Tag: top-stories
Criterion Collection: Diamonds of the Night (1964) | Blu-ray Review
There’s a reason director Jan Nemec’s name isn’t immediately conjures in superficial conversations on the Czech New Wave, despite his haunting 1964 debut Diamonds...
The Conversation: Producer Pascal Caucheteux
Producer Pascal Caucheteux has long been a fixture of French cinema (though in his early days he was an executive producer of Gregg Araki’s...
Non-Fiction | Review
The French Publisher’s Wife: Assayas Straddles Digital Criminals and Corporate Cannibals in Playful Bon Mot
Hardly a stranger to the back room wheeling and dealing...
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | Review
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kill Me: Berlinger Tackles Ted Bundy in Narrative Form
Revered documentarian Joe Berlinger, best known for his Paradise Lost trilogy, makes...
Quartet (1981) | Review
Of Human Bondage: Ivory Gets Art Deco Dysfunction in Underrated Rhys Adaptation
Merchant Ivory became the first major company to adapt the work of novelist...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this May: The Souvenir, Too Late to Die Young & Booksmart
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? While...
Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Knock Down the House is a rousing documentary about the future of our country, guided by the emboldened voices of four progressive female congressional...
2019 Cannes: Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo & Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Added To Comp!
Cannes 2019 will be having it's own Blue Is the Warmest Color reunion or ... face-off as Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and now Abdellatif Kechiche will...
Long Shot | Review
It Happened One Election: Levine Finds Levity in Winning Political Rom-Com
While it arguably doesn’t go for broke and can’t quite shake the well-grooved...
The Conversation: Producer Rodrigo Teixeira
Brazilian based producer Rodrigo Teixeira established Sao Paolo company RT Features in 2005 and has become an increasingly notable major player in a broad array...
The White Crow | Review
Defector Becomes Him: Fiennes Revisits the Westernization of Rudolf Nureyev
There’s much to admire in the third directorial outing of actor Ralph Fiennes with The...
The Conversation: Last But Not Least for Cannes 2019
With the main competition and the sidebar programs all unveiled, we await news of one or potentially two last-minute titles added to the competition,...
2019 Cannes: Zlotowski, Bonello, Takashi Miike, Robert Eggers, Lav Diaz & Guadagnino in Fortnight
We waited for the other shoe to drop and this year's Directors' Fortnight is chockfull of directorial films with six of the twenty-three (twenty-four...
The Conversation: Producer Martin Gschlacht
Austrian producer Martin Gschlacht has been an active proponent of Austrian (and eventually Iranian) cinema since the late 1990s, and has quietly amassed a...
2019 Cannes: Adèle Haenel Owns the Croisette & Hafsia Herzi’s Debut in Critics’ Week
Critic's Week will be unveiling eleven feature films for the 2019 edition with 7 comp titles, and opener and a closer and a pair...
Under the Silver Lake | Review
Under the Sun of Satan: Mitchell’s Messy Neo Noir Revels in Elitist Superficiality
Look no further than David Robert Mitchell’s third feature, the labored neo...
Rafiki | Review
Let’s Be Friends: Kahiu Dares to Question Kenyan Conservatism
Social conventions always require such power and resistance that brave individuals must engage in a continuous...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Nia DaCosta – Ten Influential Films List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, Nia...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Nia DaCosta – Little Woods
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging creator from the world of cinema. This month, we are pleased to re-introduce writer...
Interview: Nia Dacosta – Little Woods
A New York-native, first time writer/director Nia DaCosta premiered her poignant family drama, Little Woods, on home turf at Tribeca 2018. Set in the...
Interview: Nia DaCosta – Little Woods | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Selected for the US Narrative Competition at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, we've been tracking Nia DaCosta's feature debut project since sitting down with...
2019 Cannes Film Festival: Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner & Céline Sciamma In Competition
Expect the unexpected. A mix of new faces and veteran filmmakers will make up the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival with first works...
Video: Penny Lane’s Hail Satan? | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
A fourth feature docu film in a half dozen years (Our Nixon, NUTS!, The Pain of Others), Penny Lane's delves into The Satanic Temple...
Hail Satan? | Review
The Politics of Evil: Lane makes Satanists of Us All with Amusing, Thought-Provoking Doc
Docu filmmaker Penny Lane explores the contradictions of society, religion and politics...
Criterion Collection: Japón (2002) | Blu-ray Review
Nearly two decades after the acclaim it received in Un Certain Regard at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas’ inexplicable debut Japón remains...
Wild Nights With Emily | Review
The Exorcism of Emily D: Olnek Goes ‘Rowing in Eden’ with Affectionate Glance at Emily Dickinson
Her carriage apparently held more than just the morbid...
Video: Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Known has the 3D film (where glasses are applied around the midway point), the best film playing in Cannes this year and reserved for...
Interview: Marcello Fonte – Dogman
We witnessed a bridge with Italian cinemaʼs past with the pair of comp offerings in Cannes last year. Along with Happy as Lazarro, there...
Internsh*t: Kitty Green Finds Assistants in Macfadyen, Kristine Froseth & Makenzie Leigh
High up on our most anticipated American indie offerings for 2019, the probable gross "rite of passage" exposé of working under the indie...
Video Interview: Bi Gan – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
After the critical success of his poetically wistful debut Kaili Blues in 2015, 29-year old Chinese auteur Bi Gan has followed up with a...
Interview: Elizabeth Rao – Madeline’s Madeline
Flashback to one of the best films of 2018, we had the chance to meet Josephine Decker's Madeline's Madeline co-editor and producer Elizabeth Rao...
Top 10 Takeaways from the Mike Leigh Masterclass | 2019 Luxembourg City Film Festival
Sitting down with French critic Michel Ciment, Mike Leigh delivered last week a masterclass at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, touching on career milestones...
Native Son | Review
(Not So) Good Times: Johnson Stumbles with Modern Homage to Richard Wright
Marrying historical contexts to modern aesthetics is often an arresting avenue for consideration,...
High Life | Review
An Outpost of Progress: Denis Gets Daring with Esoteric Sci-Fi
Of Claire Denis’ impressive English language debut High Life, perhaps a famous line from Alien...
New Wave Crash Course: Varda’s Final Call to Action
~ In Memoriam ~
Agnès Varda, 1928-2019
In 2017, I had the privilege of spending time with the legendary 88-year old Belgian-born filmmaker Agnès Varda. She was...
Tracking Shot: Ana Lily Amirpour, Chad Hartigan & Sara Colangelo Shooting in April
“Tracking Shot” is a top of month featurette here at IONCINEMA.com that looks at the projects that are moments away from lensing. This April...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this April: High Life, Dogman & Long Day’s Journey Into Night
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? The...
The Beach Bum | Review
Tales of Ordinary Madness: Korine Courts Cutesy in Outlandish Stoner Comedy
It’s no fun being the designated driver, which is the position the audience of...
Video: Josephine Mackerras’ Alice | 2019 SXSX Film Festival
Josephine Mackerras’ Alice, winner of SXSW 2019’s Best Narrative Feature prize, tells the story of a mild-mannered Parisian woman who becomes a sex worker...
2019 SXSW Film Fest Recap: Us, The Peanut Butter Falcon & Booksmart Lead Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 8
SXSW’s 2019 competition was dominated by talented women. Happily, this best-of-fest list contains several of their narrative achievements—plus two highly recommended out-of-competition docs. One...
Criterion Collection: Wanda (1970) | Blu-ray Review
A director and a film unfortunately stymied shortly after its premiere, Barbara Loden’s Wanda (1970) remains a singularly unwavering portrait of neo-realistic gender identity...
Interview: Caleb Slain – Marshall from Detroit (VR Documentary)
Despite its crumbling infrastructure and economic woes, there is vast nook and cranny beauty and nocturnal serenity to be found in Detroit via Caleb...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sarah Daggar-Nickson’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? To celebrate the launch of her feature debut...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sandi Tan’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? We look back at the incredible launch year...
Us | Review
Seeing Double: Peele Turns his Camera on Us
In the best possible way, Us feels like a Jordan Peele movie -- his sophomore feature offers...
Exclusive: KimStim Land Minervini’s ‘What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?’
EXCLUSIVE: After receiving a world premiere comp slot at the Venice Film Festival with subsequent major premieres at TIFF, NYFF and Rotterdam, Roberto Minervini's...
Boyz In The Wood | 2019 SXSW Film Festival Review Ninian Doff
Ninian Doff Goes Brogue While Delinquents Go Scot-Free
Scottish music video-director Ninian Doff offers an uneven but hilarious debut with Boyz in the Wood: a bonkers action-comedy...
Interview: Claire Burger – Real Love (C’est ça l’amour) | 2018 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival
She broke out big as part of a trio of filmmakers with the Camera d'Or winning Party Girl (a film that opened the Un...
Interview: Michel Franco – Las hijas de Abril | 2018 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival
Having been ardent fan of this filmmaker since being introduced to his minimalist essay on how an assault on the affluent can infuse toxicity...
Interview: Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here | 2018 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival
Ranked at the top of my best films of 2018 list (still unpublished), with her fourth feature, Lynne Ramsay attained "film godz" status with...
