Tag: top-stories
Saint, Camera, Action!: Kaouther Ben Hania Frames a Divine Rebellion in ‘Mimesis’
Fresh off winning the Grand Jury Prize in Venice for The Voice of Hind Rajab (read review), Kaouther Ben Hania has shifted directly to...
Fuller House: Dupieux Lands Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson, Emma Mackey, Charlotte Le Bon + Tim & Eric for ‘Full Phil’
Absurdist auteur par excellence, Quentin Dupieux has thrown us some clapperboard proof that Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson, Emma Mackey, Charlotte Le Bon, Nassim Lyes,...
The Little Prince: Hirokazu Kore-eda Returns to ‘Air Doll’ Thematics with ‘Sheep In The Box’
Hirokazu Kore-eda has a penchant for bringing things to life. The Japanese filmmaker has reanimated lifeless objects and souls who've lost their way, and...
Caught by the Times: Jia Zhang-ke Begins Production on Contemporary Film this December
We don't have a title. We don't have a synopsis, location or cast news, but Jia Zhang-ke is moving into production this December on...
Rise from the Ashes: Weerasethakul Sets Tilda Swinton for ‘Jengira’s Magnificent Dream’
ARTE France Cinéma made their usual fall announcement of projects they'll be backing and among the quartet of projects that includes Emmanuel Mouret (Le...
2025 Venice Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage
IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire competition and more. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the feature films across all...
Provincial Pill: Benjamín Naishtat to Direct Lali Espósito in Desire & Revenge Filled ‘Glaxo’
RT Features' Rodrigo Teixeira is backing another book-to-film project this time with Rojo filmmaker Benjamín Naishtat. Variety reports that the Argentinean filmmaker will adapt...
Hired Wheels: David Jonsson & Cooper Hoffman Drive India Donaldson’s ‘The Chaperones’
Last August we learned that India Donaldson plus A24 were in the works on her sophomore feature and we just found out this project...
Dog Eat Dog Type World: Dominga Sotomayor Set to Direct ‘La Perra’ with Manuela Oyarzún & Selton Mello
Currently at the San Sebastián International Film Festival where she premiered the under-the-radar (soon to bee released on Netflix) Limpia (which is inspired by...
Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias – Forastera
Set in Mallorca, Cata's summer is drenched in sun and lazy promise—until it is violently rewritten by the absurd, sudden death of her grandmother,...
Allegretto Kreutzer: Léa Seydoux & Catherine Deneuve Seek the Truth in ‘Gentle Monster’
Léa Seydoux will topline the much anticipated drama by Corsage (read review) helmer Marie Kreutzer. Deadline reports that production will begin anytime soon on...
Exclusive Clips: No Reason to Hide in Emilie Thalund’s ‘Weightless’ (Vægtløs) – 2025 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival
Among the thirteen first and sophomore film offerings in the New Directors competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (the fest begins today)...
2026 Oscars: Is It a Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ vs. Ben Hania’s ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Duel?
With the October 1st deadline fast approaching, the field for the Academy Award's Best International Feature Film is narrowing. Only a few key contenders...
2026 Oscars: Critic Darling ‘Sirāt’ is NEON’s Dark Horse Contender in Best Intl. Feature Film Category
It "blew up" the Croisette back in May, landed the Jury Prize, was tops on our Cannes Critics' Panel grid and this might be...
Mission Statement: Denis Côté’s Gets ‘Violence du corps de l’autre’ Ready for 2026
Darling of the film festival circuit, we have an update on latest project from celebrated Québécois auteur Denis Côté. His newest film, Violence Du...
2026 Oscars: NEON Has Lock on Best Intl. Feature Film Category with Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Repping Brazil
In any given year, a film such as Venice Film Fest's Marianna Brennand's Manas or Berlinale Silver Bear winning The Blue Trail by Gabriel...
Another End | Review
The Power of Goodbye: Messina Gets Maudlin with Future Grief
The devil’s unfortunately absent in the details of Another End, a conceptual science fiction melodrama...
2025 TIFF: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award Paving the Way to Oscar Gold
Building on Telluride buzz that preceded it, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet just lassoed the TIFF People’s Choice Award which makes it the bonafide top of...
The History of Sound | Review
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t: Hermanus Plays a Tune for the Broken Hearted
“Happiness doesn’t tell stories,” is a sage observation uttered in The History...
Erupcja | 2025 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Sympathy Is A Knife: Charli xcx Shines In This Snapshot Of Falling Out Of Love
In 1927, The New York Times declared that Warsaw had...
The Fence (Le Cri des Gardes) | 2025 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Cri du cœur: Denis Delivers A Boiling Colonial Drama Dripping With Sexual Tension
A border is simply a line on a map. A fence is...
Dreams (Sex Love) | Review
Love on the Brain: Haugerud Caps Trilogy with Teenage Wasteland
With his latest film Dreams (Sex Love) (aka Drømmer), the final installment in his thematic...
Bravo Bene! | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Investigation of a Suspicious Citizen: Maresco Salvages Cinema
“I am not interested in any filmmaker. I am not even interested in my own films…” said...
2025 Venice Film Festival – Who Should Win? Who Will Win!
The verdict is in. The Alexander Payne-led jury has made its decisions, determining the fate of this year's Venice Film Festival competitors. While last...
The Sun Rises On Us All | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Karma Police: Misery Loves Company in Shangjun’s Dreary Love Story
If love means never having to say you’re sorry, they never experienced the magnitude of...
Silent Friend | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Allegory of the Tree: Enyedi’s Masterful Meditation on Human Progress
The metaphorical subtexts germinating to fruition through Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend are formidable, even as,...
Elisa | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Memories of Murder: Di Costanzo Treads Criminal Motives
The impetus behind Elisa, the latest from Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo is pregnant with intrigue, examining...
On the Road | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Road to Perdition: Pablos Charts a Brutal Journey to Redemption
Solidifying himself as the queer counterpart to Michel Franco, David Pablos' On the Road features...
Girl (Nühai) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
This Girl’s Life: Qi Outlines Inherited Abuses
For her directorial debut Girl, actress Shu Qi wields a heavy hand in a film which seems to...
Duse | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Distress Becomes Her: Marcello Delivers a Diva’s Final Act
For many, Duse, the latest feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello, will serve as their introduction...
L’étranger (The Stranger) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Anatomy of a Mime: Ozon Explores the Seduction of Indifference
Decades before Hannah Arendt introduced her concept of ‘the banality of evil,’ Albert Camus...
Straight Circle | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Circle in the Sand: Hudson Blurs the Borders of the Mind
“Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill,” wrote English writer Richard...
The Testament of Ann Lee | Review
Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of a Religious Leader
There’s a fervor roiling beneath the surface of Mona Fastvold’s third feature, The...
Roqia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Demon in My View: Koussim Unleashes a Djinn
A generation spanning possession is at the heart of Roqia, the directorial debut from Algerian director...
Father Mother Sister Brother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors
If each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way, there are still a wide variety...
The Wizard of the Kremlin | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas Bungles Political Espionage
Of the many significant issues severely hobbling The Wizard of the Kremlin, the...
A Sad and Beautiful World | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Man is an Island: Aris Explores Childhood, Couplehood and Parenthood with Flip Book Speeds
Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris utilizes the three distinct yet related...
Gorgonà | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Female of the Species: Kalogiropoulou Hits the Gas in Brooding Debut
How, exactly, does a powerful woman command the patriarchy? It turns out, only...
Ish | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Closely Watched Strain: Perretta Reflects Traumatic Coming-of-Age
There’s a bleak fatalism apparent in Ish, the directorial debut of visual artist Imran Perretta, named for its...
Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Staples of Naples: Rosi Sifts Through Timeworn Sediments
The past informs the present of modern day Naples in Below the Clouds, the latest documentary from...
No Other Choice | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Slay the Competition: Chan-wook Explores the Horrors of Capitalism
In many ways, Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax feels more relevant than ever, which is...
Milk Teeth | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Child Left Behind: Mincan Explores a Nation That Stood in Silence
Perhaps more terrifying than the high-seas stowaway trip from hell (2022’s To the North),...
À pied d’oeuvre (At Work) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Declaration of Poor: Donzelli’s Tone Deaf Survey of a Starving Artist
Despite honorable intentions, it’s difficult not to perceive Valérie Donzelli’s latest feature, At Work...
Orphan | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
I Will Be Your Father Figure: Nemes Paints Period Paternity Thriller
Hungarian director László Nemes essentially rounds out a thematic trilogy with his third film...
Father (Otec) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Penance for Your Thoughts: Nvotová Jumps into Void without Societal Parachutes
For her third feature, Father (Otec), Slovak filmmaker Tereza Nvotová delivers a psychologically immersive portrait...
Stereo Girls (Les Immortelles) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Death Be Not Loud: Deruas Kills a Teen Dream in Languid Period Piece
With her sophomore directorial feature Stereo Girls, Caroline Deruas Peano continues down...
Mother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Slack Narcissus: Mitevska Conjures the Psyche of a Saint
There are a handful of contemporary historical figures whose accomplishments have superseded cultural critique thanks to...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Predictions
And we are off to the races - the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival begins today and as per tradition Kevin Jagernauth...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival – Our Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It’s the fall film festival season folks! And the party kicks off in style on the Lido with the legendary Venice Film Festival. With...
