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Interview: Dania Bdeir – Warsha [Short]
Among the film riches found in Sundance Film Festival's 2022 short film program we found Lebanese filmmaker Dania Bdeir's Washa. A film told on...
The Super 8 Years | Review
Parting Glances: Ernaux Ponders the Past with Intimate Documentary Debut
Although a prominent novelist in France over the past several decades, writer Annie Ernaux has...
Interview: Mara Bugarin & Șerban Lazarovici – Metronom
His filmography actually dates back to being a script supervisor on masterwork 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, so Romanian filmmaker Alexandru Belc...
Interview: Laura Mora – The Kings Of The World (Los reyes del mundo)
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Laura Mora, whose latest film The Kings of the World is Colombia’s official...
The Whale | Review
Charlie and the Tragedy Factory: Aronofsky Returns with Potent Chamber-piece on Despair and Redemption
Obesity is far from the only morbid element marinating the bleak...
2023 Sundance Film Festival: 99 Features Films Selected!
Highly anticipated films from Brandon Cronenberg, William Oldroyd, Cory Finley, Ira Sachs, Sophie Barthes and Sebastian Silva and directorial debuts from the likes of...
Interview: Yorgos Gousis – Magnetic Fields
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Yorgos Gousis, whose debut film Magnetic Fields is Greece’s official submission in consideration...
Interview: Viesturs Kairišs – January
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Viesturs Kairiss, whose latest film January is Latvia’s official submission in consideration for...
2023 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Peterson, Barthes, Poe, Parmet, Harari
And with less than 72 hours to go before the 2023 Sundance Film Festival line-up is dropped, here is our chunk of titles we...
2023 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Cronenberg, Bynum, Trengove, Alaoui, Song
In the second portion of our Sundance prognostications, we find Sundance alumni whether it be short film filmmakers vying for a spot for their...
2023 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: 75 Predictions!
The majority of the films to be presented at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will be identified next Wednesday and for our regular readers,...
The Eternal Daughter | Review
I Remember Mama: Hogg Explores Film as Memento Mori in Gloomy Ghost Story
Our own memories are the ghosts haunting us, or at least the...
Scruff Stuff: Razor Sharp Ensemble for Di Giusto’s “La Rosalie”
We had learned over the summer that Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel were set to topline Stéphanie Di Giusto's La Rosalie and over the...
White Noise | Review
Death Wishes: Baumbach Dons DeLillo’s Satirical Death March
The characters anchoring the existential narrative of White Noise have kindly stopped for death, so consumed with...
Interview: Philip Yung – Where the Wind Blows
In anticipation for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Philip Yung, whose film Where the Wind Blows (previously known as Theory Of Ambitions)...
Bones and All | Review
All the Fine Young Cannibals: Guadagnino Crafts Grisly, Devouring Love Story
“It’s amazing what you can do with a cheap piece of meat if you...
Interview: Erik Matti – On the Job: The Missing 8
In anticipation for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Erik Matti, whose film On the Job: This Missing 8 is the Philippines’...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Review
The Nan Movie: Poitras Presents Ravages of the Opioid Crisis Through Portrait of an Artist
Academy Award winning documentarian Laura Poitras’ latest documentary All the...
2022 Indie Spirits Awards Noms: The Cathedral, Palm Trees and Power Lines, Murina & Aftersun Are Glowing
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Tár, Women Talking and Bones and All are the heavyweight indies that will be properly feted the day before...
T-minus 24: Jay Baruchel & Emily Hampshire Toplined Caitlin Cronenberg’s “Humane”
Deets Caitlin Cronenberg’s directorial debut were scarce but we're now in the know as production has just wrapped up. Deadline reports that the one month...
Interview: Carolina Markowicz – Charcoal (Carvão)
Pandemic times gifted Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz with fraternal film twins. Toll would turn out to be her sophomore feature, but she broke out...
At First Glance: Zia Anger’s “My First Film” Becomes … Her First Film with Odessa Young
And so the project that was supposed to be a first film that ended up not becoming a film but instead an interactive show...
The Fabelmans | Review
All the Camera Allows: Spielberg Revisits Childhood in Semi-Autobiographical Portrait
Evident in many of the titles from his iconic filmography, whether science fiction, adventure or...
200 Meters | Review
Faraway, So Close: Nayfeh Showcases Absurdity’s Segue to Tragedy in Meaningful Debut
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is one of several contemporary global...
Interview: Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
This year's "buzz" title at the Cannes Film Festival was tucked away in the Critics' Week section and everywhere Charlotte Wells' debut feature has...
Eo | Review
Donkey Skin: Skolimowski Restages Bresson for the Modern Age
Robert Bresson’s 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar is considered a masterpiece, though its reputation took a...
Error Prone: Noée Abita Navigates Cruel World in Victoria Musiedlak’s “La vie sauvage”
Production is due to begin next Monday on Victoria Musiedlak's feature debut and we've learned via Le Film Francais that Noée Abita will topline...
2022 Les Arcs Film Festival: Oleh Sentsov & Sandra Wollner Among Filmmakers in Co-Production Village
One of the last important showcases for films in progress, in the context of Les Arcs Film Festival we have the Co-Production Village -...
The Wonder | Review
Power Surge: Lelio Ponders power and the profound in his latest which attempts to grapple with the nature of storytelling itself
“This is the beginning...
2022 Arras Days: Teona Strugar Mitevska, Michal Blasko & Alexandru Baciu + Maria Popistasu Selected
The 11th edition of Arras Days (part of the The Arras Film Festival) is one more source for Euro projects still at the script...
Un Couple | Review
A Human Voice: Wiseman Explores Catharsis and Suppression in Tranquil Soliloquy
It’s no secret the Tolstoy household was also unhappy in its own unhappy way...
2022 Cinema Eye Honors: Fire of Love, The Territory & All That Breathes Lead Noms
Three bonafide hits from the 2022 online edition of the Sundance Film Festival will be feted at the top of the new year at...
Interview: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu – Kerr
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I spoke with Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, whose latest film Kerr is Turkey’s official submission in consideration for...
Interview: Bafic – Sub Eleven Seconds
Short film filmmakers and athletes trying to beat the clock belong to a species of human beings who might have an invested interest in...
Interview: Adrian Moyse Dullin – The Right Words (Haut les coeurs)
Taking place within the confines of a chaotic city bus, The Right Words (Haut les Coeurs) is about seizing the moment, taking chances and...
Interview: Michal Blaško – Victim
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I spoke with Michal Blaško, whose debut film Victim is Slovakia’s official submission in consideration for...
2022 Prix Louis-Delluc Noms: Saint Omer Lands Rare Double Noms As Best Film & Best First Film
A double winner in Venice this past September with the Silver Lion Grand Jury prize and Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future award,...
I’m Not There: Quentin Dupieux Enlists Collective for “Daaaaaali !”
Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Alain Chabat, Edouard Baer, Pio Marmaï, Jonathan Cohen, Hakim Jemili, Agnès Hurstel, Jérôme Niel, Marc Fraize, Didier Flamand...
35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund
Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...
Deep Trails: Jonathan Millet Tracing Roadmap for “Les Fantômes”
We are in the midst of getting ready for the offerings for 2023 and it's usually around the fourth quarter of each and every...
Momentum Pictures Breaks the Cycle with Jamie Dack’s “Palm Trees And Power Lines”
Momentum Pictures, the distrib behind Soft & Quiet, To Leslie, Dashcam and All My Puny Sorrows, have nabbed the sobering predatory drama that landed...
Gravitas Ventures Is Packing Heat with “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”
Celebrated indie helmer and fave on our site Robert Machoian has found a loving home for his latest oeuvre in the Tribeca Film Fest...
La caja (The Box) | Review
Father Knows Best: Vigas Caps His Father/Son Trilogy with Blunt Brutality
In his long-gestating follow-up to 2014 Golden Lion winner From Afar, Venezuela’s Lorenzo Vigas...
Oscilloscope Has Temper Tantrum for Carolina Cavalli’s “Amanda”
A tonally quirky film with its defiant and eccentric like Max Fisher (from Rushmore) type character (a straight-faced Benedetta Porcaroli) at the film's core,...
Film Movement Shares a Ride with Erige Sehiri’s “Under The Fig Trees”
A small gem from this year's Director’s Fortnight has been gaining a lot of traction with film festival wins, certification as Tunisia’s Oscar submission...
The Bronze Venus: Josephine Baker to be Jazzed Up by Maïmouna Doucouré
Coming off the TIFF world premiere of her sophomore film Hawa -- a very PG Capraesque adventure film bursting with magic dust, Maïmouna Doucouré...
Turin Twosome: Laura Luchetti’s Completes Production on “The Beautiful Summer”
Filming recently wrapped up on Laura Luchetti’s third feature film. Variety reports that Deva Cassel and Yile Yara Vianello toplined the The Beautiful Summer...
Mátate Match: Jennifer Lawrence to Topline Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love”
A month after getting crumbs on a possible collab with Lynne Ramsay during her Causeway press tour, Jennifer Lawrence confirmed that the project at...
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Review
The Unexpected Virtue of Indulgence: Iñárritu Repeats Himself with Repetitive, Soulless Extravaganza
“The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple,” said Oscar...
2023 Oscars: Close, Saint Omer & Corsage Lead Best Intl. Feature Film Category of 92 Countries
For the next six weeks in Los Angeles (mostly), there'll be individual film campaigning to be among the fifteen shortlist choices on December 21st....
