From The Editors
Fantasia 2026 Review: ANCESTRAL BEASTS, An Indigenous Creature Feature About Generational Trauma
Generational trauma manifests as a deadly creepy crawler in Tim Riedel’s debut feature, Ancestral Beasts, which just celebrated its world premiere at this year’s Fantasia. Set among the indigenous Métis community, the film is a glowing reminder of the festival’s...
Now Streaming: Nicholas Winding Refn, From PUSHER to COPENHAGEN COWBOY
With 'Her Private Hell' set to open this weekend, we look back at the director's distinguished career in genre cinema.
Fantasia 2026 Review: TIGHT LETTUCE, Addiction Both Binds and Tears Families Apart
There are many kinds of addiction stories on film, from the invigorating buddy shenanigans of Transpotting to the stylish personal infernos of Requiem For A Dream to the gritty autobiographical redemption arc of The Basketball Diaries. Harrison Houde’s Tight Lettuce discovers...
SMOKING BEHIND THE SUPERMARKET WITH YOU Review: Cigarettes Spark Uncertain Yet Smoldering, Troubling Romance
Crunchyroll's series takes a far different approach to the smoking habit, compared to Netflix's crass take in 'Chainsmoker Cat.'
PURE SCUM: Australian Thriller Acquired by Chroma, Releases at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in August
After a drug-fueled car crash, two recently graduated private-school boys flee into downtown Melbourne, hoping to outrun the consequences. What begins as a night of excess and indulgence spirals out of control, exposing the dangerous entitlement beneath their privilege as the city closes in.
SHEEP IN THE BOX Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on the Future of AI Technology and Human Society
The science fiction drama stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto as a couple and Kuwaki Rimu as the humanoid son.
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S4 Review: Reinvigorated, And It Feels So Good
Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn lead the prequel series on a new series of jaunty adventures.
CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH 4K Review: Anger and Desire in Post-War Japan
In western cinema, the 1950s and 1960s are often portrayed as a time of youth in revolt: the birth of a teenager as a particular cultural and social entity, and with it, the problems of education, social life, work, and...
Fantasia 2026 Review: PENNY LANE IS DEAD Is Not For The Weak Of Heart
A celebratory girls’ night at the family beach house devolves into a night of unrelenting, brutal terror in Penny Lane is Dead, the debut feature from Australian filmmaker Mia’Kate Russell. A blood-soaked throwback to the wild days of ‘80s Ozploitation,...
BUDDY: Second Teaser, Official Poster & COMIC-CON Event Info!
Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.
THE DINK Review: Hit It Slow and Soft, But Funny
Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris star in Apple TV's pickleball comedy from director Josh Greenbaum ('Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar').
THE PATRIOT, ERASER, and More Action-Heavy Arrivals to Home Video
New home video releases of action films headlined by Schwarzenegger, Gibson, Berenger, and Beetz!
Shanghai 2026 Interview: 9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse on His Debut Feature and Thai Independent Cinema
Independent Thai cinema has been rising on the international festival circuit in recent years. Following the success of A Useful Ghost in 2025, Thai independent filmmaker and longtime collaborator of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, premiered his feature debut, 9...
Echoes: JAVED IQBAL, The Netflix-Worthy Film Pakistan Already Had
A recent conversation in Pakistan has stirred concerns over Pakistani content being valuable enough to be allowed to stream on Netflix. Some local stars debated among themselves that Pakistani content is not ready to meet the standards of global streaming...
Watch Exclusive DEMON HUNTERS Clips Before Action / Horror / Comedy / Romance Hits VOD
JC Lin and Arjan Bajwa star in director Mei-Juin Che's action / horror / comedy / romance hit from Taiwan and India, heading to VOD on August 7.
TALES OF THE WILD WEST: COLLECTION TWO Celebrates Five Underseen Westerns from the 60s and 70s
Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, William Holden, and Kirk Douglas headline five memorable but underseen Westerns.
Opening This Week: HER PRIVATE HELL by NWR, SHEEP IN THE BOX by Kore-eda, MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT by Mann
Plus: 'Cruel Hands' and 'Pinocchio Unstrung.'
Fantasia 2026 Review: ATTACK ON PARADISE, A Belgian Single Setting Siege Story With Heart
In a dystopic corner of urban Antwerp stands Paradise, a ten-story apartment block that houses some of the baddest dudes and dudettes in all of Belgium. Packed to the gills with drug hustlers, arms dealers, illicit brothels, and every other...
AFTER DARK FOUR Collects Six Neo-Noir Gems from the 1990s
New boxset featuring six noir classics including 'Unlawful Entry' in its 4K debut and the highly underrated remake of 'The Getaway.'
PENNY LANE IS DEAD: Shudder Acquires Homage to 80s Ozploitation Horror Flicks
Set on a hot summer's night in 1986 Australia, 17-year old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny's jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge.
