Blu-ray Review: SNOWPIERCER, Moving Forward is the Only Option
I love apocalypse/post-apocalypse stories. And I love trains. So it's likely not surprising to know that I've been a fan of Snowpiercer since I was first introduced to the graphic novel series over a decade ago. The stories of the...
MALCOLM & MARIE Trailer: In Love, Madly
Films with only (or mostly only) two characters are pretty rare (think Sleuth, Old Joy, Gerry), and it's both an intriguing scenario for the audiene and difficult project for director, screenwriter, and actors. How do you keep attention with just...
Trailer for THE WANTING MARE, Dark and Golden Futuristic Fable of Love and Horses
One of the great things about attending small film festivals (either in person or online) is the chance to see films that often get missed at the big ones; films that employ both the epic and the intimate; that utilize...
Review: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, A Fateful Night With Four Fated Men
We've all had those 'what famous dead person would you like to have dinner with' or 'what famous people would you love to see having a conversation' moments, when ideas of what we think a famous person is, and how...
ScreenAnarchy Top Films of 2020
One of the great advantages of ScreenAnarchy's global writing staff is that our individual end-of-year lists always have a least a few titles that the rest of us have not only not seen, but likely haven't heard of. And I'm...
Review: WHITE LIE, Here Come The Consequences of Deceptive Actions
Everyone wants to be loved by someone special. Many people also want attention and love from strangers. In our social media age that gives us access to strangers around the world, the allure of the like, the retweet, the reply,...
Interview with Mickey Reece: CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER Director and a Recipe for Cheery Cherry Cheese Pie
Mickey Reece has been making films in his corner of Oklahoma for more than a decade (his incomplete IMDB page lists at least 37 director credits), but it wasn't until a few years ago that his work started getting noticed...
SATOR Trailer & Poster: Demons Rule in the Lonely Dark
Jordan Graham spent seven years working on second feature film, Sator; a frightening yet personal story requires time and care, and with a poster and trailer dropping, it shows both its intimacy and its frightening story, blurring lines between fact...
THE VIGIL: Never, Ever Stay in a Room with a Dead Body
I've always wondered why religion-based horror films have focused almost solely on Christianity (especially Catholicism). Several religiions around the world have stories, rituals, myths, and legends about things that are pretty scary (ancient gods, golems), and horror loves to find...
Review: THE MIDNIGHT SKY, Hope at the End of the World
Standing as we are, as we have been for some months (or arguably years), on a precipice of the end of the human race, if not the entire planet on which we live, I assume many of us have thought...
MINOR PREMISE Clip: Don't Drink and Put Yourself Under a Mind-Altering Machine
We all know that we should never text or call or leave voicemails with people, late at night, after we've been drinking. Well, we should also not set up complicated programs and get under a machine that will alter the...
Review: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, When There's TMI About Weird Canadian Politics, and We Love It
Matthew Rankin shows just how batsh*t crazy Canadian history can be
SPUTNIK, COME TRUE, THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN Win at Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
The sun keeps rising and setting, the earth keeps moving, and film festivals are still happening. They might be partially or fully online, but most of us (and given accessibility, more of us) have been able to still enjoy seeing...
Review: SAINT FRANCES, A Bittersweet Summer of Wit and Heart
I've long held a pet theory that one of the reasons women (often) aren't fully prepared for menstruation, pregancy, childbirth, and the postpartum time, is because of how messy it is. If we knew (at least about the childbearing and...
Review: PROXIMA: The Call of the Stars, the Pull of the Earth
Sarah (Eva Green) has dreamed of going into space for her whole life. She became an engineer, works at the European Space Agency, and has kept in physical and mental shape. And now, her time has come: she is selected...
LUCKY, PSYCHO GOREMAN, JUMBO, and More at Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival
In late November, many of us will be looking towards the Canadian prairies with great envy. Not only will the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival be featuring a terrific line-up of films, they will be happening live in the theatre. Being...
Montreal Nouveau 2020 Review: SAINT NARCISSE, Walk Through the Witchy Mirror
There are always at least two things you can count on with a Bruce LaBruce film: one, that you won't be able to predict where it will go, and two, that there will be a lot of sex. Both of...
Lund Fantastic 2020 Review: JUMBO, We So Seldom Look on Love
How do we know when we love? How do we know what we love? How do we make the decision (and it is a decision) that we will love what we love, for as long as we are allowed? And...
Review: HIS HOUSE, The Demons We Find, the Demons We Bring
Likely most of us have seen the harrowing footage of people making the perilous journey in tiny, run-down boats across the Mediterranean Sea, to reach the hoped-for safety of Europe (as they do crossing Central America to the USA, on...
Trailer for THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Get Trippy with Canadian History
People like to think that, at least compared to our neighbours to the south, Canada is a wee bit dull, especially in the realm of politics and history (trust me, our history has a lot of bad moments). So when...
