Hollywood Features
Playback: Sam Raimi, Seesaw Inclinations, from THE EVIL DEAD to SEND HELP
We track the director's entire career, starting in horror and quickly embracing all other genres.
Opening This Week: Sam Raimi's SEND HELP, Ann Hui's JULY RHAPSODY, Much More
Plus: 'The Love That Remains,' 'Islands,' 'Shelter,' 'Bitter Rice,' 'The Moment,' 'Arco,' 'Back to the Past,' 'A Poet.'
Now Playing: DOOBA DOOBA, THE WELL, HARD BOILED
Let's start with spoilers: two new, wide-release genre films proved to be disappointments, as the reviews linked below reveal. Bummer! So, let's first focus on two new releases of festival films that we truly enjoyed, as well as a Hong...
Opening This Week: MERCY, RETURN TO SILENT HILL, DOOBA DOOBA, IN COLD LIGHT, THE WELL
Plus: John Woo's classic 'Hard Boiled,' in special limited engagements.
Now Playing: 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Rules in Blood
Plus: 'Night Patrol,' 'Space/Time,' 'Killer Whale,' 'All You Need Is Kill,' 'A Private Life,' 'Sound of Falling,' 'Maldoror.'
Friday One Sheet: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
After some rather underwhelming key art for Emerald (Saltburn) Fennell's upcoming adaptation of Bronte's cult-lit classic, Wuthering Heights, the character posters come through with a cold and tactile pair of character posters. I have highlighted Margot Robbie's Catherine Earnshaw here...
Playback: Nia DaCosta, Life on the Edge, from LITTLE WOODS to 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
Nia DaCosta gravitates toward stories -- whether intimate dramas, horror reinventions, literary adaptations, or major franchises -- where her characters are pushed into extreme situations. Across these films, human vulnerability and choice remain central, with complex interior lives sharpening as...
Opening This Week: 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, NIGHT PATROL, SPACE/TIME, KILLER WHALE
Plus: 'All You Need Is Kill,' 'A Useful Ghost,' 'A Private Life,' 'Sound of Falling,' 'Maldoror.'
Now Playing: OBEX Delights, ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU Makes Choices
Also opening: 'Primate,' 'Greenland 2: Migration,' and 'Young Mothers' from the Dardennes Brothers.
Opening This Week: PRIMATE Monkey Terror, OBEX Lo-Fi Charms, GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION Gerard Butler Action
Plus: 'All That's Left Is You.'
FYC 2025: Daddy Issues in HAMNET, TRAIN DREAMS, JAY KELLY
For your consideration: Of absent fathers, grief, shame, and forgiveness in three notable films.
Now Streaming Weekly Roundup: MADE IN KOREA Thrills, STRANGE HARVEST Intrigues
Plus: 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Cover Up.'
Now Playing: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE Shakes, NO OTHER CHOICE Rattles, MARTY SUPREME Rolls
Plus: 'The Plague,' 'Father Mother Sister Brother,' 'Song Sung Blue,' 'Anaconda,' 'The Choral.'
Playback: Park Chan-wook, Pushed to the Limit, from JOINT SECURITY AREA to NO OTHER CHOICE
Park Chan-wook studies how vengeance and obsession can narrow the mind, reducing problems to a single, violent answer. The Korean director returns to characters consumed by the promise of moral clarity. Park is perhaps best known for his exacting compositions...
Now Streaming Weekly Roundup: FALLOUT Returns, CASTLE ROCK Chills, THE GREAT FLOOD Rushes In, BREAKDOWN: 1975 Recalls
Plus, movies making their streaming debut: 'One Battle After Another,' Megadoc,' 'Queens of the Dead,' 'Him,' 'Ne Zha 2.'
Now Playing: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Protests, THE HOUSEMAID Cleans Up, IS THIS THING ON? Tests Marriage
Plus: 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
Friday One Sheet: EYES WIDE SHUT @ 26
As is the tradition for this column, the penultimate entry before the end of the year is an alternate poster for Stanley Kubrick's final film. It is the 26th anniversary of the original release of Eyes Wide Shut, and hot on...
Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide 2025 Episode 3: Severin, Criterion Collection, Mutant Records, Collectibles and Collectible Packaging
Welcome to episode three of the Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide for 2025. This episode highlights homes entertainment releases from Severin and The Criterion Collection. I like to think that the difference between this and other gift guides is...
Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide 2025 Episode 2: Shout Factory, Warner, Neon Eagle and Cauldron
Welcome to Episode two of the Screen Anarchy Last Minute Gift Guide for 2025. The first episode highlighted releases from Kino. This episode covers stuff that was sent by Shout Factory, Warner Brothers, Neon Eagle and Cauldron. I...
Opening This Week: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Cries for Help, THE HOUSEMAID Gets Twisted
Plus: 'Is This Thing On?' and 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
