INVENTION Interview: Filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on Their Multifaceted New Film
In his review of Invention, the new film from writer/director Courtney Stephens and actor/writer Callie Hernandez, Martin Kudlac discusses the many ways it explores the lines between reality and fantasy, and how those lines are oddly similar in grief and...
THE HEDONIST Interview: Nick Funess, Izzi Rojas, Jordan Somani on Flat Affect, Parents, and Stylized Editing
[Beware: light spoilers ahead.] In my review of The Hedonist, I wrote about the often hilarious flat affect line deliveries, its stylized editing, and the frankly beautiful use of Robocop references. So when I got the chance to sit down...
Panic Fest 2025 Review: THE HEDONIST Confirms a Distinct New Voice
Writer, director, and actor Nick Funess' new film also stars Amrita Newton and Izzi Rojas.
Panic Fest 2025 Review: DOOBA DOOBA, A Cult Classic in the Making
Amna Vegha, Betsy Sligh, Erin O'Meara, and Winston Haynes star in writer/director Ehrland Hollingsworth's adventures in babysitting, found-footage style.
Panic Fest 2025 Review: THE LOST EPISODE, Found Footage COPS
It's always funny when a movie has a clear reference point but can't afford the rights to directly reference it. The Lost Episode opens with on screen text informing us that what we're about to watch was originally recorded on...
THE ALTO KNIGHTS Review: Comfortable Sleep Aid for Mob Movie Lovers
The opening of The Alto Knights is wildly disorienting and, frankly, embarrassing. Viewers are placed in gangster Frank Costello's (Robert De Niro) point of view as he's shot, overwhelming the screen with double exposures, aggressive Dutch angles, and rapid cuts...
BLACK BAG Review: Soderbergh's Sexiest Film in Decades
Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender star in Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller.
THE BUILDOUT Review: Friendship, Grief and Self-Narratives Collide
Writer/director Zeshaan Younus' feature debut flirts with genre in the same way Tarkovsky and Malick flirt with genre. The film follows two friends as they venture into the mysterious remote area in a vast Southern California desert that a religious...
THE GORGE Review: A Big Swing With a Big Heart
Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller star in Scott Derrickson's multi-genre thriller, premiering worldwide on Apple TV+.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Review: Pacifying Propaganda Engages, Disturbs
Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford star; Julius Onah directed.
On David Lynch
It's not often that the team at ScreenAnarchy feels a loss like we have with David Lynch. And we're not alone; since last Thursday, I've seen an outpouring of love, sadness, and remembering that I've not seen the like...
Screen Anarchists On NOSFERATU
Last week we posted an article listing our favorite films from 2024, and one entry in it was Robert Eggers' new take on Nosferatu. It was notable for at least two reasons. One: it only premièred at Christmas so not...
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...
THE ORDER Review: Extremely Standard, Extremely Well Done
Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, and Jurnee Smollet star; Justin Kurzel directs.
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT Review: Invigorating, Infuriating Documentary Epic
Like much of the jazz that soundtracks it, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat doesn't hold your hand. From the start, the film unleashes a frenetic, almost overwhelming, visual language. It's a visual language that, along with the phenomenal titular soundtrack,...
SMILE 2 Review: Effective, But Overlong and Obvious Horror Spectacle
Smile 2 picks up right where Smile left off. Well, "six days later," as onscreen text tells us. It's a bold move from writer/director Parker Finn that combines with a bravura long-take opening sequence to announce that Smile 2 is...
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Review: Sweet Psycho Romance Stuck in an Edgelord's Mess
Whether she's loved the character since she was a child or is making a calculated attempt at winning an acting Oscar, Lady Gaga's performance as the Joker universe's Harley Quinn is by far the best thing to come out of...
LOOK BACK Review: Emotionally and Visually Beautiful Film, Undone by Melodrama
It's no wonder that Look Back is highly anticipated by anime fans. The film is based on the manga of the same name by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and is directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, whose resume includes working with...
RED ROOMS Interview, Part 2: Pascal Plante Talks the Music and Ethics of His Thriller
In part 1 of our interview, Red Rooms filmmaker Pascal Plante talked extensively about how individual scenes were designed and shot. In part 2, we got more into the musical score and the ethics of making his thriller. Red Rooms...
RED ROOMS Interview, Part 1: Pascal Plante Talks the Craft of Making a Thriller
In Martin Kudlac's review of Red Rooms, he writes about how the film draws on Michael Haneke, its "enigmatic" protagonist Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), and the ways it repeatedly "bucks genre expectations" as a film ostensibly about a serial killer. More...
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