New York 2024 Review: THE DAMNED (IL DANNATI), Neorealist Anti-Western About the Senselessness of War
Roberto Minervini’s new film, which premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, is the second feature in this festival round to be titled The Damned. Another movie with the same English-language title, directed by Thordur Palsson and featured...
New York 2024 Review: STRANGER EYES, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
When a little girl vanishes straight from the playground, her parents Junyang (Wu Chien-ho) and Peiying (Anicca Panna) start a search that doesn’t provide any leads. That is, until they start getting DVDs with the footage of the family doing...
New York 2024 Review: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Striking Tale of Violence and Moral Compromises
Iman (Misagh Zare) has just gotten the much-desired promotion, but asks his family to keep quiet about his new job: he is now an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. So, while the very real protests against the...
THE BECOMERS Review: Romcom Invasion of the Body Snatchers
While big studio sci-fi films seemingly struggle while trying to manage too many expectations, obligations and money, the indie sector of the same genre is definitely on the rise. The Becomers, the latest outing from Zach Clark, the director known...
ALL SHALL BE WELL Review: Quiet But Powerful Drama About Family and Other Troubles
An older lesbian couple, Angie (Patra Au Ga Man) and Pat (Maggie Li Lin Lin) have been together for over three decades and have shared a lovely home in Hong Kong for much of that time. As they hold a...
THE KILLER'S GAME Review: The Ghost of the Action Movies Past
Tuxedo-clad superstar hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) crashes a premiere of contemporary ballet in the Budapest opera house in order to kill his target. As panic ensues, Joe ends up escorting one of the dancers, Maize (Sofia Boutella) out and...
SPEAK NO EVIL Review: The Importance of Being Impolite, Part 2
James Watkins directs the remake, starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Scoot McNairy.
THE WASP Review: Chamber Thriller Gone Wild
Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer star in Guillem Morales' twisty suspense picture.
STRANGE DARLING Review: Love Hurts, and How
Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner star in the thriller, directed by JT Mollner and photographed by Giovani Ribisi.
PARADISE IS BURNING Review: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Three young sisters -- Laura (Bianca Delbravo), Mira (Dilvin Asaad) and Steffi (Safira Mossberg), aged sixteen, twelve and seven -- are left to their own devices by the ever-absent mother in a small Swedish town. Their household is chaotic, mischievous...
CONSUMED Review: A Walk in the Woods Goes Wrong in More Ways Than One
Beth (Courtney Halverson) and Jay (Mark Famiglietti) want to celebrate a one-year anniversary of Beth’s cancer remission. Apparently, neither of them is acquainted with horror classics, so they decide to go on a camping trip to the woods. Everyone familiar...
KNEECAP Review: Anti-Imperialist Dramedy with Rap, Sex and (Possibly) Record Breaking Cursing
The winner of this year’s Sundance Audience Award is hitting theaters and, just as the name of the prize suggests, it's bound to be a major delight for viewers. Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap, a feature debut film about an actual Irish...
CRUMB CATCHER Review: A Pitch To Die For
Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos and Lorraine Farris star in the home invasion thriller, directed by Chris Skotchdopole, from Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix.
Fantasia 2024: Let Us Raise the Curtain on North America's Largest Genre Festival
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival runs from July 18 to August 4 in a hot hot hot Montreal. For those of us located in North America, it is one of our favourite times of the year. Due to its...
THE NATURE OF LOVE Review: A Tale of Romance, Philosophy and the Power of Classic Love Ballads
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau and Pierre-Yves Cardinal star in French-Canadian writer-director-actor Monia Chokri's sexy new film.
THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT Review: Indie Dramedy About Grief, Hope and Effective Techniques for Alienating Neighbours
Directed by H.P. Mendoza, the film stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Maggie Grace, Lucy DeVito, and Sendhil Ramamurthy.
ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2024
The last six months of 2024 contain two more days than the first six do (courtesy of February, even in a leap year as this one...), so we could stretch it a day, but now there's no avoiding it any...
Tribeca 2024 Review: MCVEIGH, The Dark Side of Man
Directed by Mike Ott, the film stars Alfie Allen, Brett Gelman, Ashley Benson, Anthony Carrigan, and Tracy Letts.
Tribeca 2024 Review: SACRAMENTO, A Different Kind of Fury Road
Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, and Maya Erskine star; Michael Angarano directed.
Tribeca 2024 Review: THE KNIFE, High-Tension Debut Drama Tackles the Terrors of Reality
Directed by Nnamdi Asomugha, who also stars, alongside Melissa Leo, Aja Naomi King, Manny Jacinto, Amari Price, and Aiden Price.
