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2023 TIFF: Rustin, The Holdovers, Memory, The Beast, NYAD, Fingernails, Hit Man & The Royal Hotel Get Confirmed Itineraries

With one announcement we got confirmations for films that will either exclusively play in Toronto or will hit either Telluride and/or Venice just prior....

2023 Venice Film Festival – 75 Predictions: Bertrand Bonello, David Oelhoffen, Tarsem Singh & Viggo Mortensen…

Sure we are about two weeks away from the official announcements for the films that will premiere on the Lido, but we are very...

Crimes of the Future | Review

Origin of the Neo-Species: Cronenberg Crafts a Discourse on Human Evolution Whatever the evolution happening in the world of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #15. David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future Produced by Robert Lantos Directed by David Cronenberg Written by David Cronenberg Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #6. Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka

Eureka Produced by Fiorella Moretti, Hedi Zardi Directed by Lisandro Alonso Written by Lisandro Alonso Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Maria de Medeiros, Rafi Pitts, Jose Maria Yaspik   Release...

2020 TIFF: Mundruczó, Franco, Rosi, Jasmila Zbanic & Chaitanya Tamhane Among High Profile Selections

With the red carpets remaining in storage this year and A-list players making no plans to quarantine for two full weeks in Canada's capitol,...

Descriptions added to the 56 Cannes Film Festival Selected Films for the 2020 Edition

Adding more value to their June 3rd unveiling, what went into this selection process and to be frank, some of these short descriptions will...

Passion of the Christ Figure: Ridley Leans Religious in Stylized “The Passion of Darkly Noon” | Blu-ray Review

In the thirty years since he first became a cult favorite with his 1990 debut The Reflecting Skin, multifaceted English artist/director/novelist Philip Ridley has...

Introducing Our Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: A Precursor (Picks 300 to 151)

As we wave au revoir to a year in cinema that gave us the Berlinale Golden Bear winner Synonyms, the Cannes Palme d'Or winner...

2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section

The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic

Still relatively new in the distrib game, Bleecker Street has been keen on including film fest premieres for their individual film release strategies and...

Jauja | Blu-ray Review

Like each of Lisandro Alonso's cinematic offerings that came before - La Libertad, Los Muertos, Fantasma and Liverpool - the Un Certain Regard debuted, FIPRESCI Prize winning Jauja regards the solitary...

Video Interview: Lisandro Alonso & Viggo Mortensen (Jauja)

Lisandro Alonso and Viggo Mortensen are oddly like magnets - figures that on one side might resist one another, yet on the opposite sides...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic

Unlike say a micro-budgeted indie with enough coin in the backend for post-production, chances are slim that this modestly priced indie with A-list cast...

Interview: Hossein Amini (The Two Faces of January)

Continuing in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith's set of globetrotters and vacationing daytrippers who dip their toes not only in foreign backdrops, but in...

The Two Faces of January | Review

Winter of Our Discontent: Amini’s Problem with Narrative Pabulum Few crime writers can boast such a weighty lineage of cinematic adaptation as that of Patricia...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #38. Lisandro Alonso’s Untitled Drama

Director: Lisandro Alonso Writers: Lisandro Alonso, Fabian Casas Producers: Ilse Hughan, Andy Kleinman, Viggo Mortensen, Helle Ulsteen U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ghita Nørby We're used to...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #189. Hossein Amini’s The Two Faces of January

The Two Faces of January Director: Hossein Amini Writer: Hossein Amini Producers: Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast:...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #91. Hossein Amini’s The Two Faces of January

The Two Faces of January Director/Writer: Hossein Amini Producer(s): Tom Sternberg, Working Title’s Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo. U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Viggo Mortensen,...

Inside Cannes 2012 Day 8: Five Quotes from the On the Road Press Conference

1. "I got to live more in those four weeks than typical, for me in my normal life" - Kristen Stewart The film began shooting...

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