Director in Focus: François Ozon, From IN THE HOUSE to THE STRANGER
How director François Ozon keeps changing, but stays remarkably modern.
Opening This Week: THE DRAMA, Romantic Tension, THE STRANGER, Classic Updated
Plus: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.'
Now Playing: THEY WILL KILL YOU, YES, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE
Our guide to genre fare opening this week in movie theaters includes a straight ahead horror thriller, a comic horror movie, a different type of thriller, and four strong indies. Read on for more information about each film. They Will...
Now Streaming: DETECTIVE HOLE Nordic Noir, SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN Slow Horror, THE RED LINE Scams
Plus: 'The Mortuary Assistant,' 'Pretty Lethal,' and much more.
SPEED OR PERISH: Seth Ickerman's New Cyberpunk Opera
Weird and wild, Speed or Perish, directed by the French duo known as Seth Ickerman, captures immediate attention in its first frame and keeps transforming into something truly distinctive. The 8-minute short film, made for the artist Carpenter Brut, is...
BUNNY!!, Vietnamese Hit Heads for Worldwide Release
The newest film from director Tran Thanh, who helmed last year's comedy of errors The 4 Rascals, is heading for release in North America, Europe, and Asia tomorrow (Thursday, March 26). Bunny!! (orig. Tho Oi) is described as "a dramatic...
THE BLADE 4K Review: Tsui Hark's Dark, Grimy, Kinetic, Chaotic Classic
Wither wuxia? Tsui Hark's martial arts action-adventure thrills and chills.
Opening This Week: THEY WILL KILL YOU Threatens, FORBIDDEN FRUITS Beckons, OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR Promises
Plus: 'Yes,' 'A Magnificent Life,' 'John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office,' 'Kontinental '25,' 'The A.I. Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist.'
SXSW 2026 Wrap: All Our Reviews
The 33rd edition of the SXSW Film and Television Festival announced their Audience Award winners, led by Jorma Taccone's Over Your Dead Body in the Headliner section, Robb Boardman's Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film in the Narrative...
FOR ALL MANKIND S5 Review: Mars Is Ours! No, It Isn't! Yes, It Is!!
Joel Kinnaman, Toby Kebell, and Mireille Enos lead the ensemble science-fiction series in its fifth season.
Now Playing: READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME, PROJECT HAIL MARY, More Genre Movies
Plus: 'Do Not Enter,' 'Miroirs No. 3,' 'Tow,' 'Two Prosecutors,' 'Late Shift,' and more.
Now Streaming: 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, Fabulously Entertaining, Eminently Quotable
Plus: 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,' 'Radioactive Emergency,' 'Invincible,' 'The Lady,' 'Imperfect Women.'
SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
THE POUT-POUT FISH Review: Sheer Delight Under the Sea
Nick Offerman, Nina Oyama, and Mirando Otto star, with Jordin Sparks and Amy Sedaris, in an Australian animated family film.
SXSW 2026 Review: MAM, Making a Dream Come True Is Hard Work
Director Nan Feix tells an irresistibly charming story of a cook and a waitress.
SXSW 2026 Review: THEIR TOWN, Walking and Talking. And Making a Connection.
Ora Duplass and Chosen Jacobs star, Katie Aselton directed, Mark Duplass wrote.
Criterion in June 2026: DESPERATE LIVING, HAIRSPRAY, HIGH ART Lead Raft of Releases
Whoa! The Criterion Collection will unleash a raft of new releases in June 2026, led by two by John Waters -- Desperate Living and Hairspray -- along with Lisa Cholodenko's 90s queer romance High Art. The lead title in Criterion's...
Opening This Week: READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME, PROJECT HAIL MARY
Plus: 'Do Not Enter,' 'Miroirs No. 3,' 'Tow,' 'Two Prosecutors,' 'Late Shift,' and more.
SXSW 2026 Review: SPARKS, Time Travel Could Be Fun
Elsie Fisher leads a talented ensemble in writer/director Fergus Campbell's charming adventure.
