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Sean Baker’s Anora – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Returning to the official competition for a second time, this is American indie filmmaker Sean Baker‘s third consecutive trip to Cannes after The Florida Project premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight in 2017 and Red Rocket (read our ★★★★ review) premiering...
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Animale | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Toro Toro Toro: Amamra Grabs the Bull By the Horns in Transformative Role For those who champion the bull in Spain’s electrifying yet antiquated tradition of the running of the bulls, there’s a fresh perspective awaiting in a genre-blending narrative...
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David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
In his late career resurgence with Crimes of the Future having been showcased in the comp in 2022, David Cronenberg makes his entrance with The Shrouds (aka Les Linceuls) – a Canada-France co-production. Having been here before for Crash (1996),...
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Cannes Review: To a Land Unknown Tells a Bitter Poem of Palestinian Exile
by admin|1 year ago|The Film Stage
The tragic predicament of the Palestinians and what they’re now being subjected to begs to be analyzed and dissected, with various areas of dubious historical consensus put to new scrutiny; in Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction debut To a Land Unknown, we’re...
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Anora | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Fools Russia In: Baker’s Bangin’ Screwball Comedy At this point in his career, filmmaker Sean Baker seems to have covered all the major facets of sex work experiences. Surprisingly, and quite delightfully, he’s managed to use his favorite motifs to...
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FEU-FOLLET: First Images From New French Supernatural Horror Short Film
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
Feu-Follet. In French folklore it is a soul send back from the dead to do God's penance but will often attack people for vengeance. Deemed mostly harmless, the feu-follet sometimes suck the blood of children. Cheery stuff.    There are...
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Marcello Mio | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
In the Name of the Father: Honore Pays Homage via Identity Crisis “I only exist when I am working on a film,” Marcello Mastroianni once said, who is, of course, resurrected through the prism of his daughter Chiara Mastorianni in...
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Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7
by admin|1 year ago|Ioncinema
Making it three features in a row that’ll have premiered on the Croisette, Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi saw his sophomore feature Border play like gangbusters in the Un Certain Regard section (winning the top prize via the Benicio Del Toro-led...
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Book Review: The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills in Film
by admin|1 year ago|Screen Anarchy
This one’s for all the weirdos out there, and I say that with love. There’s a brand-new book out that explores the theme of wee ones getting offed in cinema… and it’s hilarious. At least it is if this subject...
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Cannes 2024 Video #4: Jason Gorber on Canada’s Films
by admin|1 year ago|Roger Ebert
The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In this video, Canadian correspondent Jason Gorber briefly mentions the Canadian films highlighting the festival this year before discussing "Universal Language" and "Black Dog"...
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