BY DESIGN Review: Beautiful and Heartbreakingly Singular

Juliette Lewis stars, supported by Mamoudou Athie, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Alisa Torres, Clifton Collins Jr., Keir Gilchrist, with Udo Kier and Betty Buckley. Narrated by Melanie Griffith. Amanda Kramer directed.

DRACULA Review: Slick, Horny, and Surprisingly Silly

Caleb Landry Jones, Zoë Bleu, Matilda De Angelis, and Christoph Waltz star in director Luc Besson's new, romantic version of the classic tale.

Animation First 2026 Review: HEART OF DARKNESS, More Fascinating Than Compelling

Directed by Rogerio Nunes, the new animated adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book launches into the future.

Chattanooga 2026: Film Festival Announces Fun Sized First Wave

Almost a full half year before the start of the festival on June 18, the Chattanooga Film Festival has announced a "fun-sized first wave of films and events." Now in its 13th year, the festival will celebrate that anniversary with...

SEND HELP Review: An Overlong and Confounding Slog

Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien star in Sam Raimi's new film.

DOOBA DOOBA Review: Inventive, Thrilling, and Deeply Troubling Horror

Director Ehrland Hollingsworth's thriller stars Betsy Sligh, Amna Vegha, Erin O'Meara, Winston Haynes, and Billy Hulsey.

RETURN TO SILENT HILL Review: A Major Disappointment

There's a moment in the game, Silent Hill 2, when the player, as protagonist James, is alone exploring an abandoned apartment building and sees an unmoving creature on the opposite side of steel bars that divide a hallway.   The creature...

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...

THE HOUSEMAID Review: Delightful, Surprisingly Effective Trash

Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in Paul Feig's new, airport-trashy thriller.

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...

ROSEMEAD Review: True Story About a Mother's Love That's Too Centered on the Son

It's always odd when a film is based on a true story that is either old enough or simply wasn't major enough news that we don't all know it. Does it count as "spoilers" for the movie to direct people...

LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS Review: A Phenomenal Directorial Debut

Jara Sofija Ostan and Mina Švajger star in Urška Djukić's remarkable film that's about more than coming of age.

YOUNG BLONDES, STALKED AND MURDERED Review: Beguiling Hollywood Anti-Slasher

Samantha Carroll stars in director Nick Funess' disquieting film.

Screen Anarchists On Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN

While Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein passed me by during its limited theatrical run, it sure arrived on Netflix pretty fast. I checked it out, discussed it with colleagues, and noticed there were many different opinions on it,...

KING IVORY Interview: Ben Foster, James Badge Dale, and Michael Mando on Neo-Westerns, Playing Family, and Graham Greene

Peter Martin put it perfectly when he summed up King Ivory with a focus on its three leads in his article on this weekend's new releases: "James Badge Dale, who brings simmering intensity to every role, Ben Foster, who has...

CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE: REZE ARC Review: Beautifully Animated, Slightly Repetitive Blast

A note at the start that Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (just "Reze Arc" going forward because wow, what a title) is entirely accessible to the curious who have not seen the show. Some ongoing threads are touched...

ROOFMAN Review: Warm, Funny, and Affecting, But Not Quite an Awards Contender

Derek Cianfrance's new film stars Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Review: Delightful, Overlong, and Politically Dubious

Paul Thomas Anderson directs; Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti star.

PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE Review: Bing Liu's Narrative Debut Struggles to Balance Emotion and Social Critique

Fred Hechinger and Sebiye Behtiyar star in Bing Liu's debut narrative feature.

CAUGHT STEALING Review: Messy Crime Romp Saved By Great Performances

Austin Butler, Regina King, and Zoe Kravitz star in Darren Aronofsky's comic crime thriller.