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𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗦𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 is the only film that broke me (so far) in 2026 -- 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗔 🇧🇪 delivers a masterful performance goods once again - I had the chance to ask her a trio of questions at TIFF.
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143679 We got to speak to Nathalia Acevedo for Salón de belleza at the 2026 Venice Film Festival - Giornate degli autori section.
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143675 Winner of the Best Director award in the Orrizonti section at the Venice Film Festival, I had the chance to sit down w/ Jacqueline Lentzou for 𝗔 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢: 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🐢
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143676 At the Venice Film Festival I had the chance to ask a question to master filmmaker 🇰🇷 Lee Chang-dong for 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 가능한 사랑 - @Netflix release this top10 of 2026 film this month!
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143672 2026 Agustina Sánchez Gavier, Sam Manacsa & Anna Llargués Muñoz Part of 52nd session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes!
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143799 We are back with our regular Sunday feature. Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... ✈️ here is Everything We Know So Far... for Janicza Bravo's PRƎPPY (American Indie Edition) ✈️ with #KitConnor & #DianaSilvers
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143770 It's the return of our Saturday feature. Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... ✈️ here is Everything We Know So Far... for Isabella Eklöf's 𝗠𝗥.𝗡𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜 ✈️
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143767 2026 US in Progress: Boy Harsher, Mercedes Bryce Morgan & Colin West Selected - Among the 8 projects at the American Film Festival in Wrocław!
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143764 At TIFF I had the chance to speak to Jacob Tremblay, Brad Schiff, Rachelle Lambden & Tom Carey for 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 which will receive its world premiere at the London BFI and will open theatrically October 23rd.
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143692 I had the chance to speak to Nelson Lowry (Production Design & Stages), Deb Cook (Costume Design) & Brad Schiff (Animation) for 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 which will receive its world premiere at the London BFI and will open theatrically October 23rd.
bit.ly/4yvxdHN I had the chance to speak to Oliver Jones and Brian McLean for 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 which will receive its world premiere at the London BFI and will open theatrically October 23rd.
bit.ly/4hYzogV We got the exclusive first-look at the trailer for 🇺🇾 Federico Borgia's 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 🐕which will world premiere next week at the BFI London Film Festival
bit.ly/4rHRwz7 Our Nicholas Bell on 𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗔 ★★★★ in Venice "The formidable hypocrisy of Israeli news stations covering Holocaust Remembrance day, including an honorarium for Claude Lanzmann, in the midst of their barbarity, is a wretched but necessary visualization of the flabberga
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143386 I had the chance to speak with Arthur Harari for 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 - the Cannes competition title that preemed at Telluride, TIFF and NYFF (tonite!). This one belongs to NEON!
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143689 Olivier Assayas re-teams with Kristen Stewart and casts Vicky Krieps, Niels Schneider, Riley Keough, Wagner Moura & Barbara Sukowa in 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 / production begins in February. Cannes 2028?
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143695 Our Kevin Jagernauth reviews ALPHA GANG “In its best moments, the Zellners genre mashup recalls the work of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani”
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143636 Our Kevin Jagernauth reviews TIFF preemed 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗘 “...a butter knife deep literary scene satire and coming-of-age story that never truly draws blood.”
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143637 One of the few world premiere highlights from this year's TIFF... here is our review of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother - being released this week by the Amazon MGM Studios folks
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143616 “𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 is an ambitiously rich, arthouse flavored action film that marks a step up for filmmaker Bassam Tariq and is easily Mahershala Ali’s best role and performance since Moonlight.”
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143616 Our Nicholas Bell final competition film review...Back to Buenos Aires “Ultimately, it’s a rather sedate approximation of survivor’s guilt despite brief details revealing some of the horror that was endured.”
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143261 Our Nicholas Bell reviews 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 “As the title indicates, and has been Asgari’s custom, there’s an undeniable sense of hard-won optimism keeping his narrative afloat despite realities which breed apathy or despair.” ★★★
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143292 Our Nicholas Bell reviews Nicolas Pariser's 𝗨𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗜𝗧 🇫🇷 “its blatant messaging is effective, even if Poupaud’s amiability makes him seem like a sacrificial lamb whose future seems both unclear and rather uninteresting.” @la_Biennale #Venezia83
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143262 𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗔 ★★★★ “clear-eyed, sobering approach is indeed an undeniable document of complicity and admission to the systematic murdering of an entire people, and it’s unclear how anyone could continue to hide behind political jargon ....”
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143386 𝗨𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗔𝗧 🇫🇷🔇 Our @RagingBells reviews the new Brizé “the lighter side of Brizé is just as pregnant with intention, a reminder to not just mind the gaps, but take a look at the shifting angles and perspectives that widen them around us"
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143287 Our Nicholas Bell reviews 🇷🇺 Ilya Khrzhanovsky's masterwork 𝗗𝗔𝗨 ★★★★½ “this latest mutation of Dau, arguably the most definitive version, is a formidable, cohesive crystallization of a pure cinematic audacity.” @la_Biennale #Venezia83
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143289 Let the White One In: Affleck Can’t Satisfy the Hunger
Like many actors who doggedly pursue a parallel career as film directors, Casey Affleck manages to present interesting ideas without really sensing the best way to execute them.
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143290 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗟 🇮🇹 / aka L'Estranea “Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, smoking cigarettes in her beige trench coat, may be one of the most deliciously entertaining personifications of Satan you’ve experienced” ★★★★
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143260 Nicholas reviews 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 🇯🇵 ルックバック “Kore-eda is a master of the unstated, this time around focused acutely on the sound design of creation, which almost seems to subconsciously cue a Pavlovian response with a myriad of pencils scratching paper and whops of mois
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143283 🇧🇷 “...real essence of body horror is the psychological thriller template we’re all navigating in our minds, and such is the sentiment of London, the directorial debut of filmmaking partners Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli..."
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143512 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 🇩🇰✂️ “el-Touky wades into equally troubling territory (although arguably less contentious) with her first period piece, examining how women’s bodies are not only currency but veritable vehicles of survival, the plundering of which becomes a double ed
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143258 Our Nicholas Bell reviews 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 🇮🇹 “A chamber piece on the blurred lines between dichotomies, where something initially positive can quickly evolve into something toxic or negative, it’s a sometimes morose ..."
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143288 Our Nicholas Bell reviews Oase aka 𝗢𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗦 🇩🇪 “Lenz’s fluctuating explorations of how masculinity must constantly be navigated from an offensive or defensive standpoint in a world which simply doesn’t allow for vulnerability.” ★★★ @la_Biennale #Venezia83
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143436 Our Nicholas Bell reviews 🇰🇷 Lee Chang-dong's 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 “is also about the dangerous erosion that occurs when couples escape into themselves to heal their own wounds rather than providing the necessary succor which might not only assist in healing, but bring t
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143255 Our Nicholas Bell reviews Moretti’s IT WILL HAPPEN TONITE “It’s a heavily romanticized worldview which certainly has been effectively conveyed on screen by many, but when it involves banal people making idiotic choices it’s difficult to feel invested in their non
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143285 Our Nicholas Bell reviews Shinya Tsukamoto's Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか？“Tsukamoto at least depicts a way out of being defined by trauma through a strident sense of honor and a necessary element of recuperation” ★★★
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143256 We review 🇮🇹 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 "Gabbriellini approaches La città dei vivi turning a sordid true-crime story that shocked a nation into something far more intimate: a portrait of the life, relationships and fragile possibilities that existed before Luca bec
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143410 Our Nicholas Bell reviews 𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟 🇫🇷 “A revolving door of one-dimensional characters shout, snarl, bite and claw their way around this merry-go-round of misery, and despite the usual level of thespian professionalism on display, both from notable French ch
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143133 We review Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu's 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 🇨🇲 “a portrait that looks simple on the surface but gradually reveals the emotional fault lines created by distance, absence and the stubborn desire to keep a family together ....
www.ioncinema.com/?p=143499 Nicholas Bell > “Those being initiated to Herzog through 𝗕𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗗 will hopefully embrace the blazing embers of his idiosyncratic signature and dig further into his other glories while his mainstays will hopefully regard this late period weirdness as ducking fe
bit.ly/4dicf6p 2026 Venice Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet & Clip for Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu's House of the Wind (La maison du vent)
bit.ly/468GqZY Our Nicholas Bell reviews the Venice opener INK “Hardly the vicious castigation on media corruption as something much earlier, Billy Wilder’s masterful Ace in the Hole (1951), 𝗜𝗡𝗞 may feel like it charges in like a lion, but it definitely goes out like a lamb.” ★★½ @la_Biennal
bit.ly/4qRiTWM Our first Venice review Alina Marazzi's 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗖𝗔 🇮🇹 - “is ultimately a film about who gets to look, who gets remembered, and who gets written into the history contained inside a photograph”
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