Indie Reviews
THE ISLAND, TERROR TRAIN, and More Classic Horrors New to 4K from KL Studio Classics
KL Studio Classics, the main sub-label under the Kino Lorber home video brand, doesn't get the praise the "cooler" boutique labels garner, but it's every bit as deserving. Their 4K scans and remasters maintain a high level of quality and...
Home Video Roundup: SUZZANNA: EMPRESS OF DARKNESS, SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER, More From Severin Films, Titan Books
More about Indonesian horror Suzzanna: Empress of Darkness below. But first ... In preparation for my recent Jimmy Sangster retrospective interview with Severin’s David Gregory and noted Hammer expert Marcus Hearn, Severin was kind enough to pass along links for their...
MOUSE Review: Unassuming Crime Story Quietly Steals Your Heart
Kenny Riches writes, directs and stars in this pre-Recession tale of wanting a better life.
APPOFENIACS Review: Nostalgic 90s Neo-Noir Grit Meets Present-Day AI Terror
The use of AI technology reaches its most violent and bloody conclusion after a series of deepfake videos are unleashed into the world.
PRIMETIME Review: Form and Performances Shine Through Fairly Standard True Story Drama
Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine star in director Lance Oppenheimer's drama, inspired by true events.
PRINCE OF BROADWAY Blu-ray Review: Early Sean Baker Gem Gets Its Due
Long before 'Anora' made Sean Baker a record-breaking Oscar winner, he took to the streets of New York City.
Venice 2026 Review: LOVERS IN THE BLUE NIGHT, Tender Social Drama Caught in Its Own Emotional Web
Anuparna Roy's second feature intertwines queer longing, displacement, caste and emotional misrecognition in the nocturnal margins of Mumbai.
Now on VOD: BURY THE DEVIL, Fluid Camerawork and Lead Performances Elevate Familiar Horror
On a very dark and stormy night, Julia arrives for her very first overnight shift as a hospice nurse, only to end up trapped in a remote lakeside house with Evelyn, a dementia patient who might be dealing with something...
Venice 2026 Review: ARRESTED MEMORY, Screwball Cop Caper Brings Melancholy to the Police-Action Formula
Japanese cult filmmaker Sabu refreshes the police-action formula with screwball comedy and melancholic undertones.
Venice 2026 Review: JUPITER, Claustrophobic Political Thriller for the Current Time
Alexandre Smia's gripping feature debut locks Denis Ménochet inside the machinery of presidential power, where rational calculations lead toward an unthinkable conclusion.
Toronto 2026 Review: MARIE MADELEINE, An Unforgettable Experience
Géssica Généus directs and stars.
Toronto 2026 Review: EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOISE
Opening with one of the most pleasurable and ambient scenes of 2026, Everything Else Is Noise announces its intentions immediately. Gridlocked traffic in a Mexico City intersection struggles to move and to find space in a complex interactive dance, while...
Toronto 2026 Review: UNION TOWN, The Power Divide Is Real
With Union Town, master documentarian Barbara Kopple completes a trilogy she began with the Oscar winning documentaries Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990). From the coal mines of Kentucky to the factories of the Midwest, Kopple shifts her focus to New York...
Toronto 2026 Review: ANCHORS AWEIGH, Deadpan Profundity, with Sailing Metaphors
Matt Barats is an idiot. He says so himself. He should have dropped a knee in his marriage proposal to his rich, blonde, much younger girlfriend. He didn’t. Now she is kissing her co-worker in the park. And here he...
Venice 2026 Review: NO PARADISE IF YOU ARE KILLED BY A WOMAN Goes into Stealth Mode to Confront the Scars of War
Merging the exportable mechanics of a stealth-combat thriller with the political urgency of Kurdish resistance, Halkawt Mustafa delivers an ambitious Iraqi-Norwegian genre film.
Venice 2026 Review: DIANE IN THE LOOP Channels Inherited Generational Rage into a Whimsical Yet Touching Feminist Western
Belgian filmmakers Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni turn intergenerational trauma into an eccentric tale of revenge and rebirth, veiled as unexpected feminist Western fairy tale and family road movie.
BAD APPLES Review: There Is Always One
Saoirse Ronan stars in Jonatan Etzler's unsparing satire.
THE WEIGHT Review: Gold, Greed, Betrayal, Violence, and Murder, Made Remarkably Engrossing
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in Padraic McKinley's feature directorial debut.
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE Review: Nothing Is Permanent
John Wilson's documentary is illuminating, fascinating, hilarious, and poignant.
Toronto 2026 Review: FURIES, A Feverishly Hellish Heist By Women Scorned
What is the world coming to when you have to steal your own hard earned money? Dalia is in need of a significant surgery. Until then, her medicine is only available on the black market, where half of it is...
