Indie Reviews
BACKROOMS Review: The Monstrous Labyrinth of the Human Psyche
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in the film adaptation of the web series created by Kane Parsons.
FORASTERA Review: Moving Slowly Into That Good Night
Fipresci Award-winning film, starring Zoe Stein and Lluis Homar, directed by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias.
PITFALL Review: FRIDAY THE 13TH Meets 127 HOURS, Yet Can't Avoid Pitfalls
UFC legend Randy Couture stars in James Kondelik's slasher survival film.
VAMPIRE CIRCUS and SPELLBINDER Get Slick New 4K Releases from Imprint Films
Some fools call them "lesser" films, but Imprint gives them all the love anyway.
TUNER Review: Crime Does Not Play (Piano)
Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, and Tovah Feldshuh star in director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature.
FRESH KILL Blu-ray Review: A Timeless Queer Punk Eco-Fable
We often call those artists, writers, and filmmakers whose work presents a possible future that turns out to be fairly accurate, prescient. But what is more true is that they look at the world around them, the patterns of history,...
San Francisco 2026 Review: EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE, Poignant, Thoughtful Cine-Essay
The latest project by filmmaker Lynne Sachs (Drift and Bough, The Washing Society, Film About a Father Who) opens with a quote from the French-born father of 20th-century forensic science, Dr. Edmond Locard: “Every contact leaves a trace.” The...
OBSESSION Review: Cringeworthy and Terrifying
Curry Barker's horror thriller stars Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter.
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN Review: Threading a Needle Through Russian Chaos
Paul Dano and Jude Law star in Olivier Assayas' film about a reign of chaos in post-Soviet Russia. Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, and Jeffrey Wright also star.
BEEN HERE STAY HERE Review: Climate Change in the Chesapeake
An impressionistic documentary centered around Tangier, an island in the Chesapeake Bay, Been Here Stay Here has big ambitions that aren't always met. With a population of 400, Tangier has a struggling economy closely tied to the climate. One resident...
LIFEHACK Review: Jangling Nerves, Paced Like a Lightning Storm
Ronan Corrigan's vibrant thriller stars Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayeck-Green, James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds, and Charlie-Creed Miles.
$POSITIONS Review: Compelling Tale of Friendship, Obsession, and More
Brandon Daley's wild comic thriller stars Michael Kunicki, Vinny Kress, Trevor Dawkins, and Kaylyn Carter.
WHISTLE Review: Jam-Packed with Gory Death Scenes, If That's Your Thing
Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, and Nick Frost star in Corin Hardy's horror thriller, now streaming on Shudder.
THE PYTHON HUNT Review: Gorgeous, Moving, and Incisive Documentary
It's almost hard to pin down exactly why Xander Robin's The Python Hunt feels so special. The ensemble documentary with stunning cinematography that draws the audience in with one thing and delivers an unexpected lesson by the end follows in...
BLACK RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT Review: Hypnotic Meta-Mystery Bends Time, Space and Genres in Quantum Storytelling
Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri has transformed the Möbius strip into a cinematic form of its own, extending beyond the familiar framework of time loop narratives. Following his 2020 feature Careless Crime, Mokri returns with another intricately constructed film, Black Rabbit,...
COUPLES WEEKEND Review: Cheating in a Cabin in the Woods
Alexandria Dadarrio, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, and Ashley Park star in writer/director Nora Kirkpatrick's film.
First Look 2026 Review: IT GOES THAT QUICK, A Home Movie That Goes Beyond
It's sort of a continuation of a home movie. But categorizing the film as either a documentary or a narrative would be doing the film a disservice.
Fantaspoa 2026 Review: REMANENTE: VOLTAGEM Delivers Scrappy, Lo-Fi Cosmic Horror
Two paramedics stumble upon treasure in an old basement. They accidentally open a dimensional portal, unleashing a cosmic horror-a creature determined to reclaim its gold at any cost.
ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE Review: A Knight of Righteous Vengeance. Eventually.
The RZA's new film stars Shameik Moore.
ODYSSEY Review: Rare Thriller That Never Gives Away More Than It Can Afford
Natasha Flynn (Polly Maberly) is a hustler. She runs an estate agency, selling and leasing properties all over London. Working from a flashy office with a cadre of hungry employees, on the verge of a profitable merger with a bigger...
