From The Editors
FACES OF DEATH: New Film Faces "Controversy" Over In-Theater Poster Placement
Up front, I am leary of anything deemed "controversial" withing the horror space these days. However, since there is no such thing as bad press (unless you're being called out for being an asshole to women, children and animals,...
SXSW 2026 Review: DRAG, Lizzy Caplan Shines As A Would-Be Thief Felled By A Bad Back
Sometimes it feels good to fuck over someone who has wronged you, but sometimes it turns out to be a terrible mistake. In the case of first-time feature writer/directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s Drag, Lizzy Caplan and her movie...
Spotlight on Severin: EXORCISMO, Christopher Lee Eurocrypt Box Sets
Plus: 4K upgrades of 'The Ghost,' 'The Final Programme,' 'The Devil's Rain,' and 'Retribution.'
DREAMS Review: How an Impossible Cross-Class Romance Dismantles the American Dream
Jessica Chastain, paired with newcomer Isaac Hernández, reunites with Michel Franco for their second collaboration.
SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
Thessaloniki 2026 Review: CANDIDATES OF DEATH, Homemade Horror from Poland
A long-term experiment in filmmaking, Candidates of Death started almost 20 years ago when documentarian Maciej Cuske took his son Stasiu and his friends Rafal and Adrian on a vacation. Friends since kindergarten, the three youths were fans of horror...
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
TWO PROSECUTORS Review: Horror in a Bureaucratic Hell
Sergei Loznitsa's newest film stars Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Alexander Filippenko, and Anatoli Beliy.
MIROIRS NO. 3 Review: Compact and Masterful, with Affecting Performances
Christian Petzold's film stars Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, and Enno Trebs.
BLOODSPORT: Michaela Coel, A24 to Work on Reimagining 80s Cult Classic
Actor, writer, and director Michaela Coel is teaming with A24 for a reimagining of the cult film, Bloodsport.
LATE SHIFT Review: Nursing Care Under an Overwhelming Workload
Leonie Benesch delivers a restrained yet striking performance in Petra Volpe's unsparingly realist feature.
SXSW 2026 Review: MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE, A Sci-Fi Action Gangster Hybrid With Heart
Mike (James Marsden) is done with the gangster life. He’s found a girl, he wants to settle down, and he’s ready to leave it all behind. There are a couple of problems, though. Number one, the girl, Alice (Eiza González),...
Diagonale 2026 Preview: Gender Masquerades, Bureaucratic Absurdities, and the Fragility of Belonging
The Diagonale 2026 competition brings together a cross-section of contemporary Austrian cinema.
SXSW 2026 Review: THEY WILL KILL YOU, Zazie Beetz Slashes Her Way Through A Killer Cult In This Blast Of Bloody Energy
A woman seeking to rescue her little sister takes a job at an ultra-exclusive hotel only to find that the residents have a nasty, violent, murderous secret in director Kirill Sokolov’s Hollywood debut, They Will Kill You. Asia Reaves (Zazie...
TOW Review: Give Me Back My Car!
Rose Byrne stars in Stephanie Laing's film, also starring Dominic Sessa, Demi Lovato, Simon Rex, Elsie Fisher, Corbin Bernsen, with Ariana DeBose and Octavia Spencer.
BEAST Official Trailer: Lionsgate's Action Drama Stars Russell Crowe And Daniel MacPherson
After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger.
THE POUT-POUT FISH Review: Sheer Delight Under the Sea
Nick Offerman, Nina Oyama, and Mirando Otto star, with Jordin Sparks and Amy Sedaris, in an Australian animated family film.
THE EVIL THAT BINDS US (Todos los males) Trailer: LatAm Thriller Begins International Theatrical Run
In 1950s rural Chile, a German family's calm shatters when a city relative visits. A teen's connection with a farmhand's daughter exposes family racism and a violent past, triggering his anger despite attempts to hide it.
SXSW 2026 Review: BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET Explores the Life of Artist David Greenberger
In documentaries like Welcome to the Club and The Winding Stream, director Beth Harrington celebrates the work of outsider artists, pinpointing their importance in culture. Beyond the Duplex Planet covers David Greenberger, more overlooked rather than an outsider. For years...
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU DIE: Horror Comedy Debuts on Streaming This April
When his slasher fiction novel manifests in real life, hack writer Rian Burman has to
finish his story without getting his protagonist murdered by a seriously sadistic Stalker
who will stop at nothing to have her.
