From The Editors
COLONY Review: Radical, Exciting Zombie Thriller
Director Yeon Song-ho ('Train to Busan') breaks all the rules. Gianna Jun and Koo Kyo-hwan star.
BUDDY Review: Cringe Comedy Transforms Into Absurdist Horror
Casper Kelly directs Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Keegan-Michael Key, Jamie King, Michael Shannon and Topher Grace in a horror comedy.
Locarno 2026: Asia Argento on Failure, Scandal, and Choosing the Road "That Had a Heart"
Honoured with Locarno's Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia Argento reflects on surviving childhood fame, turning trauma into 'Scarlet Diva,' rejecting Hollywood millions and finding meaning in a career.
Breda 2026: Prepare For Pests, Poop And Performances
In the Netherlands, the film festival season is upon us. Every few weeks there will be another big film festival, and kicking off the pack this coming weekend is Breda's B-Film, Underground and Trash Film Festival, known as BUT for...
BloodStream in September: New Movies Every Day, And The Entire Severin Films Catalog
BloodStream is adding 48 titles across 30 days with no gaps, marking a catalogue expansion to coincide with Severin Films' 20th anniversary. Alongside the daily releases, the update introduces over 300 titles from the Severin Films vault.
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IT ENDS New Trailer: Now Playing in NY & LA, Opens Nationwide This Friday
Alex Ullom's indie thriller, It Ends, is now playing in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. It will open nation wide this weekend, so a new trailer was released today. Check it out below. Some wrong turns last...
Fantasia 2026 Wrap: All Our Reviews
Before we dive into one of Canada's other great film festivals -- yes, Toronto -- which will kick off on September 10, we wanted to look back at the mighty and mammoth Fantasia International Film Festival, held every year in...
ERASER 4K UHD Review: High-Octane Action Has More Depth with Details in Special Features
Director Chuck Russell directed thrillers and enjoyed a steady following. The focus of his directing is often on a strong main character protecting someone or having a sense of humor from transformation. One example of a main character trying to...
Locarno 2026 Review: THE RIVERBANK Turns Queer Desire Into a Defiant Neo-Noir
Brazilian filmmakers Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias make an atmospheric feature debut with a slow-burning queer neo-noir that pits intimacy and solidarity against the murderous politics of the militarized religious right.
Locarno 2026 Interview: MANHUNT Director Wayne Wapeemukwa on Humanizing Killers, Settler Mythology, and Cinema Without Sermons
Wayne Wapeemukwa talks about transforming a notorious Canadian killing spree, confronting misogyny and settler mythology, working with nonprofessional actors, and resisting demands that cinema reduce violent characters to moral lessons.
Echoes: Who Decides What Pakistan Gets to Watch?
It is well known that Pakistan is a country where stringent laws restrict viewers from accessing certain types of content and films, therefore already imposing a hold on what Pakistan gets to watch. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)...
Locarno 2026 Review: DESTROY ALL GIRLS, Freewheeling Skate-Punk Rebellion, With an Expiration Date
Erin Vassilopoulos' sophomore feature is a retro-styled skate odyssey whose authentic subcultural energy invigorates a familiar story.
Locarno 2026 Review: ROMA ELASTICA Cannibalizes the Myth of the Movie Star in a Delirious Cinephile Phantasmagoria
Marion Cotillard stars in Bertrand Mandico's a surrealistic tribute to golden age actresses, celluloid cinema and Italian culture.
Opening This Week: COLONY, FILIPIANA, BUDDY, THE DOG STARS
Plus: 'Coyote vs Acme,' 'Boorman and the Devil,' 'Legend of the White Dragon,' 'The Sun Never Sets.'
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Digging Into the Symbolism of Little Death
What does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have in common with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma? Oddly enough, both films, released this summer -- one a queer slasher, the other a two-billion dollar grossing MCU entry -- use the...
Locarno 2026 Review: BLOODY TENNIS Serves Up a Blood-Soaked Sports-Horror Satire
Nikias Chryssos serves up a blood-soaked, darkly funny sports horror in which an elite tennis academy trains its aspiring champions through ritualized brutality.
Locarno 2026 Masterclass: Darren Aronofsky on Risk, Movie Jail, and Knowing When to Let a Film Go
Honoured with Locarno's Pardo d'Onore, Darren Aronofsky reflects on turning poverty into style, surviving "movie jail," casting actors at the right moment and learning when to let a film go.
VAMPIR: New Film From EXHUMA's Jang Jae-hyun to Start Production Soon
Yoo Ah-in will play a contract killer who tracks down a mysterious pagan group at the request of a clergyman.
HOPE: Wanna See Na Hong-jin's Sci-fi Action Thriller Two Days Early?
If you need to see Na Hong-jin's sci-fi action thriller Hope "like now, right now", but do not want to wait until its theatrical release date, September 9th, we do not have an immediate solution for your insatiable need but NEON is...
Now Playing: IT ENDS Thrills, HOT SPOT Disappoints, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER Limps, MUTINY Pounds Away
Last month's big-budget blockbusters The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day are still playing at multiplexes nationwide, but for those in search of something new and different, we have a few recommendations for you. First is a mind-bender that starts...
