn't get out much. That...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #11. Heather McIntosh (Z for Zachariah)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Heather McIntosh: MaddAddam Trilogy, Margaret Atwood. Volumina for Organ, György Ligeti. Mind Brains (Orange Twin...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #7. Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Stockholm, Pennsylvania)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum: Plants Can Hear. Atmos. Stumbling Stones in Potsdam.
Lavallee: We read Nikole Beckwith’s Stockholm, Pennsylvania as...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #6. Daniel Garcia (H.)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Daniel Garcia: Putting my iPhone in a cup or bowl or something to amplify...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #5. Rania Attieh (H.)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Rania Attieh: At the request of a good friend, I downloaded the iPhone game called...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #4. Matthias Grunsky (Results)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Matthias Grunsky: The amazing "Collection de l'Art Brut" in Lausanne, Switzerland. The record "Lieblingsfarben und...
Collect Them All!: Our 2015 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series Checklist
It's Day 1 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, which can only mean that it's time for IONCINEMA.com to break out our 2015 Sundance Trading...
Prophet’s Prey | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
False Prophet Illuminated by Berg and Former Prey
Ironically premiering at Sundance, not too far from the lieu where the real life events occurred, Prophet’s Prey is...
Criterion Collection: La Ciénaga | Blu-ray Review
Murky swimming pools, bored adolescents, oblivion drinking and signs of the apocalypse are just some of the issues plaguing two chaotic Argentinean families in...
Chuck Norris vs Communism | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
VHS Revolution: Calugareanu Shoots For Docu-Thrills
Much of the time, American imperialism is a culture destroying force that denigrates through sheer, unwieldy bloat, but in the case...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #31. Sophia Lin (Z for Zachariah)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Sophia Lin: Top of the list of my 2014 discoveries was New Zealand. We...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #30. Nick Case (Take Me to the River)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Nick Case: 1.) Favorite Musician: Keegan DeWitt. Keegan is the lead singer for the...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #29. Marcus Cox (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Marcus Cox: Discovered; Autobiography of a Yogi, by Yogananda and I love it. Discovered a...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #28. Karrie Cox (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Karrie Cox: 1. Red House Painters, “Cruiser”. 2. Andrew Wyeth, “Christina’s World” @ MOMA...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #27. Peter Gilbert (Unexpected/Digging for Fire)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Peter Gilbert: Musician: Ben and Leo Sidran. Movie: Ida. Book: Short Nights of The Shadow...
Pervert Park | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
Sex Offender Stigma: Barkfors Take Taboo Tour
It’s not an easy subject to broach let alone discuss. The scarlet letter burns bright as sex offenders...
City of Gold | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review
Eating One's Way To Enlightenment: Gabbert Follows Gold Down A Rabbit-Hole Of Crucial Cultural Cuisine
Everyone in Los Angeles knows that Jonathan Gold is the...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #26. Andrea Roa (Unexpected)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Andrea Roa: Tranparent, The Babadook, Fun Home.
Lavallee: With regards to the casting choice of...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #25. Naomi Scott (The Overnight)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Naomi Scott: Force Majeure. Artist Aaron Morse. Natasha Lyonne's Instagram account: @nlyonne
Lavallee: How did Patrick Brice’s The Overnight land on...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #23. Sean Durkin (James White)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Sean Durkin: Jesse Marchant's self titled album was my favorite of the year. I read...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #22. Antonio Campos (James White)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Antonio Campos: Black Mirror (TV series). People Who Eat Darkness (Book). Nilsson Schmilsson by...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #21. Ryan Zacarias (Entertainment)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Ryan Zacarias: 1. Thomas Dinger's Fur Mich (album), Manabu Yamanaka (photographer), Ricardo Silva's Navajazo (film).
Lavallee:...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #19. Megan Mercier (Unexpected)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Megan Mercier: Kishi Bashi (music), Mike White (writer/actor/director), Black Mirror (TV show).
Lavallee: Not unlike the...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #18. Chris Bergoch (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Chris Bergoch: I really enjoyed the pre-Broadway run of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #17. Gregg Turkington (Entertainment)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Gregg Turkington: 1. The Skies Belong To Us, Brendan Koerner's book on the "golden age"...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #16. Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Craig Zobel: "The Wall," 2012, Julian Pölsler (on Netflix!), Music - the back catalog of The...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #15. Kris Swanberg (Unexpected)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Kris Swanberg: I got really in to goats milk yogurt, Taylor Swift, classic sports films,...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #14. Patrick Brice (The Overnight)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Patrick Brice: It Follows by David Robert Mitchell was one of the best cinematic experiences...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #13. Adam Salky (I Smile Back)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Salky: Book: Devil in The White City. Gripping. App: Cpro Craigslist Client. It’s the reason...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #10. Sean Baker (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Sean Baker: 1) Ruben Östlund - After being blown away by Force Majeure, I made...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #9. Matt Sobel (Take Me to the River)
Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Matt Sobel: The Windup Bird Chronicle, Borges, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Robyn
Lavallee: They say “write...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #8. Kenny Riches (The Strongest Man)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Kenny Riches: The album Grand America by Magic Mint. The album Apple Juice and Whiskey...
Killers | Review
The Killers Inside Me: The Mo Bros’ International Serial Spree
Directing duo Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto, better known as the Mo Brothers, team for the slice...
Song One | Review
Title Track: Barker-Froyland’s Cloying Debut Plays Familiar Tune
“Sad song at night, hipster’s delight” should be the opening line in Kate Barker-Froyland’s mournful, musically inclined...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #3. Michael J. Larnell (Cronies)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Michael Larnell: Paris, France, Sundance Film Festival, Ferguson Protesters (The Activists)
Lavallee: What was the genesis for...
Cake | Review
Let Them Have It: Barnz Banks on Adept Aniston
Grief is a prickly emotion to convey within the confines of the indie American melodrama, a...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #2. Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Charles Poekel: Moodymann - Moodymann. Kentucker Jones. First World War Poems from the Front. Festival...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #1. Diego Ongaro (Bob and the Trees)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”... Diego Ongaro: French singer Bertrand Belin, the town of Terlingua, Texas on the edge of...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #20. Rob Cristiano (Bob and the Trees)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Rob Cristiano: 1. I'm new to the work of Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, so when I...
The Duke of Burgundy | Review
The Body and the Whip: Strickland’s Sublime Homage to Erotic Cinema
Beginning like something that should have been called Exploits of a Chambermaid, replete with...
Black Sea | Review
Lower Depths: MacDonald’s Latest a Tense Deep Sea Treasure Hunt
While it’s being treated to a December release in his native UK, director Kevin MacDonald’s...
The Humbling | Review
Or The Unexpected Convenience of Sexism: Levinson's Perplexing but Deviously Funny Stab at Roth
Decades passed between initial adaptations of novelist Philip Roth’s novels (1969’s...
