Reviews
Fantaspoa 2026 Review: REMANENTE: VOLTAGEM Delivers Scrappy, Lo-Fi Cosmic Horror
Two paramedics stumble upon treasure in an old basement. They accidentally open a dimensional portal, unleashing a cosmic horror-a creature determined to reclaim its gold at any cost.
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS Review: Returning to Its Roots
Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace star in the generation-spanning series.
PANDA Review: Beautiful Poetry for Marginalised People in Suburban China
Directed by Zhang Xinyang, the film combines the suffering of people with the charm they display while enduring it.
SILENT FRIEND Review: If Trees Could Talk
Tony Leung stars in his first European production, directed by Ildiko Enyedi. Léa Seydoux also stars.
HERESY Review: Dark Medieval Horror That Is Quite Fun
Didier Konings' folk horror film stars Anneke Sluiters, Len Leo Vincent, and Reinout Bussemaker.
HOKUM Review: Nonstop Fright Factory
Adam Scott stars in Damian McCarthy's latest chiller.
ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE Review: A Knight of Righteous Vengeance. Eventually.
The RZA's new film stars Shameik Moore.
OUR LAND Review: Two Competing Narratives
Lucrecia Martel shines a light on the daily struggles of Argentina's indigenous population.
Now Streaming: TED, Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
Max Burkholder, Scott Grimes, Alanna Ubach, and Giorgia Whigham star in Seth MacFarlane's comedy series.
ODYSSEY Review: Rare Thriller That Never Gives Away More Than It Can Afford
Natasha Flynn (Polly Maberly) is a hustler. She runs an estate agency, selling and leasing properties all over London. Working from a flashy office with a cadre of hungry employees, on the verge of a profitable merger with a bigger...
WIDOW'S BAY Review: Threading the Needle Between Comedy and Horror
Matthew Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, and Stephen Root star in Katie Dippold's darkly comic Apple TV series, which soon enters horror territory.
Guadalajara 2026 Review: THE AWAKENING (El Despertar), Echoes of History, Buried in Confusion
An elite military unit goes deep into the Colombian jungle to eliminate a strategic target. However, once they have completed the mission the unit finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives as the violence awakens supernatural forces in...
MISTURA Review: Feels Like Comfort Food
Barbara Mori and César Ballumbrosio star in director Ricardo de Montreuil's undemanding and good-natured, if familiar story.
Calgary Underground 2026 Review: CLAIRE'S HAT: THE UNMAKING OF A FILM
It seems strange to be writing a review for a film that is over 20 years old, about another film that few have seen. Given its rogue construction, and unorthodox structure and style, Claire’s Hat has been screened publicly...
BUFFET INFINITY Review: They've Got The Sauce
Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity is one of those movies that defies categorization and can’t be easily pigeonholed. Technically, it’s a found-footage movie; but it’s also, in a way, a screenlife movie. But then again, it’s gloriously retro and ignores...
OMAHA Review: Grounded, Intimate, Ominous Family Drama
John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, and Wyatt Solis star in director Cole Webley's coming-of-age drama.
MOTHER MARY Review: Neither Ghost Story Nor Love Story, Nor Much Else
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel star in David Lowery's psychological thriller.
OVER YOUR DEAD BODY Review: Uproariously Funny, Absolutely Brutal
Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, and Paul Guilfoyle star in director Jorma Taccone's remake of Tommy Wirkola's 'The Trip.'
TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS Review: Signaling the Emergence of a New Japanese Talent
Director Miyake Sho continues to sketch out the human connections among strangers in a gentle, playful, abstract way, blurring both fiction and real life/creators, as well as their creations.
FUZE Review: Breezy, Undemanding, Tense Entertainment
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, and Theo James star in director David Mackenzie's thriller.
