Festivals
Friday One Sheet: HOMBRE AL AGUA
The poster for Gael Garcia Bernal's latest film, Hombre Al Agua (aka Man Overboard!) has a retro vibe not seen too much these days. It was designed by the iconic Edel Rodríguez Mola (or simply Mola), who is known for...
BEYOND FEST 2026: Night Visions: The Shock and Awe of M. Night Shyamalan, a Retrospective of The Filmmaker's Work
With the arrival of September our attention turns to one of the big genre events happening this month in the U.S. - Beyond Fest. The first big announcement is this year's retrospective program. Last year the festival celebrated the...
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FrightFest 2026 Review: ITHAQUA, A Chilling Western Gothic Nightmare
Set in a harsh 1821 Canadian winter, the folk horror film Ithaqua follows the starving residents of an isolated fur-trading fort as they turn against each other and face a primordial, hunger-inducing creature.
Vlissingen 2026: FILM BY THE SEA Recommendations
On Friday the 11th of September, Vlissingen's Film by the Sea festival starts. It's the 28th edition this year, and it has become one of the largest and most glamorous festivals in the Netherlands. Last year saw over 45 thousand...
FILIPIÑANA Review: Rafael Manuel's Feature Redefines Must-See Filmmaking
There’s a moment in writer-director Rafael Manuel’s often brilliant, always enthralling feature debut, Filipiñana, an expansion of his award-winning 2021 short, where Clara (Carmen Castellanos), the American-born-and-raised niece of a wealthy Filipino businessman, Renato (Carlitos Siguion-Reyna), refuses to bend —...
BLOODY TENNIS Official Trailer: Releases on Shudder on September 25th
Nikias Chryssos's sports themed horror Bloody Tennis releases on Shudder on September 25th. The movie had its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival and is all set to have its North American Premiere at Fantastic Fest next month. The official...
FrightFest 2026 Review: In Korea-Set Horror NERVOUS, Sara Bolger Loses the Ability to Hear Men
The opening film at this year’s Tubi Frightfest London, Nervous is an ambitious psychological thriller set in the South Korean countryside. Irish actress Sarah Bolger reunites with director Abner Pastoll after the success of 2019’s A Good Woman is Hard...
NY's MUSCLEFEST: Part Film Festival, Part Celebration of Underground Trans and Queer Cinema
Running September 3-6, Muscle Distribution and the Roxy Cinema present MuscleFest, a four-night mini-festival celebrating the distributor's deep-cut restorations, alongside a fearless slate of underground trans and queer cinema. I discovered Muscle Distribution last year at Fantastic Fest with their...
Locarno 2026: Asia Argento on Failure, Scandal, and Choosing the Road "That Had a Heart"
Honoured with Locarno's Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia Argento reflects on surviving childhood fame, turning trauma into 'Scarlet Diva,' rejecting Hollywood millions and finding meaning in a career.
Breda 2026: Prepare For Pests, Poop And Performances
In the Netherlands, the film festival season is upon us. Every few weeks there will be another big film festival, and kicking off the pack this coming weekend is Breda's B-Film, Underground and Trash Film Festival, known as BUT for...
Locarno 2026 Review: THE RIVERBANK Turns Queer Desire Into a Defiant Neo-Noir
Brazilian filmmakers Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias make an atmospheric feature debut with a slow-burning queer neo-noir that pits intimacy and solidarity against the murderous politics of the militarized religious right.
Locarno 2026 Interview: MANHUNT Director Wayne Wapeemukwa on Humanizing Killers, Settler Mythology, and Cinema Without Sermons
Wayne Wapeemukwa talks about transforming a notorious Canadian killing spree, confronting misogyny and settler mythology, working with nonprofessional actors, and resisting demands that cinema reduce violent characters to moral lessons.
Locarno 2026 Review: DESTROY ALL GIRLS, Freewheeling Skate-Punk Rebellion, With an Expiration Date
Erin Vassilopoulos' sophomore feature is a retro-styled skate odyssey whose authentic subcultural energy invigorates a familiar story.
Locarno 2026 Review: ROMA ELASTICA Cannibalizes the Myth of the Movie Star in a Delirious Cinephile Phantasmagoria
Marion Cotillard stars in Bertrand Mandico's a surrealistic tribute to golden age actresses, celluloid cinema and Italian culture.
Locarno 2026 Review: BLOODY TENNIS Serves Up a Blood-Soaked Sports-Horror Satire
Nikias Chryssos serves up a blood-soaked, darkly funny sports horror in which an elite tennis academy trains its aspiring champions through ritualized brutality.
Locarno 2026 Masterclass: Darren Aronofsky on Risk, Movie Jail, and Knowing When to Let a Film Go
Honoured with Locarno's Pardo d'Onore, Darren Aronofsky reflects on turning poverty into style, surviving "movie jail," casting actors at the right moment and learning when to let a film go.
HY3NA: Our First Look at Matthew Ninaber's Hyper-Stylized Thriller (Exclusive)
A desperate young woman falls under the control of a seductive predator, becoming both a pawn in a lethal power dynamic and the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders.
Locarno 2026 Interview: KETTICÈ Filmmakers Luca Guadagnino and Giovanni Tortorici on Adolescent Rebellion and Protecting Cinema's Rare Roses
At Locarno, the Palermo-born director and his producer traced a line from adolescent resistance to an endangered idea of cinema, specific, unruly and built from a language of its own.
Locarno 2026 Interview: DONKEY PRINCESS Filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña Say "Jan Švankmajer Is Our Father"
The acclaimed Chilean duo discusses expanding their handmade cinematic language into live action and drawing on the formative influence of Jan Švankmajer.
Locarno 2026 Interview: NOBODY'S VIOLENCE Filmmaker Denis Côté Talks Mortality and Making Cinema That "Floats"
The Québécois auteur explains how illness shaped the film's grainy 16mm aesthetic, why disciplined production is essential to improvisation, and how critical feedback informs his uncompromising filmmaking.
