From The Editors

SXSW 2026 Review: NEVER AFTER DARK, A Ravishingly Horrific Ghost Story With A Twist

A traveling psychic medium who specializes in clearing unwanted spirits arrives at a remote Japanese hotel to take on her most unexpected and dangerous challenge yet in Dave Boyle’s ravishingly dark ghost story, Never After Dark. Airi (Moeka Hoshi) makes...

SXSW 2026 Review: THE ASCENT, Climb Every Mountain

Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, and Francis Cronin direct the documentary, which follows one woman's brave journey through trauma and up a mountain, while the night she lost her legs becomes a true-crime story.

SXSW 2026 Review: AND HER BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, What's Love Got to Do With It

Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks scripted and star; Polaris Banks directed.

SXSW 2026 Review: THE MAN WITH THE BIG HAT, Digging Up a Quietly Influential Musician

Singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz's roots go deep and his influence goes wide.

SXSW 2026 Review: SUMMER 2000: THE X-CETRA STORY, Three Chords and the Truth

Actress/director Ayden Mayeri's surprising documentary celebrates life, friendship and the ties that bind. Which is still only half the story. Because there's also the music!

SXSW 2026 Review: GRIND, The Gig Economy Is Killing Gen Z. Literally.

The gig economy is killing Gen Z, and Grind has something to say about it. This anthology film from directors Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), and Ed Dougherty explores the unique and exquisite pains of making...

Now Playing: SLANTED Disrupts, UNDERTONE Unnerves, THE GATES Do Not Open

Plus: 'Bodycam' and 'The Ugly.'

Friday One Sheet: OBSESSION

We posted the trailer and poster for Curry Barker's darkly whimsical horror comedy, Obsession, earlier this week. However, the key art, from design house grandson, bears a bit more discussion in today's column. Sometimes, simply an iconic still from the...

Overlook 2026: First Wave Announced, Feat. OBSESSION, LEVITICUS, HOKUM, And The Films of Larry Fessenden

We are, admittedly, a couple of days behind on this announcement of the first wave of titles for this year's tenth edition of the Overlook Film Festival. Shame on us.    But there is no shame to be had if...

THE MADISON Review: Telling Tales of Love and Grief

Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell star in Taylor Sheridan's latest series.

THE SERPENT'S SKIN: Watch The Red Band Trailer For Supernatural Queer Romance Thriller

After escaping her transphobic hometown, Anna meets goth tattoo artist Gen. They bond over shared supernatural abilities, but Gen's tattoo work accidentally conjures a demon before their romance can bloom.

SXSW 2026 Review: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, You Think You Got Problems? Think Again.

Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Thaddea Graham, and Michelle Pfeiffer star in the Apple TV series.

EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER Official Trailer: Starring Adi Madden Cabrera, McKenna Tuckett, and Cherish Rodriguez - World Premiere at SXSW

Timid dork Edie makes waves when she starts a punk band with her fellow "turds," becoming an icon to the rest of the losers at her Catholic school while pissing off the hot girls, the nuns, and the horniest altar boy you've ever seen.

THE GATES Review: James Van Der Beek's Final Film, Taut Suburban Nightmare That Confronts Racism Head-On

James Van Der Beek and Mason Gooding star in a new, racially-charged thriller.

SXSW 2026 Review: Aussie Horror DEAD EYES Is A First Person Nightmare

A weekend couples’ excursion the Australian woods goes hellishly awry in director Richard E. Williams’s experimental POV horror, Dead Eyes, premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Sean (Rijen Laine) and his fiancée Grace (Ana Thu Nguyen) are meeting...

SLANTED Review: The So-Called Quality of Being White

Amy Wang directed; Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Fang Du, and Vivian Wu star.

RISE OF THE CONQUEROR Trailer Debut: Well Go USA Releasing Historical Action-Adventure on Digital Next Month

As the Mongol Empire crumbles, a battle-scarred warrior must confront a haunting destiny and renounce his loyalties to protect the fate of the Silk Road.

SUNDOWN: Production Wraps on Rebekah McKendry's New Horror Flick, Exec-Produced by G N' R's Slash

Rebekah McKendry (GLORIOUS) has wrapped production on their new horror film, SUNDOWN, which was executive-produced by Guns N ' Roses' Slash

IMPOSTERS Teaser: Caleb Phillips' Sci-fi Thriller Premieres at SXSW This Weekend

After a couple's baby boy is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to bring him back. However, her husband begins to suspect that what she returned with isn't their son

FUZE U.S. Trailer: Action Thriller Stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson And Theo James

Hey, there is an undetonated bomb in the city. Let's go steal stuff!   Roadside Attractions and Saban Films will release David Mackenzie's action thriller Fuze in U.S. theaters on April 24th. The U.S. trailer has been sent out to...