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2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
With the gigantic cluster fuck that is the sinking ship distributor The Weinstein Company, we seriously doubt that Garth Davis' Mary Magdalene will receive...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Tully’s Don’t Leave Home
Austinite Michael Tully packed his bags this past spring, moving from the lobster rouge backdrop of Ocean City, Maryland to the Celtic green meadows...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: David & Nathan Zellner’s Damsel
We incorrectly labeled this guesstimate as dropping in 2017 and to be frank, we're a bit surprised that it didn't shore up at the...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joshua Marston’s Come Sunday
A place that can be avoided by obedience to God and his commandments, the Mormons don't see what all the fuss is about like...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ethan Hawke’s Blaze
Yet to be invited to the Sundance ball with his trio of films as a director Chelsea Walls (2001), The Hottest State (2006) and Seymour:...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Khalik Allah’s Black Mother
Packing a fervent wallop only with his still photography (check out his just published hard cover Souls Against the Concrete) we were initially introduced Khalik Allah via the Filmmaker...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Janus Metz & Sine Plambech’s Between Two Worlds
It certainly appears that we might one day be relating Janus Metz's film output in the similar realm as Jonathan Demme, Michael Winterbottom, Asif...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Joshua Leonard’s Behold My Heart
If Joshua Leonard's third film gets inserted in the '18 edition, it'll be the project that had the luxury of having the longest post...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy
We know him for his Directors' Fortnight preemed The Misfortunates (2009) (and the publicity stunt on the Croisette as well), and international audiences discovered...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jesper Ganslandt’s Beast Of Burden
For those who simply can't get enough of, or bypassed what a Cessna misadventure might look like with covert operations and covert opportunities seen...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Per Fly’s Backstabbing for Beginners
The A24 folks landed the rights to this Scandi-North American production and globe-trotting English language debut from Per Fly at the onset of the summer,...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation
It's been a long seven years between features for Sam Levinson. Having started his film career with one of the best films from 2011...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Gareth Evans’ Apostle
A bromance between the festival and this Welsh started back when The Raid: Redemption received it U.S. premiere during the 2012 edition. Sundance has...
Zoology | Blu-ray Review
Russian director Ivan I. Tverdovsky became an automatic name in the cult films register with his 2016 sophomore film Zoology, an allegory about a...
Aquarius | Blu-ray Review
The political controversy which took place following the premiere of Kleber Mendonca Filho’s superb sophomore film had a rather unfortunate hobbling effect on its...
Wind River | Blu-ray Review
Arriving just in time to have the soured name of its US distributor The Weinstein Company shaved off prior to its awards season screenings...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jim Hosking’s An Evening with Beverly Luff
Heavy on the gag....reflex, Jim Hosking's feature break out debut (a 2016 Sundance Park City at Midnight selection) was what could categorically be called...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Eva Vives’ All About Nina
Every year there are the last minute additions getting in under the wire, this might be the case for Eva Vives' directorial debut. Receiving...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sarah Daggar-Nickson’s A Vigilante
Unless it's within the horror genre, revenge type films signed by female filmmakers are few and far between. For every Kill Bill, there are...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kenny Riches’ A Name Without a Place
It's not just the Borscht folks who are reinvigorating the American independent scene in the Sunshine State, or more specifically, Miami. Cut to Kenny...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Silas Howard’s A Kid Like Jake
A busy bee as of late directing notable television gigs such as Hudson Valley Ballers and Transparent, Silas Howard premiered his debut film at...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Yen Tan’s 1985
The aesthetic foot print of this Malaysian born, Austin-based helmer can be visually catalogued year in and year out on film fest circuit. Part...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: An Introduction
Tomorrow we begin our crystal ball overview of the 75 titles that we believe to be the odds on favorites for a possible 2018...
The Conversation: Top 10 American Indie Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of ’17)
Following up our last week’s offering of ten international directors who have been missing in action for the past five years or more, we...
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Review
(Not So) Bright Future: Iwai’s Returns with Troubling Portrait of Modern Love
At the beginning of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s latest film, A Bride for...
Video: Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 2017 TIFF Post Screening Q&A
Landing the coveted People's Choice Award, which in some circles is believed to be a god luck blessing towards an eventual Oscar win, Fox...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks: Dee Rees, Chris Smith & Luca Guadagnino this November
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? We’re...
The Conversation: Top 10 World Cinema Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of ’17)
As we get ready to wrap up the cinematic offerings of 2017, it’s time to revisit those auteurs we haven’t heard from for a...
Lady Bird | Review
Call Her by Her Name: Gerwig Shifts Shrewdly in Director’s Seat
Actress Greta Gerwig, alum of the American film movement known as Mumblecore and ingenious...
Last Flag Flying | Review
Looking Back Instead of Forward: A New Kind of Coming-of-Age Tale for Linklater
Rare is the filmmaker who can entertain with little more than old-fashioned...
Interview: Ruben Östlund (The Square)
This weekend, Magnolia Pictures release Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund's latest film, The Square. Winner of this year's Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film...
Novitiate | Review
And Then There Were Nun: Betts’ Novel Approach to the Nunnery
Director Maggie Betts revisits a fascinating transitional period in the Catholic church with her...
Criterion Collection: Barry Lyndon (1975) | Blu-ray Review
Within the omnipresent and overpowering narration guiding Barry Lyndon, a passage on the title character’s wife describes her as “not very much more important...
Aurora Borealis | 2017 Warsaw Film Festival Review
Daughters of the Dawn: Meszaros Examines Painful Period with Reconciliation Drama
Hungary’s cinematic canon can’t be discussed without a deliberation on the importance of Marta...
Reviews & Reflections: Östlund’s The Square Leads Top 5 NYFF Films That Lived Up To The Hype
As the New York Film Festival comes to a close, so marks the end of the 2017 festival season: a year-long tsunami that began...
Guess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner? Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” Leads 2017 Gotham Award Noms
Today's Gotham Awards nominees announcement proves that the film's themselves have their own against all odds narratives. With the five noms for the Best...
Journeyman | 2017 BFI London Film Festival Review
Fading Bull: Considine’s Heartfelt Drama of an Incapacitated Boxer
Following his final championship match, a boxer suffers a serious head injury that alters his personality...
Montparnasse Bienvenue (Jeune Femme) | 2017 BFI London Film Festival Review
Wander Woman: Serraille’s Tantalizing Tale of Wayward Independence
Upon breaking up with her former lover, a youthful woman roams the streets of Paris with a...
Criterion Collection: Personal Shopper | Blu-ray Review
One of French auteur Olivier Assayas’ most divisive films to date (it drew jeers at its premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, but...
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Review
Women Wanted: Robinson Explores the Fascinating Origins of Wonder Woman in Solid Biopic
Truth may often be stranger than fiction, but it’s not always as...
Video: Michaël R. Roskam’s Racer and the Jailbird – 2017 TIFF Post Screening Q&A
Our Tommaso Tocci caught up with Michaël R. Roskam's latest while at the Venice Film Festival calling his cinema "marked by reticence and doomed...
Video: Louis C.K.’s I Love You, Daddy – 2017 TIFF Post Screening Q&A
The pre-fest announcement that Louis C.K. had directed a project that went into production this summer and was going to be ready in September...
Video: Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game – 2017 TIFF Presentation
After Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs in the tens, Aaron Sorkin finally moves to the front of the camera with his directorial debut...
Blade Runner 2049 | Review
A Time to Brood: Villeneuve Delivers Sleek, Stylized Mood Noir with Sci-Fi Sequel
Do androids dream of electric sheep? It’s a question never completely answered,...
Criterion Collection: The Piano Teacher | Blu-ray Review
Rare are the performers who can surpass the sadistic tendencies of an oligarchically inclined auteur, but there exists no finer example of this than...
A Ghost Story | Blu-ray Review
With commendable marketing following the strong critical reception out of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, David Lowery’s enigmatic return to indie filmmaking paid off...
2017 Toronto Intl. Film Festival: Samuel Maoz & Andrea Pallaoro Lead Eric Lavallée’s Top 10
Naturally not by intent or design, this year my number of films viewed actually matched the festival edition number. My main takeaway from the...
Interview: Jesse Noah Klein (We’re Still Together)
"in finding each other, they begin to learn over the course of the film, how it is they should be communicating..." - Jesse Noah...
2017 Venice Film Festival: Kechiche, Mandico & Ming-liang in Tommaso Tocci’s Top Five
It’s been a good year on the Lido, with a balanced and compact Competition slate that avoided the rollercoaster feeling of recent years and...
Criterion Collection: Rebecca | Blu-ray Review
“Last night I dreamt of Manderley again,” opens the famous 1938 novel Rebecca by esteemed mystery writer Daphne Du Maurier, astutely mimicked in Alfred...
