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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lila Avilés – The Chambermaid
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging creator from the world of cinema. This June, we are pleased to introduce filmmaker...
Yomeddine | Review
Natural Selection: Shawky Shackled by Straight Story
Tackling notions of identity in both a figurative and transfigurative sense, Yomeddine teeters ever so lightly into fable terrain...
Criterion Collection: Let the Sunshine In | Blu-ray Review
Claire Denis had one of her most prominent showings in over a decade with her 2017 title Let the Sunshine In, a melancholy rom...
Lelio Runs Pell Mell with Ms. Gloria Bell (2018) | Blu-ray Review
Sebastián Lelio scored his best domestic box office success to date with Gloria Bell, his English language remake of 2013’s Gloria, clocking in at...
2019 Gala Quebec Cinema Awards (Quebec Oscars): Ricardo Trogi’s 1991 Wins Best Film
Ricardo Trogi's 1991 was the top prize winner at 2019 Gala Quebec Cinema Awards. Winning Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (Sandrine...
Oleg | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Immigrant Song: Kursietis Explores a Modern Slave Trade in Sophomore Film
Latvian cinema seems on the verge of an international breakthrough, with various new directors...
Video Interview: Dominga Sotomayor – Too Late to Die Young
The hype machine officially began on Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor's third feature back in August when she won Best Director at Locarno. Since then,...
Domino | Review
They All Fall Down: De Palma Dallies in Inert ISIS Thriller
It’s hard to believe Domino, the latest film from legendary director Brian De Palma...
Ma | Review
Misery Loves Company: Spencer Reigns Supreme in Bizarre Portrait of Madness
“Hell hath no fury like a (black) woman scorned,” could have been a...
Diamantino | Review
Politicizing Camp: Abrantes & Schmidt Post a Win with Imaginative Soccer Satire
After a decade decade working in the short experimental form, festival faves Gabriel Abrantes...
The Proposal | Review
Bargaining for Barragan: Artist Jill Magid Offers Mystery-Thriller-Docu
Jill Magid is the director, subject, narrator, but above all else, she is a provocateur of a...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Our Jury Rank Parasite Top Film of Cannes Comp
We have a match! Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's jury and our 2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel agree that the best film of the 2019 comp selection...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 12 – Justine Triet’s Sibyl
And the final film to roll out of the competition this year belongs to that of Justine Triet. She came to fiction film by way...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 12 – Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven
With a decade between features, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman's has been a Cannes mainstay when you see that his four last film projects have...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 12 – Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo
Who knew that after claiming the top prize in 2013 with Blue is the Warmest Color that Abdellatif Kechiche would almost attain some sort...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor
Master filmmaker Marco Bellocchio returns to Cannes (he was last there for 2016’s Sweet Dreams - a Directors’ Fortnight entry) for what will be...
The Traitor | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Witness for the Prosecution: Bellocchio Delivers Vigorous Portrait of the Man Who Took Down the Cosa Nostra
Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, on the verge of...
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Dancing…Yeah: Kechiche Spins Like a Record Round in Vacuous Sequel
The French-Tunisian director who won the 2013 Palme d’Or for Blue is the Warmest Color...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Arnaud Desplechin’s Oh Mercy!
After La sentinelle (1992), My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996), Esther Kahn (2000), A Christmas Tale (2008), Jimmy P:...
Sick, Sick, Sick | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Lover, Come Back: Furtado Hearts Hemoglobin in Sinister Debut
The heart is a lonely killer in Brazilian director Alice Furtado’s apprehensive narrative debut Sick, Sick,...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Xavier Dolan’s Matthias and Maxime
Twice in competition and twice a winner, after winning the Jury Prize (unofficial 3rd place) in 2014 for Mommy and the Grand Prix (unofficial...
Parasite | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
A Judgement in Stone: Joon ho Tackles Privilege in Black Comedy
Strident class disparities in South Korea provide Bong Joon-ho with a novel approach to...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
He made his first trip to Cannes in 2006 with the Directors’ Fortnight selected The Host, and after being selected for the Un Certain...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Film geek personified, Quentin Tarantino's sixth trip to Cannes and his fourth competition film (comes a decade after showing with Inglourious Basterds). He won...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ Frankie
The French have a fondness for Americana from the likes of Clint Eastwood, James Gray, Sean Baker and Ira Sachs who for this seventh...
2019 Cannes Critics Panel: Day 8 – Dardenne Bros.’ Young Ahmed
Palme d’Or winners for 1999's Rosetta (review) and L’Enfant (2005), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have attempted to three-peat this past decade with 2011's The Kid...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
After spending a whole bunch of time in post (sadly actors Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz will have never had the chance to see their performances), Terrence Malick...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Shining bright like a diamond, Céline Sciamma makes her way into the comp for a first time with her fourth feature film. Portrait of a...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers
Making his way up the "Croisette ladder", Corneliu Porumboiu first arrived in Cannes (and helped launched what was known as the Romanian New Wave)...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Diao Yinan’s The Wild Goose Lake
A genre item that Chinese censors didn't take issue with, Diao Yinan who won big time in Berlin with his last picture Black Coal,...
The Orphanage | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Back in the U.S.S.R.: Sadat Goes Back to Soviet-Ruled Afghanistan in Amiable Sophomore Film
Following the success of her celebrated 2016 debut, Wolf and Sheep,...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory becomes the auteur's eighth trip to the Competition and already, comes positive buzz from way back in March having...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Jessica Hausner’s Little Joe
A staple figure of the Un Certain Regard section with three trips dating back to 2001's Lovely Rita and 2004's Hotel with her last...
Heroes Don’t Die | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Crimes of the Heart: Rapin Explores Mediums as Remembrance with Inquisitive Debut
The idea of reincarnation was once a virulent staple of American genre films,...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You
His fourteenth trip in the comp and with two Palme d'Or wins under his belt (for 2006's The Wind That Shakes the Barley and...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Mati Diop’s Atlantique
Technically speaking, Atlantique is the other feature debut in the main comp. With filmmaking in her family blood, Mati Diop the face is recognizable via Claire Denis'...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau
Technically their second film to compete in Cannes when you consider Production Designer Juliano Dornelles as a creative collaborator on Aquarius (which placed 2nd in the top vote-getters for...
Monia Chokri’s La Femme De Mon Frère | 2019 Cannes Film Festival
After dealing with separation necessity in her award-winning short Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire (2013), Monia Chokri's deals in separation anxiety with La Femme de mon frère (A Brother’s...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables
An actor whose appeared in both of Romain Gavras' outings as a director (he was one of the founding members of the collective Kourtrajmé best...
The Unknown Saint | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Gimme the Loot: Money is the Root of Good and Evil in Aljem’s Debut
Love the sinner and not the sin seems to be the...
Annie Silverstein’s Bull | 2019 Cannes Film Festival
Not officially opening the section, but nonetheless the first film out of the Un Certain Regard gate, Annie Silverstein presented her directorial debut Bull...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
A long and rich history with the festival since 1984's Stranger Than Paradise premiered on the Croisette and won the Caméra d'or 1984, Jim...
Interview: Tina Charles – Charlie’s Records
Charlie’s Records is a classic immigration story turned personal. Director Tina Charles is a WNBA all star, Olympic gold medalist and first-time filmmaker. Her...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Dominga Sotomayor’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Dominga Sotomayor – Too Late to Die Young
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging creator from the world of cinema. This month, we are pleased to introduce filmmaker...
Live from Cannes: 2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Meet the Jury!
While the competition jury have some major clout in the likes of Iñárritu, Lanthimos, Pawlikowski, Reichardt, Campillo, Alice Rohrwacher, Elle Fanning, Maimouna N’Diaye, and...
The Conversation: Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Most Anticipated Titles of Cannes 2019
It’s that time of year again, and the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival is about to begin. If last year’s main competition...
Our Struggles | 2019 Panorama Film Festival Review
Strife Sentence: Senez Presents Quietly Effective Domestic Drama
Director Guillaume Senez teams with writer Raphaëlle Desplechin (sister of Arnaud and Cesar winner for Mathieu Amalric’s...
Exclusive: Too Late To Die Young Trailer & Poster
Dominga Sotomayor's Too Late To Die Young (Tarde para morir joven) has been a festival darling since it premiere and won the Best Director...
Swallow | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Tough to Swallow, in a Good Way: Davis Offers Big Gulp Feminist Thriller
Carlo Mirabella Davis’ debut feature Swallow is a haunting study in gender politics in...
