Tag: World Cinema
Through the Looking Glass: Top 10 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2024
As we do every year, after we've unveiled our massive top list for the upcoming year (check out our Top 200) we like to...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #11. Yorgos Lanthimos’ AND
AND
A year-end item that squeezed itself at the top of our list is Greek helmer Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest project which sees him reteam with...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #12. Christian Petzold’s Afire
Afire
So deserving and so close at cracking our top 10, the great German filmmaker Christian Petzold continues at his break-neck speed of quantity and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #13. Marco Bellocchio’s La conversione
La conversione
The true story has put the fear of god in the directors who consider making it, but finally, it was Italian maestro Marco...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #14. Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel
The Royal Hotel
A favorite of ours amongst working female directors always surprising us with her ingenuity, originality and formal rigueur as witnessed in the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #15. Robin Campillo’s Red Island
Vazaha (Les Blancs)
Forget about the numerous title changes, it appears that it took a little bit more time with detours due to the pandemic...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #16. Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand
Firebrand
After a handful of films that didn’t really stick, Karim Aïnouz made a triumphant return when he premiered The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #17. Catherine Breillat’s L’été dernier
L’été dernier
After almost a decade away from the camera, Catherine Breillat makes her return behind the camera working on a remake of Queen of Hearts...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #18. Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life
Pedro Almodóvar has been challenging himself as of late moving away from what could be repetitiveness and a certain complacency by...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #19. Ramon & Silvan Zürcher’s Der Spatz im Kamin
Der Spatz im Kamin
This latest micro indie film from Ramon and Silvan Zürcher titled Der Spatz im Kamin (which translates to The Sparrow in...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #20. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina
La Cocina
Another project that was working under the radar, Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios quickly moved back into production on his fourth film project only...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #21. Cristi Puiu’s MMXX
MMXX
With lengthy time between film projects it always feels like an event film when there is a new Cristi Puiu in the works. Best...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #22. Valérie Donzelli’s L’amour et les forêts
L’amour et les forêts
Adapted alongside Audrey Diwan, Valérie Donzelli moved into the turbulent relationship terrain with her sixth feature film. The book-to-film project features...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #23. Pablo Larraín’s El Conde
El Conde
An endless source for film narratives including several in his own filmography, Pablo Larraín decides to reimagine (and do some dentistry) to Pinochet...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #24. Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live?
How Do You Live?
In the end, The Wind Rises was not the film that would see Hayao Miyazaki hang up his brush. In production...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023:#25. Justine Triet’s Anatomie d’une chute
Anatomie d’une chute
Last year we thought this might premiere and that Cannes was not in the cards. We can now take that back. Triet’s...