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Young Guns: Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh Prepping “Les Yeux Verts”
The filmmaking duo, whose debut film Gagarine earned the Cannes Label in 2020 and found its way to cinephiles amidst the challenges of the...
2023 American Film Festival (AFF): “Dream Scenario” & “Memory” Bookend Fest / Adele Romanski & Alex Ross Perry Honored
The American Film Festival (AFF) in Wrocław have unveiled the line-up for their upcoming 14th edition (November 7th to 12th) and we find Kristoffer...
2023 Gotham Awards: All of Us Strangers Leads Noms, but it’s a “Past Lives” vs. “A Thousand and One” Event
In what is an increasingly convoluted ceremony (remember that each category is determined by a mere five individuals), All of Us Strangers takes the...
Interview: Sophie Letourneur – Voyages en Italie
Obviously it was always going to be Italy. Not Spain. Misadventures that take place in real life are matched by the very creative adventures...
Killers of the Flower Moon | Review
The Moon in the Gutter: Scorsese Tackles the Osage Nation Murders
Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated adaption of David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction publication Killers of the...
Interview: Rodrigo Moreno – The Delinquents
On the same week Argentines go to the polls to decide the change the course of their country (the much maligned wobbly economy is...
Paint By Numbers: Noée Abita Among FEMEN Force in Charlène Favier’s “Oxana”
French filmmaker Charlène Favier who broke out with the Cannes 2020 Label Slalom (read review) is currently in week 2 of production on her...
Mister Cab Driver: Guillaume Senez Reteams with Roman Duris for Japan-set “Une Part Manquante”
They teamed together on his 2018 Cannes Critics' Week premiered Our Struggles (Nos Batailles), and now Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez it set to work...
Hall of Mirror: Sammy Lechea & Zar Amir Ebrahimi Topline Karim Moussaoui’s “The Vanishing”
After making a splash on the Croisette in 2017 with his debut feature Until The Birds Return (Un Certain Regard selection), Karim Moussaoui is...
Anatomy of a Fall | Review
Witness for the Prosecution: Triet Beguiles with Knotty Crime Procedural
Justine Triet reunites with several of her Sibyl (2019) collaborators on her best film to...
Interview: Delphine Girard – Quitter la nuit (Through the Night)
Belgian filmmaker Delphine Girard's debut film takes a plunge into the murky world she created with her 2018 short film Une sœur - an...
Catherine Frot Toplines, Claire Mathon Behind the Line in Alain Guiraudie’s “Miséricorde”
Just weeks before Alain Guiraudie is set to begin production on his seventh feature film, we learn (via the lesinrocks folks) that the cast of...
Bubbling to the Surface: Léa Mysius To Give us a Night to Remember with “Histoires De La Nuit”
A Cannes Film Festival regular with her Critics' Week showcased Ava (in 2017) and Directors’ Fortnight selected The Five Devils (2022), Léa Mysius has...
Interview: Vita Maria Drygas – Danger Zone
The Danger Zone project consumed nearly a decade of the life of Lithuanian-born, Polish director Vita Maria Drygas. It explores the niche but growing...
Interview: Nara Normande & Tião – Sem Coração (Heartless)
For their feature debut collaboration, Brazilian filmmakers Nara Normande and Tião returned to the heart of Guaxuma, the beachside setting in Alagoas, for their...
Interview: Nehir Tuna – Dormitory (Yurt)
For his feature debut, Turkish filmmaker Nehir Tuna climbs back into his personal space to explore friendship, isolation and the diverging philosophical and religious...
Interview: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – City of Wind
For her debut feature film, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir delves into her own past experiences, exploring customs and traditions through the eyes of her young protagonist....
Conjugal Bliss: Sophie Letourner’s “Voyages en Italie” Part of Future Trilogy
This past weekend we had the chance to chat with French filmmaker Sophie Letourner on her Rotterdam-preemed Voyages en Italie (which was released domestically...
Not So Silent: Guillaume Nicloux Setting Up Sarah Bernhardt Biopic “La divine”
There is no slowing down French filmmaker Guillaume Nicloux. With the comedy Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq now in post, Nicloux is now...
An “Offerings” He Can’t Refuse: Anthony Shim Sets Up Next Project for 2024 Shoot
A tidbit of news that slipped under our radar late last week, Variety reports that Canadian Korean filmmaker Anthony Shim (who is coming off...
Love Will Tear us Apart: Sideshow & Janus Films Embrace Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast”
It just had its NYFF splash and while it was shut out from any of the Golden Lion prizing in Venice, the critic elites...
46th Résidence of the Festival de Cannes: Asmae El Moudir & Gessica Geneus Among the Selected Six
It's not only paid room and board in Paris but a true opportunity to help support the next generation of international filmmakers. A mandate...
She Came to Me | Review
Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry
To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...
The Royal Hotel | Review
Kitty Green Takes her 'Assistant’ To The Outback in Sunburn Sizzler
After exploring the ways in which workplace rape culture enables predators like Harvey Weinstein...
2023 Mill Valley Film Festival: It’s Oscar Race Crunch Time for “American Fiction”, “NYAD”, “The Bikeriders” & “The Zone of Interest”
The battlefield of Telluride already made a dent in the Oscar race, Toronto followed suit and cemented the status of some films while adding...
More Than Ever (Plus que jamais) | Review
When the Body Speaks: Krieps & Ulliel Fight for the Right Balance in Atef’s Final Voyage Drama
A too young to die portrait that sees...
2023 Wallonia-Brussels: Woodworth, Lafosse, Guit Bros., Baloji, Mitevska & Laura Wandel Receive Coin
The folks at the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles folks are throwing some coin support towards 27 fiction feature...
2024 Oscars: Rodrigo Moreno’s “The Delinquents” is Argentina’s Nomination for Best International Film
It was pretty much a forgone conclusion that after Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents was all the buzz in Cannes (of what turned out to...
2023 American Film Fest in Wrocław: Tyler Taormina, Cutter Hodierne & Sarah Friedland Among U.S. in Progress Participants
Before we get all focused on next year's Sundance, one of the last major pit-stops for emerging American indie filmmaker talent can be found...
Narrowing Down the Pack: 9 Titles That Will Shake up the 2024 Best Intl. Film Race
Today we insert Austria's pick in Vera (the Best Director and Best Actress winner at last year's Horizons Venice Film Festival) by tandem Tizza...
2023 San Sebastián: Camborda’s “The Rye Horn” Wins Golden Shell, “Kalak” & “Puan” Double Up in Prizes
It's now the fourth year in a row that a female filmmaker has won San Sebastián's prestigious Golden Shell award. After Déa Kulumbegashvili's Beginning,...
Catch Twenty-2?: Jasmila Zbanic Embarks on “Quo Vadis, Aida: The Missing Piece”
Tucked away in German coin trade news (via the Screen Daily folks) we find a bunch of big filmmaker names receiving funds for their...
Billionaire Boys Club: Andrey Zvyagintsev Tackles Power & Corruption with “Jupiter”
He had a couple of projects in the works (English language project What Happens and a “psychological mood” of Russia’s society) and then had...
Saturn Bowling | Review
Nightmare (Bowling) Alley: Mazuy Shocks with Disturbing Thriller
Every once in a while, a film comes along which conceptualizes brutality so shocking and vile it...
2023 European Film Awards: The Zone of Interest & Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Lead New Noms
A pair of noteworthy Cannes titles in Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest and Tran Anh Hung's The Pot-au-Feu, some Locarno items such as...
2023 MyMetaStories: 1st Edition includes Roquet’s “Libertad”, Ido’s “Gravity” & Mitevska’s “The Happiest Man in the World”
The selections for the first edition of MyMetaStories - The Innovative European Film Festival were announced and among the seven feature films selected we...
MMXX | 2023 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival Review
Hindsight, 20/20: Puiu Contemplates the Comedy of Crisis
Mercury is most definitely in retrograde for the four principal characters in MMXX, the latest foray into...
Venice Film Festival 2023: All of IONCINEMA.com’s Movie Reviews
We came, we saw, we conquered. Our Nicholas Bell was in review overdrive assessing the entire competition and much more. We'll still have film...
2024 Oscars: Lila Avilés’ Tótem is Mexico’s Nomination for Best International Film
In a flurry of announcements for the Best International Film category, we now learn that Mexico has selected Lila Avilés' brilliant sophomore feature, Tótem...
Love Me Don’t: Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair & Damien Bonnard Join Mouret’s “Une honnête femme”
A major ensemble casting update has dropped (via the Cineuropa folks) for Emmanuel Mouret's next directing gig. His brochette includes Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier,...
Next Step Volume II: Konstantina Kotzamani, João Paulo Miranda Maria & Sam Kuhn Selected
For almost a decade now, the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival has been nurturing emerging talents as they transition from short to...
Anatomy of the Future: Arthur Harari to Direct Léa Seydoux in Sci-fi Project
Adding to a string (Crimes of the Future and The Beast) of recent sci-fi-based roles, actress Léa Seydoux is tipped to join Onoda: 10,000...
Toque in Trilogy: Carla Simon Dances with Producer María Zamora for “Romería”
Golden Bear winner Carla Simon has reteamed with her Alcarràs (read review) producer Elástica Films' Maria Zamora for what is coined as neo-realist flamenco...
Labor Market: Laure Calamy Toplines Anne-Sophie Bailly’s Debut “Les Inséparables”
Anne-Sophie Bailly has lassoed the multi-faceted Laure Calamy for her feature debut, Les Inséparables. Originally titled Mona, according to the folks at Cineuropa, the...
Northward Bound: Lucia Garibaldi in Production on “Un Futuro Brillante”
Uruguayan filmmaker Lucia Garibaldi is currently in production with her sophomore feature which is currently lensing Montevideo. The filmmaker saw her debut feature The...
Mirrored Life: Jaime Rosales Looks at Love Entanglement with “Morlaix”
Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales has chosen the backdrop of Morlaix (located in Brittany, France) for his eighth feature film..which goes by the title of...
The Key to My Art: Kaouther Ben Hania to Direct “Tu ne feras point d’images” in 2024
After premiering her Les Filles d’Olfa aka Four Daughters (which was nabbed by the Kino Lorber folks) in the Palme d'Or competition this past...
Robe of Gems | Review
Trojan Women: Lopez Crafts Collage of Complicity in Stellar Debut
For her directorial debut Robe of Gems (Manto de gemas), Natalia López Gallardo resists expectations...
En attendant la nuit (For Night Will Come) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
I Was a Teenage Vampire: Rouzet Insists the Family That Slays Together Stays Together
For her narrative feature debut, En attendant la nuit (For Night...
El Conde | Review
Death Becomes Him: Larrain Resurrects a Dictator in Bizarre Black Comedy
For his most subversive film to date (and likely the most beautiful and perverse...
