From The Editors
Director in Focus: François Ozon, From IN THE HOUSE to THE STRANGER
How director François Ozon keeps changing, but stays remarkably modern.
Overlook 2026: The Crypt Keeper Loves a Parade, And FAMILY MOVIE & THE DR. LOOMIS TAPES Added
We are two weekends away from the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans and the film has another update for us to share. First and foremost, The Crypt Keeper will be leading the Opening Night Second Line Parade. Then...
Opening This Week: THE DRAMA, Romantic Tension, THE STRANGER, Classic Updated
Plus: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.'
Visegrad Film Forum 2026 Interview: Uli Hanisch on Production Design as Writing, World-Building from Story and Three Decades with Tom Tykwer
German production designer Uli Hanisch examines production design as a narrative discipline, tracing how conceptual development, collaboration and logistical execution shape the construction of cinematic worlds.
Sound And Vision: Corin Hardy
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at selected music videos by Corin Hardy. Corin Hardy is best known as the director of The Nun, part...
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST Review: Timely, Personal, Must-See Doc
To Daniel Roher, the documentary filmmaker behind 2022’s essential Academy Award winner, Navalny, AI (Artificial Intelligence) isn’t just an abstract construct or the latest technological wonder endlessly hyped by Silicon Valley CEOs, the mainstream media, and self-appointed tech influencers as...
Cinequest 2026 Review: HEARTWORM, Provocative, Poignant Sci-Fi Ghost Story
In the very near-future of husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Miriam Louise Arens and Mitchell Arens’ impressively realized feature-length debut, Heartworm, it could be the day after tomorrow. A family of three, Avena (Amber Gray), Mark (Juan Riedinger), and Zamira (Ellie...
Now Playing: THEY WILL KILL YOU, YES, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE
Our guide to genre fare opening this week in movie theaters includes a straight ahead horror thriller, a comic horror movie, a different type of thriller, and four strong indies. Read on for more information about each film. They Will...
Now Streaming: DETECTIVE HOLE Nordic Noir, SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN Slow Horror, THE RED LINE Scams
Plus: 'The Mortuary Assistant,' 'Pretty Lethal,' and much more.
Friday One Sheet: THE END OF OAK STREET
A fine vertical teaser is this, the key art for the long awaited return of David Robert Mitchell. After the instant cult success of It Follows, he failed to connect with a mass audience with the sprawling neo-noir conspiracy oriented...
SPEED OR PERISH: Seth Ickerman's New Cyberpunk Opera
Weird and wild, Speed or Perish, directed by the French duo known as Seth Ickerman, captures immediate attention in its first frame and keeps transforming into something truly distinctive. The 8-minute short film, made for the artist Carpenter Brut, is...
TESTAMENT Blu-ray Review: Not With A Bang But A Whimper
The Criterion Collection captures Lynne Littman's 1983 post-apocalyptic horror-drama.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival Announces Full Lineup for 23rd Edition
Western Canada's largest genre film festival, The Calgary Underground Film Festival (or CUFF), just dropped its entire lineup for the 23rd edition. Existing in a kind of liminal season where the city could be the piled under snow, or T-shirt...
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE Review: It Shows One, Animated
Biopics aren't my favorite kind of film. The things a person has done are often more interesting than the person himself, and it is not often that you need to know the background story of the person, what motivated him....
MĀRAMA: Release Date And Trailer/Poster Premiere for Maori Gothic-Horror
Marama, the Maori gothic-horror from writer-director Taratoa Stappard, will arrive in theaters on April 17th. Distributed by Dark Sky FIlms and Watermelon Pictures, Marama is wrapping up its festival run in the coming weeks at festivals across the U.S. The...
Overlook 2026: Second Wave Includes OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, NORMAL, And THE FURIOUS
The second wave of titles in this year's Overlook Film Festival were announced today, now completing the full lineup. An all new section has been added to the festival program, Side Shows. Highlighting films that are not neccessarily horror...
BUNNY!!, Vietnamese Hit Heads for Worldwide Release
The newest film from director Tran Thanh, who helmed last year's comedy of errors The 4 Rascals, is heading for release in North America, Europe, and Asia tomorrow (Thursday, March 26). Bunny!! (orig. Tho Oi) is described as "a dramatic...
FACES OF DEATH Red Band Trailer: Plus The Theatrical And Character Posters
For the first time we get a sense of how director Daniel Goldhaber and their co-writer, Isa Mazzei, mixed the mondo horror of the original flick into a narrative structure.
OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR Review: Disturbing and Devilishly Hilarious
Director Oscar Boyson's dark comedy stars Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Noah Centineo, Chris Bauer, Jennifer Ehle, Anna Baryshnikov and Avan Jogia.
KONTINENTAL '25 Review: Escalating Into Crisis, Guilt, and Complicity
Eszter Tompa stars in Radu Jude's provocative drama.
