Tag: top-stories
Unkidnapped: Blanche Gardin & Michel Houellebecq Team on Nicloux’s “Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq”
A distinct muse in the Guillaume Nicloux canon, author and sometimes actor Michel Houellebecq will once again become a titular member for what appears to...
Interview: Emre Kayiş – Anatolian Leopard
The old adage (and threat) of out with the old and in with the new is especially true in Emre Kayiş' directorial debut. It's...
2022 Red Sea Intl. FF: Kamila Andini, July Jung & Soudade Kaadan Among Competition of 15
A major first wave of titles for the upcoming second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) have been unveiled...
Three-alarm Fire: Kechiche Working on Canto Due, Canto Tre & New Project with Olivier Loustau
Tunisian-French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche didn't need the pandemic as an excuse to hunker down. It is well known that his ego and reputation took...
New Jersey Spread: Lars Knudsen & Ari Aster Board Kantemir Balagov’s “Butterfly Jam”
When life gives you lemons (or the president of your country begins a war with Ukraine) you make .... Butterfly Jam. THR are dropping...
Holy Spider | Review
Thrill Crazy. Kill Crazy. God Crazy: Abbasi Tackles Brutal Reality of Women and Islamofascism
“Every man shall meet what he wishes to avoid,” is the...
Call Jane | Review
It Could Happen To You: Nagy Recuperates the Resiliency of Women in Sophisticated Melodrama
Camille Paglia, with her signature dramatic panache, might be among those...
Armageddon Time | Review
A Great White Hype: Gray Explores the Farce of the American Dream in Coming of Age Portrait
Where are we going? Where have we been?...
All Quiet On The Western Front (2022) | Review
War is Hell: Germany’s Oscar Entry Delivers Blunt & Brutal Depiction of WWI
The most haunting image in filmmaker Edward Berger’s latest take on All...
Where are the Adults? Bérénice Bejo Joins Nora El Hourch’s “HLM Pussy”
Fresh off recent film festival premieres of hubby Michel Hazanavicius' Final Cut (Cannes) and Francesca Archibugi's The Hummingbird (TIFF), Bérénice Bejo will support indie...
2022 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival: Meryem Benm’Barek, Sofia Djama & Ramata-Toulaye Sy Featured in Red Sea Souk
Marrakech has the indispensable Atlas Ateliers market as part of their festivities and the new kid on the block in the Red Sea Intl....
2023 IFFR: First Wave Titles Include Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” & Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer”
As per usual, IFFR likes to drop a sampling of confirmed titles just before the official line-up unveiling (namely the Tiger Competition on December...
Peaceful (De son vivant) | Review
The Big C Minus: Bercot Submerges Maudlin Disease Drama with Sentimentality
Cancer isn’t the only element degrading the lives of those defined by it in...
Mindful Mongolian: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Summons “Ze”
If we base ourselves on the course she has charted with his short films, here's a project that has the potential to be showcased...
Bloodsuckers: Sara Montpetit Toplines Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant”
Only two projects into her already solid filmography, Maria Chapdelaine and Falcon Lake star Sara Montpetit will sink her teeth into Ariane Louis-Seize's Vampire...
Wishful Thinking: Casting Complete on Kristoffer Borgli’s “Dream Scenario”
Striking while the iron is hot helmer Kristoffer Borgli has found his co-lead and supporting players for his English language feature debut which appears...
2022 Gotham Awards Noms: Todd Field’s Tár Takes Centerstage, Aftersun Gets Love Blisters
Aftersun is the tops of the noms garnering Breakthrough Performer, Breakthrough Director, Outstanding Lead Performance and Best Feature. The noms are out and we...
Live Reporting: Roschdy Zem Leads Correspondents in Alix Delaporte’s “Vivants”
Angel & Tony (2010) and Le dernier coup de marteau (2014) filmmaker Alix Delaporte is finally climbing back into the director's chair for a...
Business Interests: Dark Star Pictures Marks an X on Patricia Mazuy’s “Saturn Bowling”
Patricia Mazuy will finally see one of her films receive a U.S theatrical release. The recent Locarno competition title Saturn Bowling - which stars...
Into the Thick: Netflix Bets on Laura Mora’s Golden Shell Winner “The Kings Of The World”
The film that Toronto and Venice programmers (might have) passed on while the San Sebastian folks were all too happy to nab the world...
Remember to Blink | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Dangerous nature: Urbaité high on symbolism as she revives Gorgon myth in a French forest
Director Austéja Urbaité makes her feature debut with an adoption...
Kalev | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Kalev Scores a 3-Pointer: Musting’s Sports Drama is a Love Letter to Estonia’s Iconic Basketball Team
The Estonian basketball team Kalev might not be a...
The Banshees of Inisherin | Review
When Demon Voices Wake Us: McDonagh Charts a Bad Bromance in Dark, Delightful Drama
The abrupt end to a lifelong relationship provides the basis for...
Sisters | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Adult children: Girl Blazes Through Childhood in Olte's Debut
Frantically moving and tweaking, the handheld camera desperately tries not to lose focus of a stone-faced...
Cardboard Side Hustle: Netflix Backs Safdie Bros. & Sandler Reunion
After backing several of the actor's projects, Netflix is getting behind the Uncut Gems reunion between Adam Sandler and Josh and Benny Safdie. At...
Brother’s Keeper | Review
School Ties: Karahan Paints a Chilly Scene of Winter in Boarding School Melodrama
The numbing apathy of poverty chained to tireless bureaucracy is met with...
Rock. Paper. Grenade | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Three-time Jumps: Tsilyk’s Debut is a Light Look at the 90s in Ukraine
A man and a boy - the former a fully written text,...
Traces | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Traces of Sadness: Turić Connects Past & Present Through Anthropology
In her feature debut Traces, Dubravka Turić tells the story of a woman searching for...
Shreds | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Destructive Caring: Family Falls Apart in Dzianowicz’s Latest
Shreds is the story of Gerard (Grzegorz Przybył), a man in his sixties, living with his son’s...
Prix Jean Vigo 2022: Alice Diop’s Saint Omer
A prestigious prize that has been handed out since 1951, the Jean Vigo Prize has been awarded annually to put the spotlight on one...
Fruits de Mer: Guillaume Canet Toplines Stéphane Brizé’s Next Project
Stéphane Brizé is set to move into production on his next ninth feature film as the first player to climb abroad will be vet...
Monster Dash: No Escaping Serebrennikov’s “The Disappearance” for August Diehl
A long-gestating project that was perhaps put on hold while Kirill Serebrennikov was fighting to not have to rot in a Russian jail, production...
In Utero: Hafsia Herzi Toplines Iris Kaltenbäck’s “Le Ravissement”
To be seen next year in Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due and Stéphane Demoustier's Ibiza, the always busy Hafsia Herzi leads a quartet of...
2022 IFSN Advocate Award: Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes Gets Acknowledged by the Network
An almost miracle work of cinema worthy of all past and especially future accolades, honors and awards, we can now add the Indie Film...
Riviera Revenge: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani to Shine with “Reflets dans un diamant mort”
Described as a giallo film version of Death in Venice, Belgium filmmaker tandem of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani will be moving into production...
Erasure: Caitlin Cronenberg Gets Ready to Populate “Humane”
While we eagerly await her brother Brandon's release of Infinity Pool (I'd be shocked if this does not premiere in Park City next January),...
This Machine Kills Fascists: Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Next Looks at Everyday, Current Day Kyiv
With a one-two masterwork punch in Venice Film Festival selections Atlantis (2019) and Reflection (2022), it is in the face of the war crime...
2022 Marrakech Film Festival: Cristèle Alves Meira, Carmen Jaquier & Anthony Shim in Comp
This year's edition (and long-awaited return to in-person festivities) of the Marrakech Film Festival will have a comp section that distinctly plucks from the...
Decision to Leave | Review
Suspicious Minds: Park-wook Returns with Thriller of Diminishing Returns
For the first hour of its lengthy running time, Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook’s first theatrical...
Stars at Noon | Review
White Material: Denis Heats Up with Sinister, Nervy Romance
Claire Denis leaves behind the Sandinistas of 1984 Nicaragua for Stars at Noon, based on the...
Spaced Out: Megan Northam Goes into Orbit for Jérémy Clapin’s “Pendant ce temps sur Terre”
After making a name for himself for a rather inventive (animated) tale of young love and true yearning, I Lost My Body filmmaker Jérémy...
Ellie Foumbi, Antonio Marziale, Lucy Kerr & Sam Max Among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Film 2022
Easily one of my favorite, reoccurring annual magazine editions, Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Film 2022 is an issue full of discovery. In...
Lingering Summer: Yellow Veil Pictures Swims Over to Charlotte Le Bon’s “Falcon Lake”
The distrib behind Gaspar Noé's Lux Æterna, the re-issue of Fabrice Du Welz's Calvaire and upcoming Ashkal by Youssef Chebbi have landed the breakout...
Basket of Deplorables? Ladj Ly’s “Indésirables” & Alain Guiraudie’s “Miséricorde” in the Works
He already had a firm sophomore project in the works when he was fielding questions back in 2019 at the Cannes press conference for...
2023 Sundance: Marc Levin’s “SLAM” & Gregg Araki’s “The Doom Generation” Selected From the Collection
Just before passes go on sale, the Sundance Film Festival has dropped the first two titles for the upcoming 2023 edition and we have...
Mob Mentality: Gu Xiaogang Putting Final Touches on “Dwelling by the West Lake”
After quietly breaking out of Cannes back in 2019 with Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains - a Critics' Week closing film, Chinese filmmaker Gu...
Going for Brooke: Supporting Players Added to Filip Jan Rymsza’s “Object Permanence”
Alastair Mackenzie, Jessica Frances Dukes and Debi Mazar have been added as supporting players in Filip Jan Rymsza’s fourth feature --- cameras are currently...
Scar Tissue: Maeve Jinkings Populates Nara Normande & Tião’s “Heartless”
A debut tandem feature that is among the Brazilian film items we are keeping our eye on for 2023, Nara Normande and Tião are...
¡Viva Argento! Isabelle Huppert Joins New Dario Argento Paris Project Next Spring
After shoring up in Jerzy Skolimowski's EO, Isabelle Huppert will now work with another octogenarian in horror helmer Dario Argento. Currently showcasing Dark Glasses...
Friendship Interrupted: Roya Sadat Returns to the Revolution with Sophomore Feature “Sima’s Song”
Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat (who saw her debut film A Letter To The President preem in Locarno) appears to be moments away from embarking...
