From The Editors
Palm Springs ShortFest Forum: All You Need to Know & What You Need to Learn
There is a lot to learn about the film industry, and not all of it is taught at films schools. Festivals like Palm Springs Shortfest fill the gap, especially from the business side, with knowledge essential to all emerging filmmakers,...
PARVULOS: CHILDREN OF THE APOCALYPSE Review: Coming of Age After the Apocalypse Is a True Horror Show
Mexican director Isaac Ezban's horror film is set in the darkest of ages. Farid Escalante Correa, Leonardo Cervantes, Mateo Ortega Casillas, Carla Adell, and Noé Hernández star.
Tribeca 2025 Review: INSIDE, Harsh, Edgy Prison Drama with Stellar Performances
Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis, Vincent Miller, Toby Wallace, and Tammy Macintosh star in director Charles Williams's dramatic thriller.
THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Blu-ray Review: The Contrapuntal Biopic
Biopics usually follow one of two structures: the majority giving a general, sweeping account of a person's life, with various scenes focusing on 'important' events that would likely already be known by the audience; these are stories or breadth, not...
Tribeca 2025 Review: OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR, Fear and Loathing on the Net and IRL
Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Chris Bauer, and Jennifer Ehle star in Oscar Boyson's debut feature.
EYE FOR AN EYE Review: Violent Retribution, Painful Amends
"Just ignore them and they'll leave you alone;" "They're just insecure;" "Stand up for yourself and they'll go away:" Society has a lot of advice for how to deal with bullying, most of which relies on the victim of the...
SORCERER 4K Review: Friedkin's Fury Road
Roy Scheider goes crazy in the jungle in the 1977 epic that opened a week after 'Star Wars.'
Criterion in September 2025: BORN IN FLAMES Leads an Impressive Slate
Lizzie Borden's incendiary (?!) Born in Flames (1983) leads an impressive slate of films due for release from the Criterion Collection in September 2025. Because the film deserves its headlines, I'll just quote the official release: "A blistering rallying cry...
THE NAKED GUN Trailer: The Sound of The Police is Hilarious
The Gen X nostalgia wave continues this week with the full trailer for the reboot of the crime-spoof franchise, The Naked Gun. Action star Liam Neeson mostly puts aside his action chops to take over the comedy reins from...
Sound And Vision: Bruce LaBruce
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos by Bruce LaBruce. The line between symbolism and fetish is a thin one. Nobody knows...
Exclusive: Two Images From Italian Occult Film MORS OMNIA SOLVIT
Here is a wee bit of a wake-me-up for the start of your week. We have two exclusive images from the Italian occult horror, Mors Omnia Solvit, directed by Congrega Esoterica Padovana. The film stars Samael Von Martin, the...
Tribeca 2025 Review: WESTHAMPTON, Not Another Garden State
For the second time in the Tribeca Festival program, a film starts with a Q&A session that doesn’t go overly well. At least, the filmmaker protagonist of The Travel Companion mostly has to just stand there awkwardly, digesting the fact...
Tribeca 2025 Review: A TREE FELL IN THE WOODS, Both Love and Truth Hurt in Debut Dramedy About a Holiday Gone Wrong
Two married couples gather in a cabin in the woods on the day before New Year’s Eve. The four people are tied together through the decades of friendship between Debs (Alexandra Daddario), a writer suffering from the second book block,...
Tribeca 2025 Review: YANUNI Tracks Daring Activist Fighting Pollution in the Amazon
Richard Ladkani's documentary follows Amazonian activist fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples.
Frontières 2025: Full Program Announced For Fourteenth Edition
What began in a small classroom high above Concordia Hall, fourteen years ago, in front of a small group of like-minded, potential backers, has grown and continues to be one of the most essential and successful co-production events of the...
Tribeca 2025 Review: AFTER THIS DEATH, Wonderfully Bizarre Thriller Explores Desire, Complex Nature of Creative Process
Mia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Gwendoline Christie, and Philip Ettinger star in Lucio Castro's mystery-thriller.
Tribeca 2025 Review: TOW, Rose Byrne Shines in True Story Dramedy, As One Woman Battles Against the System
Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer, Dominic Sessa, Ariana DeBose, Demi Lovato, and Simon Rex star in Stephanie Laing's drama.
Tribeca 2025 Review: ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE, Stylized Action Aims a Blow, Doesn't Pack a Punch
Shameik Moore stars in RZA's new film.
Exclusive: Dance Macabre Announces Ten... no... Twelve, TWELVE!!! Film Release
Distribution label Dance Macabre has announced twelve genre titles they will distribute this Summer throughout North America, UK/IRE, and AUZ/NZ.
KILLING MARY SUE Exclusive Clip: The Girl is Out
What did we just watch? Here is one for all us gamers who think we will be able to hold our own in a critical situation thanks to all the hours we put in on games like CoD. We...
