UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Review: Beautiful, Funny Paean to Canada
Immigration is a hot-button issue in several Western countries as they reconcile the ways in which it is transforming their national identity. Even in the United States, it remains an active tug-of-war. But in Canada, it is a fait accompli,...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of 2024
Hello all of you readers, we have officially entered 2025 so it's time to have a look back at 2024. We asked everyone here what their favorites were, and 24 writers gave a list. On those were a grand total...
DISCLAIMER Review: A Rare Misstep From Alfonso Cuarón
The series is now streaming on Apple TV+.
London 2024 Review: CONCLAVE, Papal Election Drama Is Consummate Adult Entertainment
Edward Berger's Oscar-bound follow-up to 'All Quiet On The Western Front' stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rosellini.
Toronto 2024 Review: THE WILD ROBOT, Ground-breaking Animation Powers Familiar Family Tale
Dreamworks Animation presents Chris Sanders' adaptation of Peter Brown's popular children's book.
Toronto 2024 Review: THE CUT, Orlando Bloom Gets Shredded in Harrowing Boxing Drama
Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe and John Turturro lead Sean Ellis' sports drama.
Toronto 2024 Review: CARNIVAL IS OVER, Neo-Noir Thriller Packed With Humor, Danger and Twists
Leandra Lea and Irandhir Santos star in Fernando Coimbra's third feature, a contemporary noir based in Rio.
Toronto 2024 Curtain Raiser: Curating the Weirder Movies of Toronto's Mammoth Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival, now in its 49th year, was called the Festival of Festivals prior to just being shortened down to its four letter acronym, TIFF. The festival still is adhering to its original mandate of...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2024
The last six months of 2024 contain two more days than the first six do (courtesy of February, even in a leap year as this one...), so we could stretch it a day, but now there's no avoiding it any...
Cannes 2024 Review: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, A Triumph for Canadian Cinema
Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin directs and stars in his new Winnipeg-set, Farsi-language comedy feature.
Cannes 2024 Review: SANTOSH, Damning Portrait of Indian Police Brutality
Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar star in Sandhya Suri's Hindi-language, British-Indian film about female cops.
Cannes 2024 Review: THE OTHER WAY AROUND, Breakup Comedy Is Repetitive On Purpose
Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz star in Jonás Trueba's Spanish language breakup comedy.
Cannes 2024 Review: MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS, Affecting Funeral Drama Marred By Slow Pace
Personal, vaguely auto-fictional stories are de rigueur for first-time filmmakers, especially actors turning directors.Iair Said, seen in last year’s The Delinquents, makes an undistinguished debut after trying his hand at a couple of shorts. Increasingly, subjects of coming-of-age tales...
Cannes 2024 Review: HOLY COW, French Cheese-Making Dramedy Is a Finely Crafted Debut Feature
Louise Courvoisier directed. A brash young man is humbled by provincial life.
Cannes 2024 Review: IT DOESN'T MATTER, A Black Man Comes of Age in Modern America
Jay Will and Christopher Abbott star as best friends in Josh Mond's second feature film after his 2015 debut, 'James White.'
CLUB ZERO Review: Eating Healthy Gets Dangerous
Mia Wasikowska stars in Jessica Hausner's buzz-worthy new film.
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of 2023
Hello all of you readers, and the best wishes for 2024 from all of us here at ScreenAnarchy! One of those best wishes is that we hope you will all see many good films. May our enjoyment of cinema be...
THE ZONE OF INTEREST Review: The Monsters Among Us, Within These Walls
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film stars Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, and Ralph Herforth.
MONSTER Review: Genre Trappings, Tricky Structural Dynamics, Impactful Message
Kore-Eda Hirokazu's newest film.
Screen Anarchists On INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
It seemed like a joke when the news broke that Harrison Ford, at the time almost 80 years old, would take up the hat and whip for another turn as the intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones. But lo-and-behold, there it...
