Ioncinema

Seriousness Sensationalized: Marczak Uses a Father in Turmoil to Showcase His Style The winding, seemingly endless Vistula River, the longest in Poland (and ninth longest in Europe) is at the centre of Michał Marczak’s brooding doc Closure. Following a father...

Creature Discomfort: Docu Explores the Long Rift Between Neighbors Adding to the docu sub-genre of our ecological collapse, more of an observational docu than indictment, Nuisance Bear carries an unsettling air of accommodation toward a new reality shaped by dumb...

Following a thunderous world premiere, Beth de Araújo’s sophomore feature quickly emerged as Park City favorite, confirming the narrative we had anticipated. Josephine was crowned with both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award from the U.S. Dramatic competition...

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka’s Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on Rinko Kikuchi Healing comes in baby steps — and dance steps in Josef Kubota Wladyka’s warm and rebellious third feature film outing. Conjoining the absurd with reality-check seriousness, like a trendy...

Soaringly Bittersweet: Boulos & Alkader Habak Fall in Love Amidst their Homeland’s Turmoil How can anything else hold your focus when you’re watching your country unravel before your eyes? There are the type of altruistic people that will happily (and...

Good Neighbours: Sierra Highlights Glasgow’s Proud Grassroots Protesting History with Endearing Yet Slight Doc With immigration unlikely to fade as a pressing issue in the U.K. anytime soon, Chilean-Belgian filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra’s sophomore documentary carries a strong sense of...

Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family Grief Grief is never linear; it reshapes us as we grow and changes after loss, often leaving us struggling to find the words to express what and how we feel. Exploring...

From Massachusetts with Love: O’Shea Explores the U.S Wealth Divide Through One Man’s Utopian Experiment A docu surrounding a hot button topic in both modern America and the rest of the world, All About the Money chronicles a singular personal...

It was a great morning for the folks at Warner Bros. A really solid morning. With a record-breaking sixteen nominations, Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners might have pulled in the most votes, but Paul Thomas Anderson‘s One Battle After Another and Joachim...

The NEON folks have four Cannes competition film horses in the race and the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion winner completes the quintet of noms in the Best International Feature Film category. With additional nominations in the Best Picture category...