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Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #45. Jacob Estes’ Relive
Relive
In his previous pair, Jacob Estes worked narratives that overlapped in genres and that featured dissension within group, so while he has patched together a rather...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #46. Patrick Brice’s Corporate Animals
Corporate Animals
A last minute addition for what might be a vintage Midnight section at the Sundance Film Festival, Patrick Brice went into production this past...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #47. Malik Vitthal’s Body Cam
Body Cam
2018 saw Malik Vitthal win the the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for a Protector & Gamble campaign and saddle into his sophomore feature -- a Paramount...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #48. Casey Affleck’s Light of My Life
Light of My Life
Conceptually it could have added so much to the performance art and art imitating life discourse, unfortunately, Casey Affleck's directorial debut...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #49. Glenn Ficarra & John Requa’s King of the Jungle
King of the Jungle
Being packaged since 2017 (initially, Johnny Depp was top billing), filmmaker tandem Glenn Ficarra & John Requa currently have a lot of...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2019: #50. Martha Stephens’ To the Stars
To the Stars
Moving from the lopapeysa fitted, John Cassavetes Award winning Land Ho! to an Oklahoma Land Rush, Martha Stephens (profiled in our Sundance...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2019: A Prelude
At the beginning of the year, we gave our readers an overview of the most anticipated foreign films for the new year (Top 150...
The Heiresses (Las herederas) | Review
Inherit the Wind: Martinessi Explores Class and Desire in Impressive Character Study
While they seem to have outlived their best of times, the two privileged...
Interview: Marcelo Martinessi – The Heiresses (Las Herederas) | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Paraguayan filmmaker Marcelo Martinessi's feature debut is one of the more unique queer cinema film examples of recent memory in terms of offering a...
Close | Review
But No Cigar: Jewson’s Bodyguard Thriller Nary Skirts the Surface of Female Agency
Director Vicky Jewson continues to mine the role of women working in...
Glass | Review
Walking on Broken Glass: Shyamalan Completes Superhero Trilogy with Chatty, Diagnostic Denouement
For a film nineteen years in the making, M. Night Shyamalan’s highly anticipated...
Pity | Review
Help Me, I’m Poor: Makridis Adds a Footnote to the Greek Cinema
Look no further than Babis Makridis’ sophomore feature, the bluntly named Pity, for...
Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2019
And between the remakes, prequels, sequels, reboots and rehashes pouring out of the Hollywood studio system, we sift through the detritus of continual superhero...
Through the Looking Glass: Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020 – Picks #5 to #1
New projects directed by auteurs from France, Italy, China and the UK take slots 5 to 1 in our most anticipated foreign films of...
Touch Me Not | Review
Touch All This Skin: Pintilie’s Hybrid Sexcapade Explores the Fleeting, Obscure Nature of Intimacy
With her narrative debut Touch Me Not, Romanian director Adina Pintilie...
Audio Interview: Adina Pintilie – Touch Me Not
Adhering to a framework that borrows from her documentary and experimental background, Romanian filmmaker Adina Pintilie's first foray into fiction explores our own insecurities...
Through the Looking Glass: Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020 – Picks #10 to #6
New projects directed by auteurs from Mexico, Brazil, Ukraine, Thailand and Hungary make up slots 6 to 10 in our most anticipated foreign films...
Through the Looking Glass: The Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020 – Picks #100 to #11
While we look forward to a plentiful 2019 as far as foreign cinema is concerned (of which we highlighted #300-151 and our countdown #150-1 to anticipate...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #1. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven made a whopping comeback with his first French language film in 2016’s Elle, which snagged Isabelle Huppert (check out our...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #2. The Truth – Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Truth
Fresh off his 2018 Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters (review), prolific Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda continues his perennial output with his latest project, The Truth,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #3. Nighthawk (Bacurau) – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
Nighthawk (Bacurau)
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with his third feature, Nighthawk (aka Bacurau), recruiting his previous production designer Juliano Dornelles as co-director. Filho...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #4. Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) – Pedro Almodóvar
Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
One of the most influential Spanish auteurs of all time, Pedro Almodóvar will be set to unveil his 21st...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #5. Zombi Child – Bertrand Bonello
Zombi Child
Art-house auteur Bertrand Bonello returns with what’s described as a mix between ‘ethnology and fantasy’ for his eighth feature, Zombi Child. Following the...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #6. Siberia – Abel Ferrara
Siberia
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #7. The Devil Between the Legs (El diablo entre las piernas) – Arturo Ripstein
The Devil Between the Legs (El diablo entre las piernas)
Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein breaks a three year hiatus with his twenty-ninth feature, The Devil...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #8. Bergman Island – Mia Hansen-Løve
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve continues her prolific output with the French-produced English language Bergman Island, her seventh feature in just a little over a decade...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #9. The Tiger – Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
The Tiger
Ukraine’s Miroslav Slaboshpitsky is finally set to commence on his sophomore effort, The Tiger, a project which has been in limbo since Darren...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #10. J’accuse – Roman Polanski
J’accuse
Controversial director Roman Polanski embarks on his 22nd film production J’accuse this fall, a recuperation of the infamous Dreyfus Affair which he’s been working...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #11. About Endlessness – Roy Andersson
About Endlessness
With his celebrated Living trilogy behind him (which took fourteen years to complete), Swedish auteur uses his favored vignette formatting to tackle One...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #12. Ahmed – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Ahmed
The Dardenne Bros. turn their socially minded lens to religious extremism with their eleventh narrative feature, Ahmed. As usual, the Dardennes are collaborating with...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #13. Adoration – Fabrice du Welz
Adoration
Belgian provocateur Fabrice du Welz returns with Adoration, the third chapter of his celebrated Ardennes trilogy, which follows his 2004 debut Calvaire and 2014’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #14. I Was At Home, But (Ich war zuhause, aber) – Angela Schanelec
I Was At Home, But (Ich war zuhause, aber)
German art-house auteur Angela Schanelec will be set to unveil her ninth feature, the intriguingly titled,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #15. Oh Mercy – Arnaud Desplechin
Oh Mercy
French auteur Arnaud Desplechin switches things up a bit for his tenth feature film Oh Mercy (previously known as Roubaix: a Light/Roubaix: Une...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #16. Dau – Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Dau
It looks as if 2019 will be the year we see Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s insane recuperation of Stalinist era Russia with the infamous Dau. Some...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #17. Wild Goose Lake – Yi’nan Diao
Wild Goose Lake
After taking home the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for his enjoyable genre film Black Coal, Thin Ice (review),...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #18. The Barefoot Emperor – Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens
The Barefoot Emperor
Belgian directing duo Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens have forged full speed ahead into their fifth feature, The Barefoot Emperor, which appears...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #19. Little Joe – Jessica Hausner
Little Joe
Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs....
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #20. Wasp Network – Olivier Assayas
Wasp Network
French auteur Olivier Assayas (partner to Mia Hansen-Løve who we find on our list as well) shows no signs of slowing down (or for hopping...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #21. Pure As Snow (Blanche comme neige) – Anne Fontaine
Pure As Snow
Anne Fontaine re-teams with Isabelle Huppert for the third time in Pure As Snow, a modern, erotic comedy re-telling of the Brothers...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #22. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
We’re still waiting on the appearance of Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the follow-up to his 2017 first...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #23. The Dreams of a Few – Michel Franco
The Dreams of a Few
Mexican director Michel Franco will shortly move into production on his sixth feature, The Dreams of a Few (Lo que algunos...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #24. Wicked Games (Böse Spiele) – Ulrich Seidl
Wicked Games
Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl returns to his first piece of narrative filmmaking since the unspooling of his phenomenal Paradise Trilogy six years ago...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #25. Malmkrog – Cristi Puiu
Malmkrog
As we await the production of Romanian auteur Cristi Puiu’s Hora Staccato (which was announced as a project around the same time Sieranevada went...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #26. Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho returns to South Korea for his seventh feature Parasite, which is his fourth collaboration with actor Song Kang-ho in what seems to...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #27. To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
To the Ends of the Earth
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa shows no signs of slowing, turning to Uzbekistan for his latest feature, To the Ends...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #28. Ema – Pablo Larrain
Ema
Chilean director Pablo Larrain returns to Chile for his eighth feature, this time for his first contemporary set drama in his native country with...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #29. Jeanne – Bruno Dumont
Jeanne
The idiosyncratic French auteur Bruno Dumont finds himself in full sequel swing with Jeanne, a follow-up to his lauded 2017 musical Jeannette, the Childhood...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #30. Radegund – Terrence Malick
Radegund
Leave it to Terrence Malick to leave us interminably wondering when and where his next completed film will surface, and his latest, the German...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #31. The Personal History of David Copperfield – Armando Iannucci
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Celebrated satirist Armando Iannucci sets his sights on a sort-of contemporization of Charles Dickens for his third narrative feature...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #32. The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio
The Traitor
Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, whose radical early works were a seminal part of 1960s and 1970s Italian cinema, embarks on his latest feature...
