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Strawberry Mansion | Review
In Dreams: Audley & Birney Conjure a Candy Colored Clown They Call the Tax Man
A shimmering, nostalgic daydream which plays with parameters of the...
Happiness (Baqyt) | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Let the Sunshine In: Uzabayev Drags Us Through the Wretched Realities of Violence Against Women
The knee-jerk response to the agonizing experience of watching a...
À propos de Joan (About Joan) | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Ladies They Talk About: Larivière Utilizes Huppert in Shaky Melodrama on Loss & Love
For his sophomore film À propos de Joan (About Joan), Laurent...
Taste | Review
In the Realm of the Senses: Le Bao Explores Oblique Pleasures in Handsome Debut
Vietnamese filmmaker Lê Bảo announces himself as an immediate director of...
A Piece of Sky (Drii Winter) | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Poor Cow: Koch Devises Solemn Melodrama of a Tortured Romance
Delivering a steady handed narrative as full of sincerity as it is austerity, Swiss director...
AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet of Love | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
The Consonants of Love: Krebitz Gets Caught in an Odd Romance
“It all begins with A,” so begins the omniscient third-person narration of Anna, an...
La ligne | Review
Fists Out of Pocket: Meier Mines Superficial Dysfunction with Uneven Comic Melodrama
Although she’s been working on a variety of documentary and short projects, not...
Incredible But True | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Beauty Secrets: Dupieux Latest a Strangely Tragic Fable on Human Foibles
The films of Quentin Dupieux, a prolific Belgian director who has spent most of...
Minamata | Review
Man with a Movie Camera: Levitas Aims for Noble Rendering of Horrific Toxic Waste Contamination
You’ve heard it before---corporate greed and government corruption colluding to...
Playground | Review
Suffer the Children: Wandel Explores Bullying Through a Child’s Perspective in Superb Debut
If everything one needs to know is learned in kindergarten, part of...
Ballad of a White Cow | Review
Kismet Kisses: Moghaddam & Sanaeeha Mine Intimate Vengeance in Rich Melodrama
The opening moments of Ballad of a White Cow evokes a quote from Al-Baqarah...
Can’t Keep Quiet: Joachim Lafosse Casts Emmanuelle Devos & Benoît Poelvoorde for “Un silence”
Belgian filmmaker Joachim Lafosse is wasting little time between projects and will be teaming with veterans thesps Emmanuelle Devos and Benoît Poelvoorde for his tenth...
Fabian – Going to the Dogs | Review
The Dog Days Aren’t Over: Graf Puts a New Coat of Paint on the Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic, aka the German Republic, which lasted...
Interview: Gillian Wallace Horvat – I Blame Society
Filmmaking and killing become metaphors for each other in the deranged satire of I Blame Society, which starts out as a personal documentary about...
Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Air Doll)
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to a thematic subject matter he knows well: loneliness and emptiness. This time out, he does so via the...
Air Doll | Review
There is No Substitute: Kore-eda Digs into Our Rubber Soul with Fantasy Flick
Reinterpreting the notion of what it is to truly be living and...breathing,...
The Last Ride of the Wolves | 2022 Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam Review
Fasten your Seatbelt: De Michele Embarks on a Bumpy First Ride
A thematic continuation of Alberto de Micheleʼs last short film, The Wolves (2011), for...
The Worst Person In The World | Review
Sometimes She Loved Them Too: Trier Formulates Winning Composite of Love and Self Discovery
For his fifth film, The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s...
Sundown | Review
Slaughter House Rules: Franco Continues with Cinema of Distress
The English playwright Robert Bolt wrote “Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.”...
Excavations Begin with Isabella Rossellini on Alice Rohrwacher’s “La chimera”
Set to begin production this month, Isabella Rossellini (who currently has five feature films in post) has informally announced that she will be among...
Rifkin’s Festival | Review
Spain & Glory: Allen Apes His Darlings in Familiar Comedy of Marital Discord
The first entry of Woody Allen’s European banishment in the twilight years...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #1. Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, James Wilson
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Written by Jonathan Glazer
Starring: To be determined.
Cinematographer: Lukasz Zal
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #2. Amat Escalante’s Perdidos en la Noche
El estado del imperio (Lost in the Night)
Produced by Nicolás Celis, Fernanda de la Peza.
Directed by Amat Escalante
Written by Amat Escalante, Martín Escalante, Paulina...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #3. Cristian Mungiu’s RMN
R.M.N
Produced by TBA
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Written by Cristian Mungiu
Starring: TBA.
Cinematographer: Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #4. Pietro Marcello’s L’Envoi (Scarlet)
L’Envoi
Produced by Charles Gillibert
Directed by Pietro Marcello
Written by Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Ameline
Starring: Juliette Jouan, Raphaël Thierry, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky
Cinematographer: Marco Graziaplena
...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #5. Claire Denis’ The Stars at Noon
The Stars at Noon
Produced by Olivier Delbosc
Directed by Claire Denis
Written by Claire Denis, Andrew Litvack
Starring: Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Danny Ramirez
Cinematographer: Eric Gautier
...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #6. Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness
Triangle of Sadness
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Written by Ruben Östlund
Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson
Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #7. Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter
The Eternal Daughter
Produced by Joanna Hogg
Directed by Joanna Hogg
Written by Joanna Hogg
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Carly-Sophia Davies, Joseph Mydell
Cinematographer: Ed Rutherford
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #8. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things
Poor Things
Produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by Tony McNamara
Starring: Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe, Mark...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #9. Jaime Rosales’ Girasoles silvestres
Girasoles silvestres (Wild Sunflowers)
Produced by Bárbara Díez
Directed by Jaime Rosales
Written by Jaime Rosales, Bárbara Díez
Starring: Anna Castillo, Oriol Pla, Quim Àvila, Lluís Marquès, Manolo...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #10. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s BARDO Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)
Produced by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
Written by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone
Starring: Daniel...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #11. Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave
Produced by To be determined
Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong
Starring: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Park...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #12. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker
Broker
Produced by TBD
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Gang Dong-Won, Bae Doo-Na, IU
Cinematographer: Hong Kyung-pyo
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #13. Claire Denis’ Avec amour et acharnement (aka Feu)
Avec amour et acharnement (Both Sides of the Blade)
Produced by Curiosa Films' Olivier Delbosc
Directed by Claire Denis
Written by Claire Denis, Christine Angot
Starring: Juliette Binoche,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #14. Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder
The Wonder
Produced by Tessa Ross, Element Pictures' Ed Guiney.
Directed by Sebastián Lelio
Written by Alice Birch, Sebastián Lelio
Starring: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #15. David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future
Produced by Robert Lantos
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #16. Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s Silent Twins
Silent Twins
Produced by Madant’s Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, Extreme Emotions’ Ewa Puszczyńska, 42’s Ben Pugh, Joshua Horsfield, Kindred Spirit’s Anita Gou and Alicia van Couvering.
Directed by...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #17. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
Women Talking
Produced by Hear/Say Productions' Frances McDormand, Plan B Entertainment's Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt and Jeremy Kleiner.
Directed by Sarah Polley
Written by Sarah Polley
Starring: Frances...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #18. Arnaud Desplechin’s Frère et sœur
Frère et sœur
Produced by Why Not Productions' Pascal Caucheteux
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Written by Arnaud Desplechin
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani
Cinematographer: TBD
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #19. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Un beau matin
Un beau matin (One Fine Morning)
Produced by Les Films Pelléas' David Thion, Philippe Martin.
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #20. Léa Mysius’ Les cinq diables
Les cinq diables
Produced by F comme Film's Jean-Louis Livi, Trois Brigands Productions' Fanny Yvonnet
Directed by Léa Mysius
Written by Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume.
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos,...
2022 Berlinale: Seidl, Sangsoo, Hers, Meier, Taviani, Denis Cote & Clare Denis in Golden Bear Comp
Several of the names that figured in our most anticipated list and a new Hong Sangsoo project (The Novelist’s Film) are among the eighteen...
Juliette Binoche Arms Herself with Lance: Ballast’s Hammer Sophomore Project in the Works
Soon to be premiering Berlin comp entry Both Sides of the Blade by Claire Denis, Juliette Binoche has been spending more time working in...
The Pink Cloud | Review
Endemic Pandemic: Gerbase Unveils Prophetic Debut of Life During Lockdown
The uncanny prescience of Iuli Gerbase’s directorial debut The Pink Cloud is as stunning as...
Italian Studies | Review
Pieces of a Woman: Leon’s Latest Gets Lost in Own Identity Crisis
Somewhere along the various perambulations of its conflicted protagonist, Adam Leon’s Italian Studies...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #21. Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet
Flux Gourmet
Moving from the clothes we wear (with accompanying antagonist forces of everyday appliances) to the food we eat (or can't eat), Peter Strickland...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #22. François Ozon’s Peter Von Kant
Peter Von Kant
Having recently crossed off the name of Sophie Marceau on his working with great French actresses bingo card with his last film...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #23. Alain Guiraudie’s Viens je t’emmène
Viens je t’emmène (Nobody's Hero)
Another project we thought had an outside chance at premiering in 2021 (and might have been passed on due to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #24. Robin Campillo’s Vazaha (fka Les Blancs)
École de l’air
We thought there might be an outside chance that this might shore up in 2021 - but we were dead wrong as...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #25. Bertrand Bonello’s La bête
La bête
As we explored earlier on our countdown, Bertrand Bonello segued to micro-budget Coma while awaiting the greenlight for his ambitious triple era pronged...
