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Movie Reviews
The Dreamed Adventure | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Era of Men: Valeska Dredges the Darkness of...
The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
Bird on a Wire: The Past Haunts the Present...
The Black Ball (La bola negra) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...
A Man of His Time (Notre salut) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review
Lost Illusions: Marre Administers Plodding Portrait of an Opportunist
“There’s...
Interviews
Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.
Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...
Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...
Interview: Lukas Dhont – Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
Following the Grand Prix–winning Close, Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont...
Interview: Zou Jing – A Girl Unknown | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
A film project we've been tracking when the Critics'...
Interview: Federico Luis – For the Opponents | 2026 Cannes Film Festival
We discovered Argentine filmmaker Federico Luis as one of...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Predictions
And we are off to the races - the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival begins today and as per tradition Kevin Jagernauth...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival – Our Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It’s the fall film festival season folks! And the...
IndieSponge Episode: An Officer and a Spy (2025) Movie Review
As we slowly prepare for our official launch and...
IndieSponge Episode: Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review
Before our official launch, Kevin Jagernauth and I had...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or Predictions
Before our official June relaunch, Kevin Jagernauth and I...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Palme d’Or Competition Reactions
We haven't yet relaunched, but Kevin Jagernauth and I...
IndieSponge Episode: 14 – 2020 Venice Film Festival Predictions
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, I invited Tommaso...
IndieSponge Episode 8 – 2020 Cannes vs. Venice, Apple TV+ Gets Behind Scorsese, HBO Max Gets Behind the Safdies
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 7 – The Latest on Lanthimos, Zagar, Soderbergh, Chan-Wook & David Robert Mitchell
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 6 – Wong Kar-Wai Plants “Blossoms”, Guadagnino Snorts “Scarface” & Blanchett registers for “Armageddon Time”
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
For Your Consideration - Awards CoverageLatest
2026 Oscars Score Card: No Surprises Here as One Battle After Another Wins Best Picture
Not that we have any issue with a legitimate...
Pencils Down: Our 2026 Oscar Predictions!
After dazzling the critic elite at Telluride and cementing...
2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film
It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the...
You BETcha!: ‘Yellow Letters’, ‘Rose’ & ‘Queen at Sea’ are the Golden Bear Frontrunners
YouBETcha! is back, this time for our Berlinale edition,...
2026 Oscars: ‘Sinners’ Lands Most Noms, but ‘One Battle After Another’ & ‘Sentimental Value’ are the Frontrunners
It was a great morning for the folks at...
2026 Oscars: Trier, Filho, Panahi, Laxe & Hania Nominated for Best International Feature Film
The NEON folks have four Cannes competition film horses...
You BETcha!: ‘Josephine’, ‘Carousel’ & ‘Union County’ Are Top Contenders for Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Comp Grand Jury Prize
This year’s Sundance YouBETcha!, where we guess the odds...
2026 Lumières Awards: François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ Sweeps “France’s Golden Globes” with Trio of Awards
Five weeks before the César Awards ceremony, we find...
2026 ICS: ‘One Battle After Another’ Finds the Rendezvous Point — Nabs Dozen Noms
Leading with a dozen noms, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One...
American Indie Films NewsLatest
2026 Rathaus Film Grant Winners: Paisley Sutton, Rachel Debolski & Bree Gant
Rathaus Films have announced the winners of the third...
Brotherly Shove: James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ Finds Homes at NEON & Palme d’Or Comp
The Croisette is set to give some love towards...
Mystic Roots Revealed: Brady Corbet Readies ‘The Origin of the World’ with Selena Gomez
With Cannes just a month away, major updates on...
Jail & Jell-O Molds? Janicza Bravo to Direct Cate Blanchett in Martha Stewart Biopic ‘Good Thing’
If American indie filmmaker Janicza Bravo gets to infuse...
World Cinema News
Exclusive Clip: Two Lanes Two Trucks in Pierre Le Gall’s ‘Flesh and Fuel’ – 2026 Cannes
Nabbing one of only four non-competition slots in this...
Exclusive Clip: Emergency Fun(d) in Valentina Maurel’s ‘Forever Your Maternal Animal – 2026 Cannes
With her body of work, Franco-Costa Rican filmmaker Valentina...
Exclusive Trailer: Inserting Your Tongue into Bruno Santamaría Razo’s ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ – 2026 Cannes
Lightning strikes twice today - earlier we premiered the...
2026 Cannes Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Bruno Santamaría Razo’s ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ (Critics’ Week)
Among the seven films (six debuts) we find in...
Weekly & Monthly Features
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...
