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 —...
BUDDY Review: Cringe Comedy Transforms Into Absurdist Horror
Casper Kelly directs Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Keegan-Michael Key, Jamie King, Michael Shannon and Topher Grace in a horror comedy.
INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER Review: Non-Essential Entry Over-Promises and Under-Delivers
After an all-too-brief, barely noticed three-year hiatus, the highly profitable Insidious series returns with its sixth and unfortunately, far-from-final entry, Insidious: Out of the Further. Co-created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell as a counter to the graphic, ultra-violent...
MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT Review: Michael Mann's Masterpiece Receives a Much Anticipated 4k Upgrade
[For now, at least, a lucky, privileged few can catch Manhunter: The Final Cut, StudioCanal’s 4k restoration of filmmaker Michael Mann’s masterpiece, as it tours arthouses, rep houses, and other assorted houses around the country.] Released in the summer...
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Review: Willem Dafoe Cuts Imposing Figure as Tyrannical Greek Oligarch
When Patrikios (Christos Stergioglou), onetime/longtime physician to Marcos Timoleon (Willem Dafoe), an Aristotle Onassis-inspired Greek titan of industry and all-around oligarch, casually suggests the latter’s resemblance behavior-wise to Marlon Brando’s title character in The Godfather, Marcos laughs, instead suggesting the...
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Review: MCU's Superhero Shines in Fourth Essential Entry
Marvel and DC’s declining box-office fortunes provide ample, if indirect, evidence that superhero fatigue is real and here to stay, the not unexpected result of market saturation. But for every rule or sweeping generalization, there’s an exception: On the...
I WANT YOUR SEX Review: Close Encounters of the Sexual Kind
Gregg Araki's new film stars Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman.
40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE Review: Pirate Radio Doc Highlights Long Lost Punk Era
Punk doesn’t just mean rebellion against a generalized status quo or — in James Gunn’s semi-controversial, avowedly earnest, unironic definition in last year’s Superman reboot— kindness. At its core, punk also means opposition to the Powers-That-Be, to corporate capitalism...
MOANA (2026) Review: Bland, Dull, Lifeless Live-Action Remake
Unnecessary. Redundant. Superfluous. Three English-language words that describe the same or similar experience in life or fiction. Any one of those words, alone or collectively, can also describe Moana, the less-than-anticipated live-action remake of the 10-year-old animated hit that...
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2026
We are halfway through 2026 already, a year which has been shaping up so far as an interesting one to say the least. I have already heard several people say they like the first half of 2026 better than all...
THE INVITE Review: Smart, Superbly Engaging Adult Entertainment
Olivia Wilde directed and stars, alongside Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton.
LEVITICUS Review: Queer Horror Becomes Frighteningly Literal
Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen star in Adrian Chiarella's startling debut feature.
DISCLOSURE DAY Review: Steven Spielberg's Newest Masterclass in Genre Filmmaking
Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, and Colman Domingo star in Steven Spielberg's action thriller.
PRESSURE Review: WWII Drama Sheds Light on a Key D-Day Story
Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, and Damian Lewis star in director Anthony Maras' historical military drama.
TUNER Review: Crime Does Not Play (Piano)
Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, and Tovah Feldshuh star in director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature.
IS GOD IS Review: Playwright-Turned-Filmmaker Aleshea Harris' Remarkably Assured Debut Dazzles, Shocks, Impresses
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a bolder, more fearless feature-length debut this year than playwright-turned-filmmaker Aleshea Harris’ uncategorizable feature-length debut, Is God Is. Part righteous rampage of revenge (down, as always, with the patriarchy in all its...
San Francisco 2026 Review: EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE, Poignant, Thoughtful Cine-Essay
The latest project by filmmaker Lynne Sachs (Drift and Bough, The Washing Society, Film About a Father Who) opens with a quote from the French-born father of 20th-century forensic science, Dr. Edmond Locard: “Every contact leaves a trace.” The...
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Review: Hugh Jackman Leads Winning Ensemble in Charming, Family-Oriented Murder-Mystery Comedy
For the big-brained, anthropomorphic sheep in director Kyle Balda (Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Minions) and screenwriter Craig Mazin's (The Huntsman: Winter's War, Identity Thief, The Hangover Parts II-III) charmingly realized adaptation of German author Leonie Swann’s 2005...
OMAHA Review: Grounded, Intimate, Ominous Family Drama
John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, and Wyatt Solis star in director Cole Webley's coming-of-age drama.
LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Review: An Old Monster, A New Nightmare, Courtesy of James Wan and Jason Blum
The "Dark Universe," Universal’s misguided, over-hyped, subsequently discarded attempt to create a Marvel-style shared universe centered on its classic monsters, may have been done and dusted after the failure of the Tom Cruise-led Mummy reboot nine years ago, but as...
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