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San Francisco's Original Movie Palace, The Castro Theatre, Reopens With Harry Melling's PILLION
The second movie palace to bear the name, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco opened more than a century ago (1922). Originally serving the working-class inhabitants of the area, the Art Deco-inspired Castro Theatre ran new and old theatrical...
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Our First Look at Jane Schoenbrun's New Film
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
Now Streaming: HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST, MILLION-FOLLOWER DETECTIVE, More Netflix Murders
Plus: 'Honey Bunch' arrives on Shudder.
Now Playing: BY DESIGN, CRIME 101, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE
Also in theaters: 'Wuthering Heights,' 'Cold Storage,' 'The Mortuary Assistant.' Plus, on VOD: 'Broken Bird' and 'Sweetness.'
Available Light 2026 Review: CARIBOU COUNTRY (Wədzįh Nəne'), Exemplary Arthouse Activism
There are oh so many, singular, memorable images in Luke Gleeson’s Wədzįh Nəne’ (aka Caribou Country). The film is so beautiful, and meditative in its execution, that it is almost possible to forget that it is a call to action...
BY DESIGN Review: Beautiful and Heartbreakingly Singular
Juliette Lewis stars, supported by Mamoudou Athie, Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, Alisa Torres, Clifton Collins Jr., Keir Gilchrist, with Udo Kier and Betty Buckley. Narrated by Melanie Griffith. Amanda Kramer directed.
WATCHING MR. PEARSON Official Trailer Debut: Hugo Armstrong Stars in Emotional Drama
When a once-famous actor can no longer decipher the past from the present, two devoted caretakers discover that imagination and performance may be the only way to help him reconnect with the world that's left him behind.
OBSESSION Teaser Trailer Two: Do You Still Think She is Pretty?
Teaser trailer number two has arrived! Curry Barker's horror flick will be in theatres nationwide on May 15th,
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT Review: Video Game Adaptation Gets Lost in Translation
Willa Holland and Mark Steger star in director Jeremiah Kipp's adaptation.
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE Review: Sam Rockwell Dominates In Gore Verbinski's Anti-AI Screed
Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry, Tom Taylor, and Juno Temple also star.
Sundance 2026 Review: UNION COUNTY, Will Poulter Leads Devastating Examination of Opioid Addiction
By one estimate, more than 550,000 people have lost their lives to the opioid epidemic over the first quarter of the 21st century. That number doubles or even triples when it includes those who’ve fallen prey to opioid addiction...
European Film Awards 2026 Interview: ON FALLING Director Laura Carreira Talks Reframing Social Realism for the Algorithmic Age
Laura Carreira talks about translating lived research into formal precision, articulating a contemporary vision of social realism shaped by migrant labour, algorithmic control and structural precarity.
OBSESSION: Teaser Poster Today. Trailer Tomorrow.
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
SWEETNESS Review: Ain't She Sweet? The Nightmares Come Later.
Kate Hallett and Herman Tømmeraas star in writer/director Emma Higgins' completely unhinged, uniquely stylish, and intense thriller.
Available Light 2026 Short Film, Short Review: MY KNITTING CIRCLE
Perhaps the most cozy short film on the festival circuit this year, My Knitting Circle puts on the kettle for a cup of tea and surveys the fibrous wares and spinning equipment of Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store. A small group of...
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ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER: If Bob Ross Were Held Against His Will, in Space. Premieres Friday on YouTube
A slice of weird, and fingers-crossed wonderful, for you today. This Friday, the web series Art Show! With Captain Skinner, launches on YouTube, and we thought you should know. At first glance it looks a little bit like the...
Sundance 2026 Review: HANGING BY A WIRE, Fascinating Documentary Leaves You Wanting More
On the morning of August 22nd, 2023, eight young men, six of them still in school, climbed into a cable car to traverse a valley 900 feet above the remote foothills of Pakistan, a trip the young men took at...
European Film Awards 2026 Interview: Liv Ullmann on Cinema as Legacy, Responsibility and the Soul Before the Camera
On the occasion of receiving the European Lifetime Achievement Award at the 38th European Film Awards, Liv Ullmann reflects on cinema as legacy, moral responsibility and the enduring mystery of performance in a conversation that speaks directly to the ethical and artistic stakes of filmmaking today.
MILE END KICKS: New BTS Gallery, Montreal Indie Music RomCom in Theaters This April
Chandler Levack's latest, the Canadian romcom Mile End Kicks, hit cinemas on April 17th. It will have its long awaited US premiere at SXSW before that. The film's distributor Sumerian Pictures has sent out a whopper of a gallery of...
ASCENDANT: Uncharted Boards Sales For Cult Horror Thriller Starring Richard Brake
With Berlin/EFM only days away announcements of sales partnerships are coming in hot and fast. News comes from Uncharted Entertainment as they have joined cult horror thriller Ascendant as their intenational sales agent. This new flick is currently is...
