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...
4K Review: SMILE 2, Grinning Its Way to Hell
Out today from our friends at Paramount, comes Smile 2 for the more brutal and terrifying section of your home video library. The writer/director/producer Parker Finn is back for more, and is following the horror movie creed that the sequel...
4K Review: The Epic Continues in KILL BILL VOL. 2
After annihilating a bevy of assassins including Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), her Crazy 88s and her advisor Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus) in a veritable tsunami of blood in Kill Bill: Vol. 1, The Bride (Uma...
4K Review: The Essential Cinema of KILL BILL VOL. 1
Where to begin on part one of one of the greatest films of all time? Quentin Tarantino is a filmmaker with an immense knowledge of cinema; he’s always been a remix artist for me, a film DJ, and that has...
4K Review: JACKIE BROWN
I really, really wanted to love Jackie Brown. I’m a Pam Grier fan, and every other actor, of which there are several, are great. Other than adapting source material that Quentin Tarantino didn’t write (Elmore Leonard’s “Rum Punch” crime novel),...
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...
GALAXY QUEST 4K Review: Shining in Mighty UHD
Calling everyone in sci-fi movie fandom! Paramount has recently released the intergalactic 1999 comedy, Galaxy Quest, on 4K for the film’s 25th anniversary. Directed by Dean Parisot (Bill & Ted Face the Music, RED 2) this film is still every...
4K Review: Criterion's GODZILLA Release Reigns
Our friends at Criterion have always been huge Godzilla supporters. They’ve got tons of titles for sale and streaming on their channel (there are more than 30 sequels!), so it’s no surprise that they recently released the film that started...
DRAG ME TO HELL 4K Review: Mad, Visceral Storytelling
Sam Raimi’s 2009 return to horror after the 1992 Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell, is from a more innocent time. Just like ye old E.C. Comics and Tales From the Darkside, Drag Me to Hell is a morality...
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Review: There's a Better Movie in the Edit
“A great deal of this actually happened,” states one of the many opening text cards in Stockholm Bloodbath. This is after giving us the exposition that the Danish King Kristian II has placed himself in Sweden to settle some political...
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES 4K Review
Not only is Halloween thankfully upon us, but the next major holiday, Thanksgiving, at least in America, is next. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for a re-watch of Addams Family Values! Our friends at Paramount Home Entertainment...
CALIGULA 4K Review: An Unhinged, Violent, Epic Masterpiece
Where to begin on this infamous film? Shot in 1976 and released in 1980, Caligula was directed by arthouse provocateur Tinto Brass. Written by Gore Vidal and funded by Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, Caligula became one of those unfortunate films...
Hawaii 2024 Review: Hard Justice in BALOTA
It seems like election conflicts are the norm right now, or perhaps it’s always been this way, and we just notice it more in the age of constant social media and news. Kip Oebanda’s (Abandoned, Liway) latest film, Balota, addresses...
Hawaii 2024 Review: Kurosawa's CLOUD Baffles
I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse, Cure) latest film, Cloud, at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival, and man, am I perplexed. I love Pulse (Kairo) and I wanted to love Cloud, but I can’t even figure out what the...
Hawaii 2024 Review: SISTER MIDNIGHT Has a Punk Rock Flavor
Sister Midnight from Karan Kandhari (Bye Bye Miss Goodnight) is a hard film to review and classify, but I’m going to try after seeing the film at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival. Funded in part by the British...
Hawaii 2024 Review: DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY Is a Ghostly Good Time
Having played TIFF and Fantastic Fest, Dead Talents Society is the latest from director John Hsu, and I’ve just seen his rad Taiwanese ghost horror comedy at Hawaii International Film Festival. Hsu’s last feature was the great 2019 period horror...
Hawaii 2024 Review: CHAIN REACTIONS Roars with Recollections
What do Karyn Kusama, Stephen King, Patton Oswalt, and Takashi Miike have in common? They all speak of their experiences on a certain film that influenced them in one way or another in Alexandre O. Philippe’s (Lynch/Oz, 78/52, Memory: The...
Hawaii 2024 Review: Out for Blood Shorts Shine
[Still from Olga's Eyes] Having been a shorts filmmaker for most of my filmmaking life, I know exactly how difficult it is to get coverage at festivals for short films. When I’m able, I like to return the favor. While...
REPO MAN 4K Review: This Criterion Release Rocks
For those who like a good dose of honesty and chaos, the 1984 punk cult classic debut from Alex Cox (Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell), Repo Man is out in a 4K/Blu-ray combo. The release is beautiful; from the...
UHF 4K Review: Shout Factory Helps Bring Joy Decades Later
What can be said about UHF that hasn’t been said before? “Weird Al” Yankovic and his manager/the director of the film, Jay Levey, pulled off something that was originally released in 1989. Oh, simpler times. The film is a ridiculous,...
