From The Editors
Karlovy Vary 2025 Review: SIRĀT Raves at the Edge of Apocalypse
Oliver Laxe's desert rave road movie fuses Tarkovsky with 'Mad Max,' channeling enlightenment in shockwaves.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Review: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT Takes Justice for a Ride
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi delivers a political revenge thriller infused with absurdist comedy in his latest work, using the framework of post-authoritarian reckoning to examine the moral ambiguities of justice, memory, and collective trauma.
Fantasia 2025 Short Film, Short Review: LE TOUR DE CANADA
Fuelled by strong beer, broken glass, and raw fish, John Hollands' Le Tour De Canada a frenetic race from St. John’s to Vancouver somewhere in an alternate 1970s - if the chroma keyed backdrops of Toronto are too be trusted, or...
ARROW Player in August: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, Many Cats, And a Coked-out Raccoon
With just more than a week left in July it is time once again to look to August and find out what the folks at Arrow Video have planned for their ARROW Player. Probably the biggest title in the...
Popcorn Frights 2025: Closing Film Announced, SHELL Starring Elisabeth Moss And Kate Hudson
Down on her luck actress Samantha Lake is invited into the ultra-glamorous world of Zoe Shannon, CEO of wellness company SHELL. When SHELL patients begin to go missing, Samantha realizes Zoe may be protecting a monstrous secret.
Fantasia 2025 Review: EVERY HEAVY THING, A DePalma-Flavored Cyber Thriller And Mickey Reece's Best Film Yet
Oklahoma auteur Mickey Reece is back at Fantasia 2025 with his latest work of outsider art, in the neon-tinged ‘80s-infused cyber thriller, Every Heavy Thing. Joe (Josh Fadem) lives a pretty milquetoast life in Hightown City , USA. Peddling ads...
LAST SWIM Review: Youthful Despondency, Soaked in the Sun
Newcomer Sasha Nathwani delivers a tender, sun-soaked exploration of youthful despondency in his feature-length debut, Last Swim. The story follows Ziba (Deba Hekmat), a British-Iranian teenager whose life is on the cusp of irrevocable change. A single, momentous day in London...
Fantasia 2025 Review: THE WELL, In A World Where Water Is Scarce, A Young Girl Is Her Family's Only Hope
In a not-too-distant future where clean water is scarce, a young woman’s journey to find a way to fix her family’s well leads her to a group of struggling survivors who would do anything to have what she has in...
THE CONGREGATION: THE BRIDE OF CHRIST Review: Choosing Friends, A Cautionary Tale
The Swedish series dramatizes a cult leader's paralyzing hold on her community.
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN: Shudder Announces Directors For Next Installment of Popular Anthology Series
Shudder has announced the lineup of directors for the next installment of the horror anthology series that simply will not die, V/H/S. This time they are coming after our favorite holiday, Halloween. They are, in order of announcement, Scottish...
Karlovy Vary 2025 Review: SPLITSVILLE, (B)Rom-Com Gets a Manic Jolt to the System
Michael Angelo Covino directs and co-stars with Kyle Marvin, Adria Arjona, and Dakota Johnson in a marital comedy skewed through a bromedy (and vice versa).
SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES: First Look at Sequel to The Cult Hit
Today, we have our first look at Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the sequel to the cult, metal hit, This Is Spinal Tap. We love seeing Elton John on the piano in the background of that first picture...
CLOUD Interview: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Talks Bresson, Open Endings, and the Ambiguity in Remaking
The legendary Japanese director talks cinephilia, America, and ambiguities.
THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Review: Marvel's First Family Finally Gets The Big-Screen Treatment It Deserves
Only seven months after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth in 1961, transforming the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union from the Space Age into the Space Race (Destination: Moon),...
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THE UNDERTONE Official Trailer: Be Afraid of The Silence
The host of an 'all-things-creepy' podcast moves into her dying mother's house to be her primary caregiver. When her podcast is sent 10 audio recordings of a young pregnant couple experiencing paranormal noises, she realizes the woman's story is a mirror of her own. Each new recording scratches at her sanity, drawing her into a fate she cannot escape.
THE FORBIDDEN CITY: Well GO USA Acquires Italian Kung-fu Movie
Italian Kung-Fu movie The Forbidden City lands North American distribution from Well Go USA. Because, of course, it does.
ROQIA: Algerian Horror Acquired by Alpha Violet Ahead of World Premiere at Venice
Venice-bound Algerian horror film, Roqia, acquired by Alpha Violet
THE BRIDE: Thai-Vietnamese Horror Starts to Sell Globally
Skyline Media secures multi-territory deals ahead of August Vietnam premiere.
HOW DARE YOU: Prince Amponsah to Take Lead in Queer Satire Horror
How Dare You, an upcoming queer satire horror from directing duo Kit & Arran will be presented during the Frontieres Market tomorrow, during the pitches. Variety has reported that the project is heading into the market with a casting boost,...
Fantasia 2025 Review: HONEKO AKABANE'S BODYGUARDS, This High School Action Comedy Is A Blast
Iruki Arakuni is charged with protecting his childhood friend who doesn’t know there’s a ten-million-dollar bounty on her head in Ishikawa Jun'ichi’s manga adaptation, Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards, making its North American Premiere at Fantasia 2025 this week. Honeko Akabane (Deguchi...
