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Piracy Politique: Brand Uses Topical Subject for Common Critique
Colombian born filmmaker Simon Brand cashes in on the current fascination with hijacking pirates for his...
Diplomacy | Review
Paris is Burning: Schlondorff Continues Plumbing the Depths of WWII
Playwright Cyril Gely (who also wrote the play upon which Safy Nebbou’s 2010 film Dumas...
Housebound | Review
Home is Where the Horror Is: Johnson’s Ozzie Horror Tickles Rather Than Chills
Fans of Peter Jackson’s early works of zany, comedy horror will most...
Criterion Collection: The Vanishing | Blu-ray Review
Remastered just in time for Halloween, Criterion dusts off George Sluizer’s classic psychological thriller The Vanishing for a Blu-ray release. The Dutch-French co-production stands...
The Goob | 2014 London BFI Film Festival Review
Goober is Great: Norfolk Sets the Scene for Myhill's Debut
Rebellious youths riding motorbikes down dirt roads aside, while there are some similarities to Pawel...
Birdman | Review
Bullets Over Broadway: Inarritu’s Vibrant, Exuberant Portrait Of Celebrity, Relevance, and Creative Passion
Not only is Birdman (or The Virtue of Ignorance) arguably the best...
Young Ones | Review
Young at Heart: Paltrow’s Sci-Fi Western is All Dried Up
Dystopic draught heralds the end of times for the parable that serves as Jake Paltrow’s...
Listen Up Philip | Review
Philip A. Dick: Perry’s Literary Minds Stuck In a Lonely Place
Following up his dark hearted homage to road trip cinema with 2011’s The Color...
Hockney | 2014 London BFI Film Festival Review
Eight Days a Week: Hockney Doc Shows Artist's Colorful Life
Guiding auds through his career from his early days growing up in Bradford, to moving...
The Pact II | Review
Murky Contract Part Deux: Hallam & Horvath Continue to Stir a Slushy Cauldron
A vaguely administered narrative continues to plague the concept of what comprises...
Addicted | Review
A Dirty Shame: Woodruff’s Erotic Fiction Adaptation Flatlines
Demurely arriving before the anticipated film version of E.L. James’ erotic fiction nonsense Fifty Shades of Grey...
Dracula Untold | Review
Play It Again, Vlad: Shiner’s Debut Attempts to Reboot Legendary Monster
It’s a bit hard on the undead when you shackle their malevolent natures into...
Stretch | Review
To Live and Drive in LA: Carnahan’s Trip into Hollyweird
In an unprecedented and surprisingly brusque move, Universal chose to dump Joe Carnahan’s latest film,...
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead | Review
Dead Again: Wirkola Outstays Welcome of Outlandish Gimmick
For those that were generally amused by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola’s breakout festival hit Dead Snow (2009),...
The Judge | Review
I Never Served Time For My Father: Dobkins’ Middling Melodrama
Groaning beneath the weight of its desperate grandstanding for awards consideration, David Dobkins’ The Judge...
You’re Not You | Review
You-Hoo: Wolfe’s ALS Drama Tries To Balance Sentiment With Schmaltz
Hilary Swank seems attracted to playing daunted heroines, continually up against considerable odds---the homophobic rednecks...
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Review
Privilege Parable: Arteta’s Trifling Adaptation of Famed Children’s’ Novel
Perhaps the most curious aspect of the live action Disney version of Judith Viorst’s 1972 children’s...
Kite | Review
Go Fly One: Ziman’s Anime Adaptation a Denuded, Unnecessary Endeavor
Those familiar with Yasuomi Umetsu’s 1998 fifty minute anime of the same name will be...
Interview: Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters
Throughout the filming of his heart-wrenching new film, The Overnighters, director Jesse Moss acted as a sort of cinephilic one man band, shooting the...
The Overnighters | Review
Love Thy Neighbor: Moss Finds Faith In Oil Boomtown
In the small town of Williston, North Dakota, a modern day boomtown is growing exponentially as...
St. Vincent | Review
Sinners And Saints: Melfi’s Debut an Unobtrusive Crowd Pleaser
For a few moments during its initial set-up, Theodore Melfi’s directorial debut, St. Vincent, seems on...
Kill the Messenger | Review
Crack is Whack: Cuesta Revisits Contras Affair as Political Thriller
Though he has several films under his belt, director Michael Cuesta has probably made more...
Automata | Review
I, Robot: Ibanez Saddles Asimov for Arresting A.I. Concoction
Spanish director Gabe Ibanez makes an impressive sci-fi entry with his sophomore feature, Automata, an exploration...
Interview: Cutter Hodierne (Fishing without Nets)
With a short film that shares a lot more DNA than simply the same title, the award-winning 2012 film essentially served as a working blueprint...
2014 Sundance Film Festival: Cutter Hodierne’s Fishing Without Nets
You'd be hard-pressed to find anything of a swashbuckling nature in what is essentially a pirate movie without the eye patches. While comparisons with other...
Stephen King’s A Good Marriage | Review
Golden Years: Askin Adapts Stephen King’s Domestic Dilemma
For those hoping for resurgence in the quality of Stephen King stock, the unique promise of A...
Annabelle | Review
Rosemary’s Scabies: Leonetti Does His Best James Wan Impression
Sure to take its place on future lists of cinematographer’s unfortunate attempts at directing, John R....
For Those in Peril | Review
Fish Out of Water: Wright’s Debut a Visually Arresting, Moody Allegory
The mythological significance of the sea inflects and infects Paul Wright’s somber directorial debut,...
Gone Girl | Review
Screens From a Marriage: Fincher Makes Pulpy Lemonade
Undoubtedly one of 2014's most anticipated titles, David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestseller, Gone Girl finds...
Zachary Wigon’s All Time Top Ten Favorite Films List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This October, we put the spotlight on an...
Left Behind | Review
Growing Pains: Armstrong’s Re-hash of Christian Agenda Hardly Rapturous
The end of times is here again with Left Behind, heralded by the presence of Nicolas...
Partners in Crime | 2014 TIFF Review
Something Scandalous: Teenage Anxiety as a Reflection of Culture
In many ways, Taiwanese director Jung-chi Chang’s sophomore feature, Partners in Crime, is very much like...
Hellaware | Review
Satirize This: Bilandic’s Scruffy Send-up of NYC Art Scene
Though starting off on a stronger note than where it eventually ends up, Michael M. Bilandic’s...
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition | Blu-Ray Review
There’s no denying the cultural magnitude of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 grindhouse classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Inspiring legions of seminal directors, as well as...
The Liberator | Review
Plowing the Sea: Arvelo’s Portrait of Famed Leader Hardly Revolutionary
Arriving with all the earmarks of a truncated and incredibly abridged version of history in...
The Blue Room | Review
Blue in the Face: Amalric’s Simenon Adaptation an Exquisite Enigma
Though actor/director Mathieu Amalric’s last directorial effort, On Tour (2010), landed him a Best Director...
Men, Women & Children | Review
I Tumblr For You; The Kids Aren't Alright in Reitman's Latest
Parents and their burgeoning teenagers battle their insecurities and repressed sexuality amidst ever present technology...
Days and Nights | Review
Birds of a Feather: Camargo’s Debut a Tepid Chekhovian Transplant
Contemporizing classic literature can be a tricky feat, though it more often than not seems...
Jimi: All is By My Side | Review
Before the Haze: Ridley’s Nuanced Portrait Worthy of Legendary Subject
After a rather cool reception following high profile festival play at Toronto and SXSW, John...
The Little Bedroom | Review
Good Grief: Nuanced Dramatic Debut Lands Long Awaited Release in US
Initially premiering at the Locarno Film Festival in 2010, the directorial debut of Stephanie...
Corbo | 2014 TIFF Review
Vive la FLQ: Revolutionary Tactics as Performance of Identity
With Corbo, Mathieu Denis’ second feature-length film, the Quebecois director has established an auteur focus on...
Pride | Review
The Climate Was Changing: Warchus Revisits 80s Set Instance of Activism
British director Matthew Warchus first appeared in 1999 with his directorial debut, Simpatico, based...
2014 TIFF: Safdie Bros.’ Heaven Knows What
Following the premiere of their caustic new film, Heaven Knows What, at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival (it premiered in Venice and had...
Two Night Stand | Review
About Last Night: Nichols’ Debut Paddles Vainly Around Notions of Modern Love
Director Max Nichols makes his directorial debut with Two Night Stand, almost entirely...
The Equalizer | Review
Sequelizer: Fuqua Resurrects Vintage TV Series to Maudlin Effect
Upon the project’s official announcement, it may not have seemed a necessarily surprising or even awful...
Criterion Collection: Eraserhead | Blu-ray Review
There was a time, not very long ago, when obtaining a decent copy of David Lynch’s first masterpiece, Eraserhead, was problematic. Selected in 2004...
Criterion Collection: The Innocents | Blu-ray Review
Being that director Jack Clayton grew up with the misfortune of having no father figure, he grew up with a deep affinity for the...
Good People | Review
People Are People: Genz’s English Debut a Satisfactory B-Grade Noir
Expectations may a bet set a bit too high for Danish filmmaker Henrik Ruben Genz’s...
Stop The Pounding Heart | Review
The Heart She Holler: Minervini Caps Texas Trilogy With Christian Corset
A hybrid of documentary aesthetic and subdued narrative happenings, the third film in a...
