From The Editors
LAST SUMMER OF NATHAN LEE Trailer: Coming of Age with a Fatal Twist
A young man coming of age in high school schemes to lose his virginity. Sounds familiar, right? Last Summer of Nathan Lee, directed by Quentin Lee, adds a fatal twist. Here's the official synopsis: "Nathan Lee (Harrison Xu), an API...
Vlissingen 2023 Review: SIRA Survives
One of the nice surprises at the Film by the Sea Festival in Vlissingen was the unexpected warm weather, a nice little hot after-Summer. A less nice surprise was that some of the venues at the festival did not have...
Toronto 2023 Review: FINGERNAILS, Love (And Cinema) Fails By Playing It Safe
It is a solid time-wasting (and futile) exercise looking at couples and making a judgement call if they are ‘right for one another.’ Or to guess if they will ‘last.’ In my family, it is kind of a sport. Well...
Friday One Sheet: SITGES #56
It cannot pass without mentioning how much the design team for the Sitges Film Festival, or rather, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, simply aced the key art this year. On a creamy white field (the similar colour of an...
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU Review: Close Encounters of the Silent Kind
Kaitlyn Dever gives a bravura performance in a new thriller by Brian Duffield, now streaming on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney Plus in Canada and all other territories.
EXPEND4BLES Review: Belated Fourth Entry in the Franchise Disappoints, Underwhelms
What started more than a decade ago as a way for multi-hyphenate Sylvester Stallone to chill out with his movie-star buddies, make a low-effort, if still bankable, action flick, and collect a paycheck at the same time (i.e., The Expendables)...
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CRUMB CATCHER Teaser: Indie Thriller Bound For Fantastic Fest Picked up For World Sales
Chris Skotchdopole has spent ten years working with the fine folks at Glass Eye Pix. They are all set to make their directorial debut at Fantastic Fest with their thriller Crumb Catcher. A festival teaser has been sent out, check...
V/H/S/85: A New Trailer is Here For The Next Chapter in the Anthology Series
An ominous mixtape blends never before seen snuff footage with nightmarish newscasts and disturbing home video to create a surreal, analog mashup of the forgotten 80s.
STOPMOTION: IFC Films Acquires Psychological Thriller Ahead of World Premiere
Robert Morgan's psychological thriller Stopmotion is having its world premiere at Fantastic Fest soon. IFC Films have swooped in and picked the North American and select international rights for it. IFC plans to release Stopmotion in theaters next year and...
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WHEN EVIL LURKS: Official Trailer And Poster Are Here, Watch at Your Own Peril
This is a public service announcement, I implore you to try and go into a screening of Demian Rugna's When Evil Lurks as blind as possible. Do not watch this trailer. Do not scroll down and look at the poster. Both...
IT LIVES INSIDE Review: The Monster Next Door
Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, and Mohana Krishnan star in a horror thriller, directed by Bishal Dutta.
RELAX, I'M FROM THE FUTURE Review: Chaotic Buddy Comedy
Rhys Darby, Gabrielle Graham, Janinie Theriault and Julian Richings star in a time-travel comedy, directed by Luke Higginson, based on his own short film.
Lausanne Underground 2023: APOCALYPSE CLOWN, DIVINTY And HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS Feature in Swiss Avant-Garde Fest
Some of you like your cinema weird. Scratch that, extra weird. Which is why there are events like the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival. Now, this one is all the way over in Lausanne, Switzerland, but, if you have...
Legend in October: THE GUEST, Double Van Damme, Double Bacon And More Vintage Vault Classics
October is around the corner and it is time to see what the folks at Legend have in store for viewers next month. There will be two helpings of Jean-Claude Van Damme next month with The Quest and Universal...
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AWARENESS Official Trailer: Spanish Sci-fi Action Flick Coming to Amazon Prime in October
Ian, a rebellious teenager living on the outskirts of society, can manipulate minds with his ability to generate visual illusions. He uses this power to survive running small, indiscreet, scams. When one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers.
Slash 2023: Vienna's Genre Film Festival Announces Short Film Progam
The Slash Film Festival gets underway tomorrow and will run through to October 1st. The 14th annual genre film festival is held in the historic city of Vienna, Austria. Prior to the launch of this year's festival we have...
MotelX 2023: Award Winners From This Year's Festival
The seventeenth edition of MotelX in Lisbon, Portugal, has come and gone. For one week festival attendees got some of the best that the festival circuit has to offer. Now that things have calmed down it is time to share...
Shudder in October: V/H/S/85, THE PUPPETMAN, NIGHT OF THE HUNTED, WHEN EVIL LURKS And HELL HOUSE LLC ORIGINS
Does September seem to be screaming by quicker than usual? We're not the only ones, right? It is time to share with everyone what Shudder has in store for their viewers next month. There is the new chapter of...
Toronto 2023 Review: SLEEP, On the Merits of Insomnia
Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) are the sweetest young couple, full of promise and hope. Soo-jin works in business, hoping to make her way to the executive branch. Hyun-su is an actor; while he's only had small roles,...
Fantastic Fest 2023 Preview: Too Many Great Flicks to Count
Leaves are falling and there's a mild chill in the air. It's Fall Fest Season and that means Fantastic Fest! It's a big year for new genre flicks and some of the best will be playing in Austin from September...
