Tag: top-stories
Dog Eat Dog Type World: Dominga Sotomayor Set to Direct ‘La Perra’ with Manuela Oyarzún & Selton Mello
Currently at the San Sebastián International Film Festival where she premiered the under-the-radar (soon to bee released on Netflix) Limpia (which is inspired by...
Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias – Forastera
Set in Mallorca, Cata's summer is drenched in sun and lazy promise—until it is violently rewritten by the absurd, sudden death of her grandmother,...
Allegretto Kreutzer: Léa Seydoux & Catherine Deneuve Seek the Truth in ‘Gentle Monster’
Léa Seydoux will topline the much anticipated drama by Corsage (read review) helmer Marie Kreutzer. Deadline reports that production will begin anytime soon on...
Exclusive Clips: No Reason to Hide in Emilie Thalund’s ‘Weightless’ (Vægtløs) – 2025 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival
Among the thirteen first and sophomore film offerings in the New Directors competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (the fest begins today)...
2026 Oscars: Is It a Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ vs. Ben Hania’s ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Duel?
With the October 1st deadline fast approaching, the field for the Academy Award's Best International Feature Film is narrowing. Only a few key contenders...
2026 Oscars: Critic Darling ‘Sirāt’ is NEON’s Dark Horse Contender in Best Intl. Feature Film Category
It "blew up" the Croisette back in May, landed the Jury Prize, was tops on our Cannes Critics' Panel grid and this might be...
Mission Statement: Denis Côté’s Gets ‘Violence du corps de l’autre’ Ready for 2026
Darling of the film festival circuit, we have an update on latest project from celebrated Québécois auteur Denis Côté. His newest film, Violence Du...
2026 Oscars: NEON Has Lock on Best Intl. Feature Film Category with Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Repping Brazil
In any given year, a film such as Venice Film Fest's Marianna Brennand's Manas or Berlinale Silver Bear winning The Blue Trail by Gabriel...
Another End | Review
The Power of Goodbye: Messina Gets Maudlin with Future Grief
The devil’s unfortunately absent in the details of Another End, a conceptual science fiction melodrama...
2025 TIFF: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award Paving the Way to Oscar Gold
Building on Telluride buzz that preceded it, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet just lassoed the TIFF People’s Choice Award which makes it the bonafide top of...
The History of Sound | Review
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t: Hermanus Plays a Tune for the Broken Hearted
“Happiness doesn’t tell stories,” is a sage observation uttered in The History...
The Fence (Le Cri des Gardes) | 2025 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Cri du cœur: Denis Delivers A Boiling Colonial Drama Dripping With Sexual Tension
A border is simply a line on a map. A fence is...
Dreams (Sex Love) | Review
Love on the Brain: Haugerud Caps Trilogy with Teenage Wasteland
With his latest film Dreams (Sex Love) (aka Drømmer), the final installment in his thematic...
Bravo Bene! | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Investigation of a Suspicious Citizen: Maresco Salvages Cinema
“I am not interested in any filmmaker. I am not even interested in my own films…” said...
2025 Venice Film Festival – Who Should Win? Who Will Win!
The verdict is in. The Alexander Payne-led jury has made its decisions, determining the fate of this year's Venice Film Festival competitors. While last...
The Sun Rises On Us All | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Karma Police: Misery Loves Company in Shangjun’s Dreary Love Story
If love means never having to say you’re sorry, they never experienced the magnitude of...
Elisa | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Memories of Murder: Di Costanzo Treads Criminal Motives
The impetus behind Elisa, the latest from Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo is pregnant with intrigue, examining...
On the Road | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Road to Perdition: Pablos Charts a Brutal Journey to Redemption
Solidifying himself as the queer counterpart to Michel Franco, David Pablos' On the Road features...
Girl (Nühai) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
This Girl’s Life: Qi Outlines Inherited Abuses
For her directorial debut Girl, actress Shu Qi wields a heavy hand in a film which seems to...
Duse | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Distress Becomes Her: Marcello Delivers a Diva’s Final Act
For many, Duse, the latest feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello, will serve as their introduction...
Straight Circle | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Circle in the Sand: Hudson Blurs the Borders of the Mind
“Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill,” wrote English writer Richard...
Roqia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Demon in My View: Koussim Unleashes a Djinn
A generation spanning possession is at the heart of Roqia, the directorial debut from Algerian director...
The Wizard of the Kremlin | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas Bungles Political Espionage
Of the many significant issues severely hobbling The Wizard of the Kremlin, the...
A Sad and Beautiful World | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Man is an Island: Aris Explores Childhood, Couplehood and Parenthood with Flip Book Speeds
Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris utilizes the three distinct yet related...
Gorgonà | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Female of the Species: Kalogiropoulou Hits the Gas in Brooding Debut
How, exactly, does a powerful woman command the patriarchy? It turns out, only...
Ish | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Closely Watched Strain: Perretta Reflects Traumatic Coming-of-Age
There’s a bleak fatalism apparent in Ish, the directorial debut of visual artist Imran Perretta, named for its...
Milk Teeth | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Child Left Behind: Mincan Explores a Nation That Stood in Silence
Perhaps more terrifying than the high-seas stowaway trip from hell (2022’s To the North),...
À pied d’oeuvre (At Work) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Declaration of Poor: Donzelli’s Tone Deaf Survey of a Starving Artist
Despite honorable intentions, it’s difficult not to perceive Valérie Donzelli’s latest feature, At Work...
Orphan | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
I Will Be Your Father Figure: Nemes Paints Period Paternity Thriller
Hungarian director László Nemes essentially rounds out a thematic trilogy with his third film...
Father (Otec) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Penance for Your Thoughts: Nvotová Jumps into Void without Societal Parachutes
For her third feature, Father (Otec), Slovak filmmaker Tereza Nvotová delivers a psychologically immersive portrait...
Stereo Girls (Les Immortelles) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Death Be Not Loud: Deruas Kills a Teen Dream in Languid Period Piece
With her sophomore directorial feature Stereo Girls, Caroline Deruas Peano continues down...
Mother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Slack Narcissus: Mitevska Conjures the Psyche of a Saint
There are a handful of contemporary historical figures whose accomplishments have superseded cultural critique thanks to...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Predictions
And we are off to the races - the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival begins today and as per tradition Kevin Jagernauth...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival – Our Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It’s the fall film festival season folks! And the party kicks off in style on the Lido with the legendary Venice Film Festival. With...
Exclusive Clip: Muddy the Waters in ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’ – 2025 Venice Film Festival
Among the handful of buzz titles coming out of the Giornate degli Autori programme on the Lido this year is Gabriel Azorín's feature film...
IONCINEMA x Venice Sala Web x Festival Scope – 13 Shorts (Free) From the 2025 Venice Film Fest Line-up!
We are happy to partner once again with the Festival Scope folks for the Venice Sala Web – which returns to the 82nd edition...
Stranger Eyes | Review
The Interest of Distance: Yeo Discovers the Masochistic Pleasures of a Surveillance State
“Strange feeling that someone is looking at me. I am clear, then...
Motel Destino | Review
Destiny Indemnity: Ainouz Retrofits a Noir Classic
“Love, when you get fear in it, it’s not love any more, it’s hate,” wrote James M. Cain...
Interview: Anu Valia – We Strangers (Work in Progress)
Sundance Film Festival short film award-winning filmmaker Anu Valia (2017's Lucia, Before and After) has been hitting the pavement on a slew of television...
‘Fleur’ Power: Ellie Foumbi Directs Halle Berry as Parisian Dominatrix
Some cool news for a filmmaker who cut her teeth in the micro indie sphere, Our Father, the Devil (Mon père, le diable) filmmaker...
2025 San Sebastian Film Festival: Dominga Sotomayor’s ‘Limpia’ Opens Horizontes Latinos
A film that was completely off our radar (which is surprising considering that it was backed by Netflix) will open the Horizontes Latinos programme...
Exclusive Clips: Family Unit Gets Tested in Tereza Nvotová’s ‘Father’ (Otec) – 2025 Venice Film Festival
We are one week away from the opening of the 82 edition of the Venice Film Festival and among the competition films found in...
Behind the Ruins: Sandra Hüller Drives Black Buick in Pawlikowski’s Post-War Odyssey ‘1949’
Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland has indeed moved into production - just now its being called 1949 and its got the weighty cast of Sandra Hüller,...
Netflix Mexico: New Films by Maite Alberdi, Alonso Ruizpalacios & Gabriel Ripstein in the Works
Netflix is banking on auteur filmmakers for a slew Mexico-based and financed projects. Among the notable filmmakers we find Chilean filmmaker (The Mole Agent...
Ana Dumitrascu, Vincent Macaigne & Mélanie Thierry Board Radu Jude’s ‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’
French producer Saïd Ben Saïd has unveiled the cast for Romanian auteur workhorse Radu Jude's adaptation of The Diary of a Chambermaid. To be...
Suspended Time (Hors du Temps) | Review
Time Regained: Assayas Agonizes in Pretentious Pandemic Reflection
In what stands as evidence of a surprising lack of self-awareness, director Olivier Assayas reenacts a composite...
2025 NYFF: Ronan Day-Lewis’ ‘Anemone’ & Rebecca Miller’s ‘Mr. Scorsese’ World Preems Added
Programmers at the New York Film Festival are stealing some of the thunder from TIFF. The Spotlight line-up landed three world premieres (namely Ronan...
2025 TIFF: Claire Denis & Pablo Trapero World Preems + Venice Comps Chan-wook, Ben Hania & Assayas
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival line-up is now complete with six heavyweight titles added to the final line-up. Venice Film...
