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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #73. Catherine Corsini’s La belle saison
La belle saison
Director: Catherine Corsini // Writers: Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss
French director Catherine Corsini isn’t very well known in the US, though many should...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #74. Ari Folman’s Anne Frank Project
Untitled Anne Frank Project
Director: Ari Folman // Writer: Ari Folman
We were sorry to see Folman’s last film, 2013’s The Congress so apathetically received after...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #75. Agnieszka Holland’s Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead
Director: Agnieszka Holland // Writers: Agnieszka Holland, Olga Tokarczuk
After working heavily in television since her last...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #76. Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Director: Wim Wenders // Writers: Bjorn Olaf Johannssen
New German Wave auteur Wim Wenders has lately been focusing on documentaries, both...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #77. Sara Johnsen’s Framing Mom
Framing Mom
Director: Sara Johnsen // Writer: Sara Johnsen
Norwegian director Sara Johnsen has yet to secure US distribution for her previous three features, including her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #78. Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King
The Girl King
Director: Mika Kaurismaki // Writer: Michel Marc Bouchardt
Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki, brother of famed auteur Aki Kaurismaki, has often resided in the shadows...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #79. Emmanuelle Bercot’s La tête haute
La tête haute
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot // Writer: Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano
Though initially an actress that appeared in films from Jean-Francois Richet and Benoit Jacquot (and more...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #80. Michel Gondry’s Microbe et Gasoil
Microbe et Gasoil
Director: Michel Gondry // Writer: Michel Gondry
Though his last feature, 2013’s zany and effervescent Mood Indigo, had a tortured flight to the box...
Best of 2014: Jordan M. Smith’s Top 20 (Picks 20-11)
It seems with each passing year the flood of year end lists are published earlier and earlier, assuring that at least a handful of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #81. Alice Winocour’s Close Protection
Close Protection
Director: Alice Winocour // Writer: Alice Winocour
Premiering her 2012 debut Augustine at Cannes Critics’ Week, which went on to be nominated for Best...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #82. Jean-Francois Richet’s One Wild Moment
One Wild Moment
Director: Jean-Francois Richet // Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Claude Berri (original film), Jean-Francois Richet
Jean-Francois Richet won a Cesar for his 1996 debut, Inner...
2015 Top 100 Foreign Titles: #83. Christian Vincent’s L’hermine
L’hermine
Director: Christian Vincent // Writer: Christian Vincent
A woefully underrated writer and director, Christian Vincent (pictured above) won a Cesar for his directorial debut back...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #84. Catalin Mitulescu’s Rumeno
Rumeno
Director: Catalin Mitulescu // Writer: Catalin Mitulescu
2015 is shaping up to be a big year for several of Romania’s most noted auteurs, and among...
2015 Top 100 Foreign Titles: #85. Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture
Director: Jim Sheridan// Writers: Johnny Ferguson, Jim Sheridan
In light of his recent titles, it’s hard to forget that Jim Sheridan started out...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #86. Philippe Garrel’s L’ombre des femmes
L’ombre des femmes
Director: Philippe Garrel // Writers: Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Arlette Langman, Philippe Garrel
The 66 year old filmmaker makes his 25th feature this...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #87. Radu Jude’s Aferim!
Aferim!
Director: Radu Jude // Writers: Radu Jude, Florin Lazarescu
Romanian director Radu Jude’s 2012 sophomore film, Everybody in Our Family was a tense, hysterical familial...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #88. Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea
Mediterranea
Director: Jonas Carpignano // Writer: Jonas Carpignano
Formerly going by A Chjàna, the same title as the short film (see pic above) on which this...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #89. Maiwenn’s Mon roi
Mon roi
Director: Maiwenn // Writers: Etienne Comar, Maiwenn
Actress turned director Maiwenn's last stint behind the camera won her the Jury Prize at Cannes 2011...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #90. Arnaud Desplechin’s Three Memories of Childhood
Three Memories of Childhood
Director: Arnaud Desplechin // Writer: Arnaud Desplechin
While we weren’t the greatest fans of Desplechin’s last film, 2013’s Jimmy P., which played...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #91. Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure
The Treasure
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu // Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu
One of the frontrunners of the Romanian New Wave thanks to his 2006 debut 12:08 East of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #92. Hagar Ben Asher’s The Burglar
The Burglar
Director: Hagar Ben Asher // Writer: Hagar Ben Asher
Actress turned director Hagar Ben Asher’s first film, The Slut (2011) premiered at Cannes (we...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #94. Lisa Aschan’s White People
White People
Director: Lisa Aschan // Writer: Lisa Aschan
After nabbing several awards for her 2011 debut She Monkeys (see trailer below), Swedish director Lisa Aschan was...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #95. Brian Helgeland’s Legend
Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland // Writer: Brian Helgeland
There was initially a lot of promise for writer turned director Brian Helgeland’s career, his directorial debut was...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #96. Denis Dercourt’s En équilibre
En équilibre
Director: Denis Dercourt // Writer: Denis Dercourt
French director Denis Dercourt is generally underappreciated in the US, despite having helmed the superb 2006 film...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #97. Hugh Hudson’s Altamira
Altamira
Director: Hugh Hudson // Writers: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares
Hudson, notably the director of 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, hasn’t helmed a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #98. Radu Muntean’s One Floor Below
One Floor Below
Director: Radu Muntean // Writers: Radu Muntean, Rãzvan Rãdulescu, Alexandru Baciu.
With his four previous features, this Romanian director was flying under the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #99. Henrik Ruben Genz’s Tordenskiold
Tordenskiold
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz // Writer: Erlend Loe
Danish director Genz is best known for his 2008 film Terribly Happy, which earned him comparison to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #100. Stephane Brize’s A Simple Man
A Simple Man
Director: Stephane Brize // Writer: Stephane Brize
This will be the sixth film from director Stephane Brize, perhaps best known for his Cesar...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: (Picks 200-101)
They didn't make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015....
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: An Introduction
In an effort to explain the criteria used to create our list of Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015, we must first...
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death | Review
Blitzkrieg Bop: Harper’s Demurely Serviceable Horror Sequel Revels in Cheap Thrills
Director James Watkins scored a sleeper hit with his 2012 sophomore film, The Woman...
Best of 2014: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 (Picks 10-1)
Nicholas Bell's Top 20 films of 2014...
#20. Madeleine Olnek's The Foxy Merkins
#19. Damien Chazelle's Whiplash
#18. Gillian Robespierre's Obvious Child
#17. Jennifer Kent's The Babadook
#16. Adam...
Best of 2014: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 (Picks 20-11)
As seems to be the usual case, many of my top 2014 theatrical releases were actually 2013 titles I caught on the festival circuit...
Li’l Quinquin | Review
Life of Quinquin: Dumont’s Foray into Miniseries Format Filled with His Brand of Peculiar Humor
Provocative auteur Bruno Dumont lets loose his comedic side with...
Rec 4: Apocalypse | Review
Wreckollect: Balaguero Returns to Famed Franchise for Gasping Final Chapter
The good news is that we’ve probably seen the last creative juice finally squeezed out...
Best of Fest – Docs: Citizenfour Wins Over Critics, While Dubai, Torino and EntreVues Wrap by Handing Out Awards (December 2014)
Academy Awards
On December 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that they'd whittled down the 134 eligible documentary submissions to a 15 film...
What’s Up Doc?: Latest from Psihoyos & Ross Bros. Lead Sundance Charge (December 2014)
The holidays are winding down and that means we at IONCINEMA.com are gearing up for our annual pilgrimage to Park City where an A-list...
A Most Violent Year | Review
Year of Living Stressfully: Chandor Returns with Slow-Boil Scald
Baby, it may be cold outside, but the climate’s sure changing in J.C. Chandor’s flashback to...
Unbroken | Review
Run Rabbit Run: Jolie’s Grimly Serious POW Reenactment
Beautifully, if sometimes too glossily mounted, Angelina Jolie’s sophomore effort as a director, Unbroken, is too poker...
Tip Top | Review
Vive La France!: Bozon Returns With a Strangeness
Actor turned director Serge Bozon is the most visible member of a small coterie of filmmakers operating...
Song of the Sea | Review
Of Myth and Men: Moore Dons Skin of the Irish Selkies To Craft Stunning Children's Tale of Family Heritage
You can probably count the number...
Selma | Review
Turnin’ the Beat Around: DuVernay’s Poignant, Passionate MLK Portrait Revitalizes Notions of Biopic
Eschewing what’s come to resemble a traditional route in downplaying both the...
Leviathan | Review
On the Waterfront: Zvyagintsev’s Sprawling Opus of a Modern, Devouring Regime
Back with his fourth feature, Leviathan, Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev succeeds in cinematic sublimity...
The Gambler | Review
Kens and Dolls: Wyatt Revamps Toback Prose for the Plastic Age
Working steadfastly against the success of Rupert Wyatt’s up-do of The Gambler, which was...
Big Eyes | Review
Soul Windows: Burton Returns to the Biopic with Flagging Interest
Long judged as a director clearly intent on recycling the same motif, themes, and...
Ask Me Anything | Review
Ask and You Shall Receive: Burnett’s Adaptation Buoyed By Arresting Performances
Landing somewhere on a spectrum of unraveling female adolescent prototypes that plays like one...
The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
An Expected Finale: Jackson Brings Tolkien Saga to Thankful End
Upon reaching the end of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy with the third and final installment, renamed The Hobbit:...
Inherent Vice | Review
The Vice is Right: Anderson’s Inherently Incoherent Pynchon Trip
For his seventh film, auteur Paul Thomas Anderson stakes a claim as the first filmmaker to...
After the Fall | Review
Falling Down: Klein’s Debut Exploits Economic Realities for Mixed Crime Drama
Exploring the ravaged remnants of the façade once referred to as the American Dream,...
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Review
Dance, Fools, Dance: Performances Elevate Seidelman’s Stagnant Adaptation
Marking the fifth film collaboration between director Arthur Allan Seidelman and writer Richard Alfieri is Six Dance...
