Festivals
The Calgary Underground Film Festival Announces Full Lineup for 23rd Edition
Western Canada's largest genre film festival, The Calgary Underground Film Festival (or CUFF), just dropped its entire lineup for the 23rd edition. Existing in a kind of liminal season where the city could be the piled under snow, or T-shirt...
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE Review: It Shows One, Animated
Biopics aren't my favorite kind of film. The things a person has done are often more interesting than the person himself, and it is not often that you need to know the background story of the person, what motivated him....
Overlook 2026: Second Wave Includes OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, NORMAL, And THE FURIOUS
The second wave of titles in this year's Overlook Film Festival were announced today, now completing the full lineup. An all new section has been added to the festival program, Side Shows. Highlighting films that are not neccessarily horror...
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2026: Swiss Genre Fest Celebrates Twenty-Five Years With Poster Reveal
The twenty-five edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival takes place in early July and the fine folks that run it have just revealed this year's visual.
SXSW 2026 Wrap: All Our Reviews
The 33rd edition of the SXSW Film and Television Festival announced their Audience Award winners, led by Jorma Taccone's Over Your Dead Body in the Headliner section, Robb Boardman's Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film in the Narrative...
Chattanooga Film Festival Second Wave Heralds the Return of Gregg Araki, Plus Joe Lynch and More
Festival season's in full swing and our friends at the Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 have some treats to share with the announcement of their first fun wave. If you've ever been, you know that the fest attracts an island of...
SXSW 2026 Review: EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER, A Wholesome Punk Rock Blast Of Teenage Rebellion
A frustrated catholic schoolgirl accidentally forms a punk band with her “turd” friends and turns her campus upside down in Edie Arnold is a Loser, the contagiously charming, super energetic debut feature from writer/directors Kade Atwood and Megan Rico. Edie...
SXSW 2026 Review: DRAG, Lizzy Caplan Shines As A Would-Be Thief Felled By A Bad Back
Sometimes it feels good to fuck over someone who has wronged you, but sometimes it turns out to be a terrible mistake. In the case of first-time feature writer/directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s Drag, Lizzy Caplan and her movie...
SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
Thessaloniki 2026 Review: CANDIDATES OF DEATH, Homemade Horror from Poland
A long-term experiment in filmmaking, Candidates of Death started almost 20 years ago when documentarian Maciej Cuske took his son Stasiu and his friends Rafal and Adrian on a vacation. Friends since kindergarten, the three youths were fans of horror...
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
SXSW 2026 Review: MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE, A Sci-Fi Action Gangster Hybrid With Heart
Mike (James Marsden) is done with the gangster life. He’s found a girl, he wants to settle down, and he’s ready to leave it all behind. There are a couple of problems, though. Number one, the girl, Alice (Eiza González),...
SXSW 2026 Review: THEY WILL KILL YOU, Zazie Beetz Slashes Her Way Through A Killer Cult In This Blast Of Bloody Energy
A woman seeking to rescue her little sister takes a job at an ultra-exclusive hotel only to find that the residents have a nasty, violent, murderous secret in director Kirill Sokolov’s Hollywood debut, They Will Kill You. Asia Reaves (Zazie...
SXSW 2026 Review: BEYOND THE DUPLEX PLANET Explores the Life of Artist David Greenberger
In documentaries like Welcome to the Club and The Winding Stream, director Beth Harrington celebrates the work of outsider artists, pinpointing their importance in culture. Beyond the Duplex Planet covers David Greenberger, more overlooked rather than an outsider. For years...
Panic Fest 2026: Final Wave Announced, Incl. a Maori Gothic Revenge Horror And a Survival Horror Starring Randy Couture
The folks at Panic Fest in Kansas City, MO, have shared the final handful of films for this year's fourteenth edition of the festival.
SXSW 2026 Review: MAM, Making a Dream Come True Is Hard Work
Director Nan Feix tells an irresistibly charming story of a cook and a waitress.
SXSW 2026 Review: THEIR TOWN, Walking and Talking. And Making a Connection.
Ora Duplass and Chosen Jacobs star, Katie Aselton directed, Mark Duplass wrote.
SXSW 2026 Review: IMPOSTERS, A Missing Baby Brings Out A Powerful Performance From Jessica Rothe
What a year it has been for first time feature filmmakers at SXSW. Back in 2019, Caleb J. Phillips took home the Midnight Shorts Jury Award for his horror film “Other Side of the Box”, he returns to the fest...
SXSW 2026 Review: THE FOX, Jai Courtney Talks To The Animals In DANGER 5 Creator's Feature Debut
When easygoing Nick (Jai Courtney) encounters a talking fox who offers him a way to fix his ailing relationship with his fiancée, he takes a drastic step that will change everything about the world around him in The Fox, the...
SXSW 2026 Review: AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE, Grief Does Strange Things To Two Women With Mommy Issues
Down on her luck Sarah (Hailley Laurén) has returned to her hometown to take possession of the decrepit family home left behind by her deceased mother. Meanwhile, her nosy, unstable neighbor Sandy (Kelsey Pribilski) is insistent that Sarah continue her...
