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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...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #21. Sergei Loznitsa’s Babi Yar
Babi Yar
Director: Sergei Loznitsa // Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa made waves with his 2010 feature debut My Joy, followed by 2012’s In...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #22. Cristi Puiu’s Sierra-Nevada
Sierra-Nevada
Director: Cristi Puiu // Writer: Cristi Puiu
Not much has been heard lately from Romanian New Wave master Cristi Puiu, whose memorable sophomore effort, 2005’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #23. Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin
The Assassin
Director(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien // Writer(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien
T’ien-wen Chu Chinese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien has been steadily working since the early 1980’s, coming to great...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #24. Christophe Honoré’s Les Malheurs de Sophie
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Director: Christophe Honoré // Writers: Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
One of France’s most underrated directors (at least judging on the level of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #25. Jacques Audiard’s Erran
Erran
Director: Jacques Audiard // Writer: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
French auteur Jacques Audiard has enjoyed considerable acclaim with his last two features. 2009’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #26. Terence Davies’ Sunset Song
Sunset Song
Director: Terence Davies // Writers: Terence Davies, Lewis Crassic Gribbon
While his famous early works were inspired around his incredibly bleak childhood, with a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #27. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years
45 Years
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #28. Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s The Riders
The Riders
Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka // Writer: Susie Brooks-Smith
South African filmmaker Jahmil X.T. Qubeka made headlines in 2013 when his sophomore film Of Good...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #29. Alex van Warmerdam’s Schneider Vs. Bax
Schneider Vs. Bax
Director: Alex van Warmerdam // Writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Steadily working Dutch auteur Alex van Warmerdam has been systematically making bizarre, offbeat features...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #30. Tobias Lindholm’s A War
A War
Director: Tobias Lindholm // Writer: Tobias Lindholm
Director and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm has received more attention for his work as screenwriter on a pair...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #31. Agusti Villaronga’s The King of Havana
The King of Havana
Director: Agusti Villaronga // Writer: Agusti Villaronga
Spanish director Agusti Villaronga is most infamously known for his delightfully perverse 1986 art-house shocker...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #32. Joachim Lafosse’s The White Knights
The White Knights
Director: Joachim Lafosse // Writer: Zelia Abadie, Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen
Belgian director Joachim Lafosse seems fascinated with incredibly uncomfortable...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #33. Nicolas Saada’s Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Director: Nicolas Saada // Writer: Nicolas Saada
Snagging a Cesar Award nomination for Best Debut in 2010 for Espion(s), director Nicolas Saada has assembled...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #34. Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite
Marguerite
Director: Xavier Giannoli // Writer: Xavier Giannoli
French director Xavier Giannoli has previously helmed five features, two of them playing in competition in Cannes, including...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #35. Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader
The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #36. Paolo Sorrentino’s In the Future
In the Future
Director: Paolo Sorrentino // Writer: Paolo Sorrentino
While Italian auteur went home empty-handed from Cannes 2013 with The Great Beauty, he went on...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #37. Jan Svankmajer’s The Insects
The Insects
Director: Jan Svankmajer // Writer: Jan Svankmajer
Earlier this year it was announced that legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, at the age of 79,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #38. Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King
Director: Tom Tykwer// Writer: Tom Tykwer
Primarily known for his famed 1998 title Run, Lola Run, which shot actress Franka Potente...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #39. Ben Wheatley’s High Rise
High Rise
Director: Ben Wheatley// Writer: Amy Jump
The fast moving and increasingly prolific Ben Wheatley commands a significant following after only four incredibly well received...
