From The Editors
Echoes: What Does a 13-Minute Oscar-Qualifying Short Film Mean for Pakistan's Short Film Industry?
I've talked at length about how the Pakistani film industry has always suffered from limited resources, lack of funding, and insufficient training for newcomers, but time and again, a short film has proven that Lollywood can shine through, no matter...
Tokyo 2026 Interview: SISTER BROTHER MANHOLE COVER, Milcho Manchevski on Satire and "The Death of Beauty"
Milcho Manchevski discusses the six-country co-production behind the film and the challenge of preserving artistic freedom amid political interference, funding pressures and festival expectations.
Brooklyn Horror 2026 Review: MOUNTAIN KING, A Different Kind of Family Movie
Directed by Gabrielle Christensen, the film stars Hannah Deale, Carter Sirianni, Iryna Malygina, Keoki Trask, Juan Paulo Munevar, and Sarah Kim.
Sound And Vision: Lance Oppenheim
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Phoebe Bridger's Lost Boys, directed by Lance Oppenheim. Lance Oppenheim currently is the most buzzy name in...
GHOST IN THE CELL Review: Joko Anwar's Prison-Set Horror Comedy Is a Gory Riot. On Digital Tomorrow.
Dimas, an investigative reporter from Jakarta, is trying to finish an edit on a deforestation expose when he is framed for his editor's horrific murder and tossed into prison. He ends up in the rough Cell Block C, where he...
Fund This: A SHINY NEW WORLD Feature Film!
Cabins in the woods, they attract trouble and stupid people. Just watch any Evil Dead movie and you can see just how messy things can get. And when things get messy... you need a cleaning crew that's fit for the...
Camera Japan Rotterdam 2026 Review: THE OBSESSED
Director Takahashi Wataru may not be a household name yet among anime fans, but the man has built an impressive resumee already. An assistant to Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli, he was one of the people working on the change from...
RECLUSE: Vertical Snags North American Rights to Henry Chaisson's Festival Hit
Vertical has officially landed the North American rights to Recluse, the buzzy psychological horror film from writer/director Henry Chaisson and veteran genre producer Steven Schneider. Fresh off a stellar festival run with strong critical and audience reactions at Tribeca,...
Morbido 2026: Alumni Returns, Sitges Winners, and Uncut Cult Classics Stack the Lineup
Our amiges y familia at Morbido have revealed the lineup for this year's festival. Typically a highlight of our year - until frickin' life got in the way! - we would always be down in CDMX every Halloween season to...
KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS Review: One of 2026's Best Films Was Released 55 Years Ago
[Uncensored, restored, and rereleased, Ken Russell’s The Devils, a controversy-courting masterpiece of religious horror, repression, and persecution, returns for a limited theatrical run under the auspices of Warner Bros. and its Clockwork specialty film division.] Condemned in 1971 for its...
Chicago 2026 Interview: THE SPIRAL Writer/Director Paolo Strippoli on the Nobility of Horror and Cinema's Need for Excess
In his review of Paolo Strippoli's new film The Spiral, Martin Tsai writes about how the film presents a "recognizable family drama" that is ruptured by "horror [that] feel[s] like a violation of the film's carefully cultivated normality." In fact,...
Now Playing: WICKER, WILDWOOD, CLAYFACE, POSSIBLE LOVE
Plus: 'A Talent for Murder' and 'Klara and the Sun.'
A TALENT FOR MURDER Review: Mirren and Ehrenreich Elevate an Otherwise Middling Psychological Thriller
Over five decades, Patricia Highsmith wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories. Of those singular works, seven stand out in the popular imagination: the five Ripley-centered novels, Strangers on a Train (published in 1950 and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock...
Friday One Sheet: THE PRESTIGE @ 20
Arguably Christopher Nolan's best film, The Prestige returns to the biggest of screens, blown up from its gorgeous 35mm photography to screen via 70mm and IMAX presentations, just over twenty years after its original release in 2006. The film has...
Chicago 2026 Review: NO REST FOR THE WICKED, Beautiful Genre Mashup Queer Romance
For almost the first half of No Rest for the Wicked, the only thing marking it as a genre movie is its score, full of ominous electronic drones and sharp strings. The look, with foreboding aerial shots of the Faroe...
SNAPSHOT: Dark Star Pictures Picks up Unique Victorian Era Found-Footage Horror
Dark Star Pictures just picked up North American rights for Snapshot, a unique Victorian found-footage horror movie from British director Joseph Archer that lands in theatres spring 2027 before hitting digital. Set during the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders,...
Grimmfest 2026: NEVER AFTER DARK, CRAWLERS, and STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL Lead the Grimm Reaper Award Winners
Grimmfest just wrapped its 18th anniversary run at the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester, and the team handed out this year's Grimm Reaper Awards. From October 8–11, the four-day fest loaded its screens with a massive block of world, international,...
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 4K Review: Nerve Jangling, To Say the Least
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins star in Jonathan Demme's chilling adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel.
WILDWOOD Review: Often Breathless, Usually Reckless, Always Enchanting
Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, and Cary Mulligan star in the animated action-adventure from director Travis Knight and LAIKA Studios.
CLAYFACE Review: Newly Revived DCU Saves Its Best for Third
Ranked by one supposedly well-respected site as only the 73rd “best” Batman villain, Clayface’s journey from the comic book panel to the big screen has taken a long, not quite circuitous route. Thanks to horror auteur Mike Flanagan (The Fall...
