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 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...

Berlinale 2026 Review: MOSCAS, Outsiders Search for Connection in Mexico City

Director Fernando Eimbcke's new film stars Teresita Sánchez, Bastian Escobar, and Hugo Ramírez.

Berlinale 2026 Review: SLEEP NO MORE, Horror in an Indonesian Sweatshop

Director Edwin's film stars Rachel Amanda, Lutesha, Iqbaal Ramadhan, Didik Nini Thowok, and Sal Priadi.

Berlinale 2026 Review: WE ARE ALL STRANGERS, Winning Generational Drama Set in Singapore

Writer/director Anthony Chen's film stars Yeo Yann Yann, Koh Jia Ler, Andi Lim, and Regene Lim.

Berlinale 2026 Review: FOREST HIGH (FORÊT IVRE), Life in an Alpine Hut

Forest High (orig. Forêt Ivre) takes place almost entirely in and around a hut in the Swiss mountains. Subtitled Three Stories, director Manon Coubia's film follows three volunteers who work there over four seasons. Officially the Refuge d'Ubine des Amis...

Berlinale 2026 Review: A CHILD OF MY OWN (UN HIJO PROPIO), Documentary Reenacts a Kidnapping

Based on a notorious crime in Mexico, A Child of My Own (Orig. Un hijo propio) examines how and why a nurse kidnapped a baby for her own. As she did in The Mole Agent, director Maite Alberdi mixes fact and fiction...

Berlinale 2026 Review: LALI, Newlyweds Confront Demons in Pakistani Drama

The lavish wedding ceremony keeps hitting snags, especially when future mother-in-law Sohni Ammi (Farazeh Syed) is accidentally shot in the leg during a fireworks celebration. It's just another sign of the bad luck that dogs bride Zeba (Mamya Shajaffar), an...

CRIME 101 Review: Cast Lifts Familiar Heist Plot

Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan and Halle Berry star in Bart Layton's adaptation of Don Winslow's source material.

Sundance 2026 Review: TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN, Farmers in Montenegro Fight for Their Land

Directed by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić, the documentary follows what happens when residents fight back against politicians.

Sundance 2026 Review: TAKE ME HOME, Deeply Personal Drama of Family in Peril

Liz Sargent's film won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: US Dramatic. Anna Sargent, Victor Slezak, Ali Ahn, Shane Harper, and Marceline Hugot star.

BACK TO THE PAST Review: Modern Day Mercenaries in Ancient China

Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, and Lai-Ming Tang star in the Hong Kong action movie.

ISLANDS Review: Sun, Sand, Stripped-Down Noir

Sam Riley and Stacy Martin star in director Jan-Ole Gerster's sun-soaked thriller.

SHELTER Review: Jason Statham Takes on Corrupt MI6 Spies

Ric Roman Waugh directed the action thriller, also starring Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, and Daniel Mays.

THE WRECKING CREW Review: Bautista and Momoa Rampage Through Hawaii

Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa star in the action-adventure, directed by Angel Manuel Soto.

Sundance 2026 Review: ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, The Downside of Unlimited Wealth

Sinéad O'Shea directed the documentary.

ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of 2025

Here at ScreenAnarchy we wish you all a very fortuitous 2026! And now that we're in a new year, let's close off the old one with our traditional Top 10 list. This time, 21 of our writers forwarded their favorite...

RESURRECTION Review: Fashioning an Alternate History of Cinema

Jackson Yee and Shu Qi star in Bi Gan's new film.

ScreenAnarchy's Top 25 Films Of The 21st Century

We're almost at the end of the year 2025, and that means that the first quarter of the century is already gone. How did that happen so fast? Do quarter centuries currently go by as fast as decades did when...