Screen Anarchists On DUNE: PART TWO
Back when we created our ScreenAnarchy top-10 list of 2021, I lamented the fact that I didn't rally our troops to make a group review for Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Because even though the film topped the leaderboard that year, opinions...
Sundance 2024 Interview: DIG! XX, Ondi Timoner and Joel Gion Talk About the Passion
When documentary filmmaker Ondi Timononer and her brother David set out in the mid 90s to capture the tribulations and hopeful ascent of ten indie bands as they attempted to navigate the big bad record industry at the end of...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films of 2023
Hello all of you readers, and the best wishes for 2024 from all of us here at ScreenAnarchy! One of those best wishes is that we hope you will all see many good films. May our enjoyment of cinema be...
DREAMS 4K Review: Criterion Honours Akira Kurosawa with Inaugural UHD
Earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, 80-year-old Martin Scorsese told Deadline that he finally understood the words of Akira Kurosawa who, upon accepting his honorary Academy award in 1990, said: “I’m only now beginning to see the possibility...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2023
Thanks to February being so short, the first of July is technically still in the first half of the year. It was only yesterday at noon that we all moved into the second half, but we're here now and that...
Cannes 2023 Review: KUBI, Masterclass in Absurdist History
Takeshi Kitano's new film.
Cannes 2023 Review: MAY DECEMBER, Delicious Ides
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in a new film by Todd Haynes.
Cannes 2023 Review: ASTEROID CITY, Powerful Play of Imagination
Wes Anderson's new film.
Cannes 2023 Review: PERFECT DAYS, Magic Moments
Wim Wenders' new film.
CALVAIRE Interview: Fabrice Du Welz Revisits His Remastered Nightmare
Director Fabrice Du Welz's horror nightmare, newly remastered, is now in theaters, ahead of its VOD release.
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films of 2022
What, it's 2023 already? You're kidding, right? Alas, 2022 has come and gone, as long as every other non-leap year but seeming shorter than most nonetheless. But as Yoda says "Size matters not", so we asked our writers to send...
American Film Market 2022: A Dozen Cool Flicks in the Pipeline
The 2022 edition of the American Film Market -- its first in-person event in three years -- came to an end last week, giving us film enthusiasts a sneak peek at certain titles of interest circling just around the bend....
Australia Korean Fest 2022: Mainstream K-Culture Appeal Results In Most Accessible Program Yet
Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) branches back out this year in four major Australian cities, bringing a lean and clean program of genre favorites and Festival picks. Ensuring that nobody will gets FOMO if they miss the latest playing...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2022
Blimey folks... they say "time flies" but this year it flies on a rocket, it seems. While the second half of 2022 technically didn't start on the first of July (because February is so short), we DID pass the halfway...
Cannes 2022 Review: DECISION TO LEAVE, The Haunting Beauty of Romantic Doom
“Am I such a pushover?” Detective Hae-jun asks the femme fatale of Park Chan-wook’s latest masterwork, Decision to Leave. "Am I so wicked?" comes her response. Perhaps the truth of these tried and true character tropes lies somewhere in the...
Cannes 2022 Review: BROKER, Profound Family Film for Orphans
Apparently, one political hot topic permeating Korea nowadays is the controversial existence of something called a baby box. The purpose of said box is for reluctant new parents to anonymously abandon their unwanted newborn into the care of professionals who...
Cannes 2022 Review: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, Delicious Chaos
Ruben Östlund's new comedy/drama stars Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean.
Cannes 2022 Review: JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND, Great Balls of Fire and Brimstone
"I'm troubled, I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind If trouble don't kill me, Lord I'll live a long time..." -Traditional In Ethan Coen's documentary debut, we learn that Jerry Lee Lewis not only outlived all of his rock and roll...
Blu-ray Review: THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, In All Its Vulgar Glory
If I ever meet an extraterrestrial who asks me to help shed some light on America in the 20th century, high on its modern Earth watchlist would be Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It. For my money, it is,...
Blu-ray Review: THE LAST WALTZ, An Endless Jamboree
In reviewing the jaw-dropping induction of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz into the Criterion Collection, one must begin with its remarkable cover art. It’s a photograph that I have never seen before -- this coming from someone who has seen...
