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R100 | Review
Joy Pain Club: Matsumoto’s Latest Insistent Weirdness Uneven
After his delightful if belabored 2007 debut Big Man Japan put him on the map, director Hitoshi...
Criterion Collection: My Winnipeg | Blu-ray Review
You certainly can and probably should go home again, at least according to the faux approximation of himself in the 2007 pseudo-documentary/experimental homage My...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #1. Juan Antonio Bayona’s A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona // Writer: Patrick Ness
Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona began as one of the talents supported by Guillermo Del...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #2. Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Director: Jennifer Kent // Writer: Jennifer Kent
As she basks in the positive fall out of her incredibly well received directorial debut, The Babadook,...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #3. Fabrice du Welz’s Message From the King
Message From the King
Director: Fabrice du Welz // Writers: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell
Belgian director Fabrice du Welz announced himself with a memorable debut over...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #4. Ulrich Seidl’s Herr Grasl
Herr Grasl
Director: Ulrich Seidl // Writer: Ulrich Seidl
After premiering his monolithic Paradise trilogy across 2012 and 2013, along with the long gestating documentary project...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #5. Mia Hansen-Love’s The Future
The Future
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve // Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve
Actress turned director Mia Hansen-Løve (married to auteur Olivier Assayas) has quickly become one of the most notable contemporary French...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: Picks 100 to 6
While DC and Marvel might already have a lock on several future release dates past the 2015 campaign with the Coen Bros. circling February...
Exclusive Sundance Clip: No Left-Over Trees in Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again
Yesterday we featured an exclusive clip for the <=> section confrère Kenny Riches' The Strongest Man, today we have another look at one of the...
Little Accidents | Review
Casualties of Class War: Colangelo’s Well Performed, Soporific Debut
The directorial debut of Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents, finds a filmmaker afforded the possibility to expand...
Blackhat | Review
Black in the Saddle: Mann’s Cyber Thriller Forgets Thrills
Though clearly uninterested in providing conventional thrills with his first theatrical release in six years, director...
Black November | Review
Sweet, Oily November: Amata’s Agonizingly Clunky Issue Film
Nigerian filmmaker Jeta Amata’s fourth feature Black November sports a slew of notable American faces in this...
Exclusive Sundance Clip: No Beating Around the Bush in Kenny Riches’ The Strongest Man
The likes of Alex Ross Perry, Ana Lily Amirpour, Gillian Robespierre and Michael Tully populated the eleven-set selection last year, and it's become such...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #1. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols // Writer: Jeff Nichols
Jeff Nichols has been a steadily rising director since his excellent 2007 debut, Shotgun Stories, which first...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #2. Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie
Chappie
Director: Neill Blomkamp // Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
After the unprecedented success of his debut, District 9 (2009), South African director Neill Blomkamp thankfully...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #3. Derek Cianfrance’s The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans
Director Derek Cianfrance // Writers: Derek Cianfrance, M.L. Stedman
Derek Cianfrance surfaced to the forefront of the best new American directors with...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #4. Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight
Director: Quentin Tarantino // Writer: Quentin Tarantino
The film that almost wasn’t due to a draft of the script being leaked in early...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2015: #5. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant
All things documentary, foreign and American independent film are what the staff unabashedly bleeds for here at IONCINEMA.com. Film snobbery aside, we've identified twenty-five studio film offerings...
Son of a Gun | Review
Gunsmoke: Avery’s Able-bodied Debut Dulled by Familiar Tropes
The less familiar you are with the dramatic crime genre, perhaps the more engaged you’ll be with...
Match | Review
Stewart’s Eccentricity Barely Keeps “Match” Lit
Groomed and primmed ballet dancers create arches and points which are lauded and corrected by their instructor, kept sharp...
Involuntary | Review
Cold Cuts: Östlund Examines Behavior Unawares in Astute Sophomore Feature
While Ruben Östlund’s 2004 feature debut The Guitar Mongoloid first played with examinations of human...
Exclusive Clip: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Among Liquid Assets in Paolo Virzì’s Human Capital
In this exclusive clip from Paolo Virzì's Human Capital, (Film Movement 01.14) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s character of Carla Bernaschi sees, in one swooping motion,...
Human Capital | Review
For What It’s Worth: Virzi’s Leftist Neo-Noir a Capitalistic Parable
Receiving its North American premiere last spring at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where it...
Still Alice | Review
Red Queen’s Lost Her Head: Westmoreland & Glatzer’s Poetic Elegy of Familial Tragedy
It’s been a busy year for Julianne Moore, in between tent pole...
The Guitar Mongoloid | Review
People Are Strange: Östlund’s Debut a Curio Set of Characters
Premiering domestically in late 2004 before snagging festival play at a handful of festivals, including...
Spare Parts | Review
Parts Per Nil: McNamara Family Value Aesthetic Lessens Impact of Immigration Issues
As we meander through the opening credits of Sean McNamara’s Spare Parts, we...
In Case of No Emergency: The Films of Ruben Östlund
The first ever retrospective of Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s work which opens at the at the Film Society Lincoln Center this Wednesday and began its tour...
It’s All So Quiet | Review
I Need a Lover with a Farmhand: Leopold’s Understated Portrait of Desire Deferred
Loneliness and resentment are the dueling, omnipresent emotions on screen in virtually...
And the Most Anticipated Foreign Film of 2015 is…Andrzej Zulawski’s Cosmos
Cosmos
Director: Andrzej Zulawski // Writer: Andrzej Zulawski
2015 marks the ending of a fifteen year hiatus from filmmaking for Polish auteur Andrzej Zulawski, whose last...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #2. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke
One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #3. Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the...
The World Made Straight | Review
Civil War on Drugs: Burris Turns Southern Gothic into Southern Comfort
Though its title sounds something you’d expect to grace a Christian propaganda film starring...
Valley of Saints | Review
Endangered Species: Syeed Offers Temperate Portrait of a Man and his Home Against an Oscillating Backdrop
Reflecting his background within the documentary realm, Musa Syeed’s first...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster
The Lobster
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #5. Guillaume Nicloux’s The Valley of Love
The Valley of Love
Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux
Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #6. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau
Dau
Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky // Writers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Susanne Marian, Vladimir Sorokin
Long touted as one of the most ambitious Russian films ever made (but perhaps...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #7. Abdellatif Kechiche’s La blessure
La blessure
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche // Writer: Abdellatif Kechiche, Francois Begaudeau
Few auteurs have reached the heights of emotional realism in narrative cinema as has Tunisian...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #8. Gaspar Noé’s Love
Love
Director: Gaspar Noé // Writer: Gaspar Noé
The most controversial director in our top ten list has to be Argentinean director Gaspar Noé, who has...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #9. Michael Haneke’s Flashmob
Flashmob
Director: Michael Haneke // Writer: Michael Haneke
The cinema of Michael Haneke may be described as cold, distant, even isolating, as the Austrian auteur prizes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #10. Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
Director: Jia Zhangke // Writer: Jia Zhangke
A preeminent figure in the Sixth Generation movement of Chinese cinema, Jia Zhangke is arguably one...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #11. Lucrecia Martel’s Zama
Zama
Director: Lucrecia Martel // Writer: Lucrecia Martel
Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel has become one of her country's most prolific filmmakers with three outstanding titles to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #12. Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth’s Kebab Royal
Kebab Royal
Director: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth // Writer: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
A Belgian directing duo that you may be unfamiliar with but...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #13. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade // Writer: Maren Ade
Though many be unfamiliar with her work, which is a pity since both her previous films are...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #14. Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Let the Bodies Sunbathe!
Let the Bodies Sunbathe!
Directors: Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani // Writers: Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani
Belgian couple Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani have amassed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #15. Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Director: Xavier Dolan // Writer: Xavier Dolan
2014 marked an important year for the burgeoning auteur Xavier Dolan,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #16. Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes
11 Minutes
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski // Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski
Esteemed Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski began his directorial career in the late 60's, but gained international acclaim...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #17. Catherine Breillat’s Bridge of Floating Dreams
Bridge of Floating Dreams
Director: Catherine Breillat // Writer: Brian Jones
Shortly before her latest title, the autobiographical Abuse of Weakness hit it's limited release in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #18. Benoit Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre
Journal d'une femme de chambre
Director: Benoit Jacquot // Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Helene Zimmer
French auteur Benoit Jacquot tends to get overlooked, though his recent international...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #19. Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
Director: Luca Guadagnino // Writer: David Kajganich
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since Luca Guadagnino’s art house favorite I...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #20. Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajauto
Director: Peter Greenaway // Writer: Peter Greenaway
Cinema is alive and kicking and so is director Peter Greenaway, though listening to the esteemed...
