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Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #196. Kevin MacDonald’s Black Sea
Black Sea
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Dennis Kelly
Producers: Macdonald and Charles Steel
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Jude Law, Jodie Whittaker, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Karl Davies, and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #198. Wally Pfister’s Transcendence
Transcendence
Director: Wally Pfister
Writer(s): Jack Paglen
Producer(s): Straight Up Films Straight Up Films' Annie Marter + Alcon Ent.'s Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen, David Valdes and Broderick...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #199. Andrea Di Stefano’s Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
Director: Andrea Di Stefano
Writer: Andrea Di Stefano
Producer: Dimitri Rassam
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Carlos Bardem, Brady Corbet, Ana Girardot,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #200. Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz’s Land Ho!
Land Ho!
Directors: Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz
Writers: Stephens and Katz
Producers: Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy, Christina Jennings
Exec. Producers: David Gordon Green, Julie Parker Benello, Dan...
12 O’Clock Boys | Review
Battles In Baltimore: Nathan Rides With The Boys
First time director Lotfy Nathan has spent the last few years documenting war in the streets of...
Interview: Lotfy Nathan (12 O’Clock Boys)
Lotfy Nathan seems to have quite the bright future ahead of him with his bold docu debut, 12 O’Clock Boys, finding it’s world premiere...
The Wait | Review
Time Crimes: Blash’s Sophomore Feature of an Ambient Weirdness
Director M. Blash brings back two leads from his 2006 debut, Lying, for more rural weirdness...
At Middleton | Review
One Fine Day: Rodgers’ Debut Features Strong Script, Enjoyable Performances
In a saturated market of mediocrity, a slew of sub-par independent romantic dramedies often force...
Love is in the Air | Review
Pressurized: Sagnier and Co. in a Charming Rom-Com Straitjacket
For his first solo film as director, Alexandre Castagnetti nabbed the talented Ludivine Sagnier to headline...
Best of Fest: Sundance 2014′s Top 10 New Faces
They range in age, amount of screen time, supporting or principle characters, and have previous (television work, stage and or bit parts in Hollywood/Indiewood...
Criterion Collection: The Long Day Closes | Blu-ray Review
The inimitable Terence Davies gets his first Criterion treatment this month with his 1992 title, The Long Day Closes, a superb memory poem drenched...
The Year of the Cannibals | Blu-ray Review
Raro Video resurrects an excitingly obscure title this month with Liliana Cavani’s 1967 film, The Year of the Cannibals, a counter culture art house...
Criterion Collection: La Vie De Boheme | Blu-ray Review
As an entry into Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki’s filmography, his 1992 film La Vie De Boheme, which is loosely based on Henri Murger’s Scenes...
Double Beats for Whiplash; Chazelle’s Sophomore Film Claims Grand Jury & Award Top Prizes at Sundance 2014
Damien Chazelle's Whiplash was Day 1 feel good buzz title of the fest that ultimately served as a measuring stick for the other competing...
The Skeleton Twins | 2014 Sundance Review
Sticks & Stones: Johnson’s Winning Dramedy a Showcase for Wiig & Hader
The transition from sketch comedy television to the big screen is often a...
Stranger By the Lake | Review
Wet Hot French Summer: Guiraudie’s Bold, Scintillating New Film
Idiosyncratic filmmaker Alain Guiraudie is set to take the art house by storm with his bold,...
Visitors | Review
Reggio Looks Into The Eyes Of The Audience
Steven Soderbergh was right when he said at the premiere of the film, a hundred people could watch...
Gimme Shelter | Review
Gimme Gimme: Krauss Returns to Human Interest Woes in Latest Effort
Writer/director Ron Krauss returns to the human interest vein that defined his last outing...
Towheads | Review
O is for the Other Things: Plumb’s Debut an Idiosyncratic Exercise in Domestic Ennui
Video and performance artist Shannon Plumb makes her directorial debut with...
Marmato | 2014 Sundance Review
Grieco Witnesses Dirty Deeds Done In Exchange For Gold
Mining is a dirty business, obviously, but not just in the harsh physical conditions of the...
2014 Guide to the Sundance Twitterverse
It's that time again. The biggest American film festival is upon us, and this year the IONCINEMA crew will be descending on Park City...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #25. James M. Johnston (Listen Up Philip)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Johnston: Tie: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore / After Hours by Martin Scorsese. Leading up...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #24. Mynette Louie (Land Ho!)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Mynette Louie: 1. The Killing (AMC TV series) 2. “The Good, Racist People” (NY Times...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #23. Kat Candler (Hellion)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Kat Candler: The Texas Motocross Community. Pilou Asbæk (Actor from A Hijacking). Thomas Vinterberg’s The...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #22. Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Sydney Freeland: Her (Film), The Newsroom (TV), The Legend of Korra (TV)
Lavallee: Could you discuss...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #21. Kristin Gore (War Story)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Kristin Gore: The Eric Andre show, Rodriguez, Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan.
Lavallee: Mark’s debut film...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #20. Jeremiah Bitsui (Drunktown’s Finest)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Jeremiah Bitsui: My top three 2013 discoveries are: High Intensity Interval Training, Beats Headphones, and...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #19. Aaron Katz (Land Ho!)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Aaron Katz: Calvados (apple brandy from Normandy), Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar (a great new board...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #18. Carmen Moore (Drunktown’s Finest)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Carmen Moore:
3 things that I discovered in 2013 was the poetry and musical talent...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #17. Jonathan Duffy (Hellion)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Duffy: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Dr. Paul Gardner. These guys delivered a...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #16. MorningStar Angeline (Drunktown’s Finest)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
MorningStar Angeline: In the year 2013 I rediscovered film photography and my love for it....
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #15. Charlie Tahan (Love is Strange)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Charlie Tahan: Samantha Morton gave me the movie Kes, it is one of my favorites...
Eric Lavallée (IONCINEMA) & Michael Tully (Hammer to Nail) Launch The AIFAs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2014
MICHAEL TULLY AND ERIC LAVALLÉE ANNOUNCE THEIR COLLABORATION ON THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS
Park City, UT – On the eve of...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #14. Paul Eenhoorn (Land Ho!)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Paul Eenhoorn: Frank Sinatra and his absolute command of his craft. My Vauxhall Velox from...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #13. Chris Ohlson (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Chris Ohlson: The Polaroid photography of Bastian Kalous... I'm haunted by it. Matterhorn: A Novel...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #12. Kelly Williams (Hellion)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Kelly Williams: Ola Podrida’s album “Ghosts Go Blind”. The Documentary - Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #11. Katie Stern (Listen Up Philip)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Katie Stern: One of my favorite movies of the year was Spring Breakers, my...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #10. Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Nathan Zellner: Computer Chess, more Claire Denis, MySpace.
Lavallee: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is based on...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #9. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (Difret)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari: The Master (P.T. Anderson), Half of a Yellow Sun (Novel, Chimamanda Adichie),...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #8. Jonny Mars (Hellion)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”…
Jonny Mars: 1. Wendy Davis. 2. I AM NOT A HIPSTER. 3. ENLIGHTENED the series
Lavallee:...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #7. Earl Lynn Nelson (Land Ho!)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Earl Lynn Nelson: Favorite Recording Group – The Eagles; Favorite song by Van Morris –...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #6. Lucas Joaquin (Love is Strange)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Joaquin: 1. My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard - earlier this year I read this...
Nostalghia | Blu-ray Review
Of his seven feature length films, it’s hard to pinpoint which serves as the best entry into the visual poetry of Andrei Tarkovsky, arguably...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #5. Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Alex Ross Perry: 1) I finally saw Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinema (10/30/13). Words fail...
G.B.F. | Review
Easy Peasy: Stein Returns to High School Hallways for Sweet Hearted Message Movie
Five years before Mean Girls brought the monstrous high heeled bitch posse...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #4. Mauricio Zacharias (Love is Strange)
Nicholas Bell: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Mauricio Zacharias: Machu Picchu and Pre-Columbian architecture. Brazilian film “O Som Ao Redor” (Neighboring Sounds),...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #3. Martha Stephens (Land Ho!)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Martha Stephens: 1. Lopapeysa aka The Icelandic Sweater – which is now a closet staple....
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #2. David Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
David Zellner: 1. Seeing Viva Maria! in 35mm. That movie is pure joy. 2. Gerhard...
2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #1. Deke Garner (Hellion)
Lavallee: Name me 3 of your favorite “2013 discoveries”...
Deke Garner: I discovered Street League Skateboarding, I love to skate and watch the pros skate....
Canadian Screen Awards (Canada’s Oscars) Target Villeneuve’s “Enemy”
Just a day following the conclusion of TIFF's Canada's Top Ten festival, many of the same films were heralded in this morning's Canadian Screen...
