International: Europe Reviews
PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG Review: Poohniverse Unfortunately Continues to Live Up to Its Name
Impressive puppetry and the grace of famous horror faces still aren't enough to save the Twisted Childhood Universe from its own darkness.
Fantasia 2026 Review: FERINE, A Stunning Feature Debut From Andrea Corsini
Motherhood is a beast in first time feature filmmaker Andrea Corsini’s lush Italian psychological horror stunner, Ferine, celebrating its international premiere at this year’s Fantasia. Bolstered by a captivating lead performance from Oddity’s Carolyn Bracken and an unforgettable score from...
Fantasia 2026 Review: NIGHTBORN, A Mother's Dream Turned Folk Horror Nightmare
Saga’s (Seidi Haarla) blissful fantasies of motherhood are upended when her and her husband Jon’s (Rupert Grint) son turns out to be a bit more difficult than they were expecting in Hanna Bergholm’s sophomore feature, Nightborn. Following up on her...
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...
Karlovy Vary 2026 Review: 3 WEEKS AFTER Turns High-School Cruelty Into Social Horror
Miroslav Terzić's high-school drama pairs Ruben Östlund's austere formalism with Hanekean social horror in a study of adolescent cruelty and social exclusion, punctuated by unexpected mannerist flourishes.
Fantasia 2026 Review: HER PRIVATE HELL, A Nightmare Neon Opera
At one point in Nicolas Winding Refn’s oblique, morally agnostic, performatively high-camp melodrama, a character pontificates, “You know, this movie is not going to fix us.” They are probably right. The director is far more interested in mise-en-scène still-lives...
Karlovy Vary 2026 Review: THE GUEST Serves Nordic Cringe as Family Dramedy
A restrained yet incisive Nordic tragicomedy, The Guest spins the dysfunctional-family drama for a millennial generation through claustrophobic staging, corrosive microaggressions, and Trine Dyrholm's meticulously ambiguous performance.
THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Not Worth Embarking On
Chris Pine stars in Carolina Cavalli's new kidnapping dramedy.
Sheffield 2026 Review: In TRY!, Four Irish Teams Compete in Mixed Ability Rugby Championships
Against the odds, Try! takes a familiar sports formula and turns it into a genuinely life-affirming story about coping with "mixed abilities." In 2025, four Irish teams compete for the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup in Pamplona, Spain. The sport...
ROMERÍA Revew: Family Secrets Are Revealed
In Carla Simón's autobiographical film, visual beauty undercuts its serious subjects.
Tribeca 2026 Review: DANTE, Big Twist in Store, But One That Doesn't Require the Sixth Sense
Chino Darin stars in Spanish filmmaker Hugo Ruiz's thriller.
Tribeca 2026 Review: SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS, Bittersweet Tale of Girlhood Realities
Efkjar Abaz and Džefrina Jašari star in Macedonian filmmaker Dina Duma's dramatic feature.
Tribeca 2026 Review: ONLY WHAT WE CARRY, More Poetic Than Profound
Jamie Adams directed, with Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quentin Tarantino, Lizzy McAlpine and Liam Hellmann.
CHARADE Blu-ray Review: Spies, Danger, Laughs and Fashion an Eclectic Criterion Mix
'Comedy' and 'thriller' are not genres that often go together; or if they do, the emphasis is generally on the comedy aspect and not the thrills. If there are thrills, they are usually brushed off as unserious enough to relax...
Cannes 2026 Review: SPECIES (SANGUINE) Is THE SUBSTANCE for the Burnout Generation
French newcomer Marion Le Coroller asserts herself as part of a new generation of New French Extremity, retooling its corporeal shocks into a sharp and gory generational statement.
THE CURRENTS Review: Better Than a Cold Plunge
Directed by Milagros Mumenthaler, the psychological mystery stars Isabel Aimé González Sola and Esteban Bigliardi.
FORASTERA Review: Moving Slowly Into That Good Night
Fipresci Award-winning film, starring Zoe Stein and Lluis Homar, directed by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias.
Cannes 2026 Review: THE ELECTRIC KISS (La Vénus Électrique), Gallic Comedy Parodying Spirit Possession
Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï, and Gilles Lelouche star in the French romantic movie.
DECORADO Review: Everything Is Strange Here
Alberto Vázquez expands his short film into a transcendent dark comedy for adults.
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN Review: Threading a Needle Through Russian Chaos
Paul Dano and Jude Law star in Olivier Assayas' film about a reign of chaos in post-Soviet Russia. Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, and Jeffrey Wright also star.
