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Blue Jean | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
Personal Best: Oakley Exhumes the Terror and Trauma of Life in the Shadow of the Iron Lady
For her directorial debut, Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley...
Casa Susanna | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
The Enchanted Cottage: Lifshitz Salvages a Segment of Transgender History
Although he began his directorial career in the vein of free-spirited indie narratives navigating the...
A Man (Aru Otoko) | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
The Good Thief: Ishikawa Explores the Tenuous Reality of Identity
As its elemental title suggests, Kei Ishikawa’s fourth film, A Man, asserts we can only...
Dirty Difficult Dangerous | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
Done Dirt Cheap: Charaf Chafes at Exploited Migrants in Scanty Drama
For his sophomore film, Dirty Difficult Dangerous, Lebanese/French director Wissam Charaf presents an indictment...
Princess | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
Grimm Fairy Tale: De Paolis’ Neo-Realist Exploration of Migrant Sex Work Brazen, Bewildering
Life’s anything but a fairy tale for the titular character at the...
IONCINEMA.com Joins the Indie Film Site Network
One never knows where a conversation on a free shuttle bus in Park City can lead to. Coincidentally, it would be the second occurrence...
Peter von Kant | Review
Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder
It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this September: The Cathedral, God’s Country & Blonde
IONCINEMA.com’s Top 3 Critics’ Picks offers a curated approach to the usual quandary: what would you recommend I see in theaters this month? I...
It’s a Family Affair: A24 Gets into the Eggers Business with “The Front Room”
There are other Egger filmmakers in the woodwork. Brothers to the filmmaker behind The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, Screen Daily reports Max Eggers...
Zero Gravity: Katherine Waterston Floats Over to Mahalia Belo’s “The End We Start From”
After lassoing Jodie Comer to topline, Mahalia Belo's feature film debut will also include some major talent in Katherine Waterston. Deadline reports that Waterston...
All For Show: Justice Smith & Brigette Lundy-Paine Topline Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow”
When we reported that Jane Schoenbrun had begun production on her sophomore feature, we had no clue what kind of a zesty cast would...
Hannah and Her “Sisters”: Ida Engvoll Toplines Mika Gustafson’s Fiction Feature Debut
It's Swedish female filmmaker day here on the site. Isabella Carbonell is headed to Venice with Dogborn and Mika Gustafson is about to set...
Out of this World: Lyna Khoudri Joins Bruno Dumont’s “L’Empire”
A film project that originally had (at different junctures) the likes of Virginie Efira, Lily-Rose Depp and Adèle Haenel had a change of fleet...
Oscars: Canada Selects Jason Loftus’ Docu-Animated Hybrid “Eternal Spring” as Best Intl. Feature Hopeful
In a move that reflects the nation's diverse, multi-language backdrop, Canada won't be backing the usual French-language drama but instead has favored the hybrid...
Exclusive Clips: Twins Screaming Silently in Isabella Carbonell’s “Dogborn”
Among the seven-film competition line-up in the 2022 Venice Intl. Film Critics’ Week we find the debut feature from Swedish filmmaker Isabella Carbonell. After...
Sisterly Love: Vanessa Filho Builds Mistrust with Nina Hoss & Vanessa Paradis in Gender-Bending Thriller “Trespassers”
She has just wrapped her sophomore project Le Consentement this past June and Vanessa Filho has already set her gaze on an intriguing-sounding fact-based story...
Funny Pages | Review
Drawn That Way: Kline Makes a Mark with Singular Coming-of-Age Comedy
The emphasis of form vs. soul is the riddle at the crux of Funny...
2022 TIFF: Bill Pohlad, Laura Mora & Steve Buscemi Among the 10 Industry Selects
One Un Certain Regard selected film (Lotfy Nathan's Harka), four films headed to Venice (Arian Vazirdaftari's Without Her, Bill Pohlad's Dreamin’ Wild, Steve Buscemi's...
Harris Does Dallas: Dickinson Gets into the Ring with Sean Durkin’s “The Iron Claw”
For those who might have noticed on the Triangle of Sadness press day in Cannes this past May, one of the players in Ruben...
2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant: Morningstar Angeline, Matthew Puccini, Yuan Yuan & Hasan Hadi Among Supported Projects
If you are looking for some future truly independent films in the coming years (especially future Sundance selections) just keep an eye out for...
Emotional Distress: Bertrand Bonello Begins Production on “La Bête”
Our friends at Cineuropa inform us that Bertrand Bonello has begun production on La Bête - his ninth feature film that will have had...
Hamaguchi’s Victory Lap: “Drive My Car” Wins the 2022 FIPRESCI Grand Prix
After a long winning streak that began with a small collection of prizes in Cannes 2021 and one that included Best Intl. Feature at...
2022 European Film Awards: Alcarràs, Close, Triangle of Sadness, Corsage & Holy Spider on 30 Short List
It's that time of year again where Euro titles from Venice of the previous year duke it out with Euro Cannes film productions of...
Work/Life Balance: Camila Mendes & Archie Renaux Topline Carlson Young’s “Upgraded”
Not wasting much time mounting her sophomore film, actress-director Carlson Young is moving from horror fantasy world of The Blazing World into the difficult-to-navigate...
2022 TIFF: Laura Poitras, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Werner Herzog & Sacha Jenkins in TIFF Docs
Docu-helmer Sacha Jenkins will see his Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues lead the TIFF DOCS section in 2022 with the privileged opening night spot....
2022 NYFF: James Ivory, Martin Scorsese, Schrader’s She Said, Chukwu’s Till, & Polley’s Women Talking in Spotlight Section
And finally, it is the New York Film Festival that will have lassoed the highly anticipated world premiere to Maria Schrader’s She Said. Initially,...
Regra 34 (Rule 34) | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review
Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait
“She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline...
2022 Locarno: Julia Murat’s Regra 34 (Rule 34) Claims the Golden Leopard
The jury comprised of Michel Merkt, Prano Bailey-Bond, Alain Guiraudie, William Horberg and Laura Samani have bestowed the big daddy prize of them all...
Fall (2022) | Review
Why Fall to Pieces?: Mann Mines Survival Formula for Anxiety Laden B-Movie
From the depths below to the heavens above, there’s no place safe for...
2022 San Sebastian: Europe-Latin America Co-prod Forum Includes Agustina San Martín, Beatriz Seigner & Sofía Quirós Úbeda
To Kill a Beast's Agustina San Martín, Los Silencios' Beatriz Seigner and Land of Ashes' Sofía Quirós Úbeda are some of the Latin filmmakers...
Class Is In Session: Hausner’s “Club Zero” Adds Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amir El-Masry, Elsa Zylberstein & Mathieu Demy
There'll be a whole load of people in the Club Zero camp as we learned via the Screen Daily folks that Limbo pairing Sidse...
Rogue Agent | Review
The Spy Who Loved My Money: Patterson & Lawn Get the Grifter in Seductive Drama
Scribes Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson present a smoothly administered...
Adèle Exarchopoulos & Isabelle Adjani to Loot Mélanie Laurent’s “La Grande Odalisque”
We had very little info to work with yesterday when we broke the news that Mélanie Laurent's next project was La grande odalisque. Less...
2022 TIFF: Charlotte Le Bon’s Falcon Lake, Graham Foy’s The Maiden & Carly Stone’s North of Normal Added to CWC Section
Yesterday Toronto International Film Festival programmers added a huge dose of Canadiana to the 2022 line-up sprinkling even more films. Among the new reveals...
Summering | Review
The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama
The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...
2022 San Sebastian: Barragán’s Octopus Skin, Markowicz’s Charcoal & Martelli’s 1976 Populate Horizontes Latinos
Juan Pablo González's Sundance winning Dos Estaciones, Manuela Martelli's Quinzaine section winning 1976, Andrés Ramírez Pulido's Critics' Week winner La Jauría, Carolina Markowicz's Platform...
Philippe Falardeau Gets Pre-Wedding Jitters for “Mille secrets mille dangers”
After moving into television with the Berlinale preemed "Le temps des framboises," the Quebecois filmmaker who moonlights between English and French language productions will...
All Le Mans on Deck: Mélanie Laurent Revs Up “La grande odalisque”
With a half dozen feature films under her belt in just under a decade, Mélanie Laurent will be moving into the fast lane with...
Bodies Bodies Bodies | Review
On Body and Storm: Reijn Uncovers a Snake Pit of Wealthy Frenemies in Social Satire
It’s Agatha Christie spliced with the frivolous escapism of social...
Fairytale | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review
Planet Terror: Sokurov Gets Purgatorial in Nightmare on 20th Century Tyrants
“Death is the solution to all problems,” said Joseph Stalin. It turns out this...
I Love My Dad | Review
Sons & Lovers: Morosini Aims for Awkward in Dysfunctional Familial Dilemma
Overbearing and stifling parents have long been a staple of semi-autobiographical storytelling, but director...
The Sea Ahead | Review
The Princess of Tides: Dagher Can’t Go Home Again in Broody Beirut
For his directorial debut, The Sea Ahead, Ely Dagher expands on the themes...
2022 Giornate degli Autori: Ferrara, Buscemi, Wissam Charaf, Cristina Grosan, Cláudia Varejão, Bendimerad+Ounouri Among Selections
After Venice Comp reveal, it was now up to the Giornate degli Autori sidebar (Venice Days) to unveil their line-up and if there was...
2022 TIFF: Peter Farrelly, Hong Sang-soo & Tobias Lindholm to World Premiere in Toronto
The fun part about dissecting TIFF's Gala and Special Presentations unveiling are what titles are skipping TIFF, which titles are moving directly from Venice...
Resurrection | Review
The Killing Kindness: Semans Explores Love as a Deadly Splendored Thing in Exceptional Psychodrama
“You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You,” a popular 1940s tune made...
Criterion Collection: ‘Round Midnight (1986) | Blu-ray Review
George Gershwin surmised “Life is a lot like jazz, it’s best when you improvise.” In keeping with the spirit of this given, Bertrand Tavernier’s...
Jesse Noah Klein, Meryam Joobeur, Heather Young & Matthew Rankin Among Telefilm Canada Coin Recipients
Telefilm Canada announces has committed almost 13 million dollars to 21 feature-length films (English market). Almost 300 projects were submitted. At the top of...
2022 Deauville Film Festival: War Pony, Aftersun & Emily the Criminal in Competition
With only a trio of films from this year's Sundance Dramatic Comp selected, this year's Deauville Film Festival has lassoed American indie films from...
2022 Venice Film Festival: Alice Diop, Poitras, Panahi & Iñárritu Among Front-Runners for the Golden Lion!
With only one title left to be unveiled (for the time being, let's call it the August 30th pre-opener as it will be actually...
