From The Editors
IN THE GRIP OF TERROR: Amicus Productions Returns to UK Cinemas With First New Feature in Forty Years
Amicus Productions is officially resurrecting its legendary portmanteau blueprint with In the Grip of Terror, the studio’s first new horror feature in over four decades. Hitting select UK cinema screens this October and November, this brand-new anthology links its sinister...
Toronto 2026 Review: ANCHORS AWEIGH, Deadpan Profundity, with Sailing Metaphors
Matt Barats is an idiot. He says so himself. He should have dropped a knee in his marriage proposal to his rich, blonde, much younger girlfriend. He didn’t. Now she is kissing her co-worker in the park. And here he...
Venice 2026 Review: NO PARADISE IF YOU ARE KILLED BY A WOMAN Goes into Stealth Mode to Confront the Scars of War
Merging the exportable mechanics of a stealth-combat thriller with the political urgency of Kurdish resistance, Halkawt Mustafa delivers an ambitious Iraqi-Norwegian genre film.
Toronto 2026 Review: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney is, in the words of our former honourable Prime Minister from Baie-Comeau, a "little bit of genius in everybody that causes something to happen in Canada, and that thing has got to be rewarded.” And...
Now Playing: RESIDENT EVIL, BAD APPLES, SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM
Also: John Wilson's delightful doc 'The History of Concrete,' plus Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe in tough-minded period adventure 'The Weight.'
Friday One Sheet: MINOTAUR
Refraction and separation are the key elements in the CREATE's release poster for Andrey Zvyagintsev's superb festival prize-winner, Minotaur. There are some echoes and rhymes with the design work of Akiko Stehrenberger, specifically the remake of Funny Games, one of the best posters of the...
Access:Horror 2026: One Day Live Event Next Week, Program Streams Later in October
The folks from the Access:Horror Film Festival are returning with a hybrid format focused on disability representation and intersectional storytelling in genre cinema. The festival begins with an in-person opening night showcase on Friday, September 25th at 8:00 PM at...
Venice 2026 Review: DIANE IN THE LOOP Channels Inherited Generational Rage into a Whimsical Yet Touching Feminist Western
Belgian filmmakers Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni turn intergenerational trauma into an eccentric tale of revenge and rebirth, veiled as unexpected feminist Western fairy tale and family road movie.
Toronto 2026 Interview: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Director Wayne Wang on Adapting Junichiro Tanizaki, Bringing Chinese and Japanese Stars Together
Director, producer and screenwriter Wayne Wang reflects on desire, ageing and psychological temptation in what may be his final film.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE DEBUT, Community Theater Satire Is a Feature Length SNL Skit
Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti lead Jesse Eisenberg's musical comedy for A24.
Toronto 2026 Review: NOBODY'S VIOLENCE, Profoundly Engaging, Genre-Shattering, Surreal Investigation
Veteran Canadian avant garde filmmaker, Denis Côté once stated that he measures the success of his works by the number of walk-outs. It's doubtful that his wish will be satisfied with his latest. Nobody's Violence (Violence du corps de l'autre)...
Toronto 2026 Review: COWARD, Gentle Romance in Shadows of War
Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne shared the Best Actor prize at Cannes for Belgium's Oscar entry.
Toronto 2026 Review: LA BOLA NEGRA, Netflix's Ambitious War Epic Is Destined To Be an Awards Juggernaut
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's Cannes award-winner is a visually splendid historical drama.
BAD APPLES Review: There Is Always One
Saoirse Ronan stars in Jonatan Etzler's unsparing satire.
THE WEIGHT Review: Gold, Greed, Betrayal, Violence, and Murder, Made Remarkably Engrossing
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in Padraic McKinley's feature directorial debut.
Toronto 2026 Review: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Turns Erotic Obsession Into an Anti-Erotic Meditation
Wayne Wang returns to literary adaptation with a disquieting chamber drama in which senescence becomes its own form of erotic suspense.
Toronto 2026 Review: LOOK BACK Sees Hirokazu Kore-eda Struggle to Bring Tatsuki Fujimoto's Acclaimed Manga to Life
Celebrated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the pages of Japanese manga for inspiration once again, unveiling this thoughtful adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed 2021 coming-of-age one-shot, Look Back. Reuniting actresses Natsuki Deguchi and Aju Makita, both of whom featured prominently...
Toronto 2026 Review: ELSINORE, Centered By Andrew Scott's Haunting, Unforgettable Performance
In Elsinore, the new biopic on Scottish actor Ian Charleson (1949-1990), director Simon Stone thankfully avoids most of the usual cliches of the genre to create a deeper cinematic experience. Anchored by Stephen Beresford's (Pride, 2014) script, with a career-defining...
Anime Weekly: Crunchyroll's Fall 2026 Season Revealed
'#I'm Looking for a Zombie,' 'Dreamland,' and much more.
RESIDENT EVIL Review: Zach Cregger Brilliantly Reimagines the Decades-Old Series for Our Discontented Times
After 25 years, seven films, an animated series, and even a live album, it took Zach Cregger, the writer-director behind back-to-back horror standouts, Barbarian and Weapons, to properly adapt Resident Evil, Capcom’s survival-horror videogame franchise, into a live-action film that...
