Indie Reviews
Tribeca 2026 Review: COLORS OF WHITE ROCK Documents Struggles of Mongolian Truck Driver
Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig directed the documentary.
Tribeca 2026 Review: THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST Once Again Proves the Most Relevant Horror Comes in Documentary Form
Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak directed the documentary.
Tribeca 2026 Review: THE REVISIONIST Sets Out to Explore the Process of Creating Plots, but Loses Its Own
Alison Brie, André Holland, Tom Sturridge, and Dustin Hoffman star in Alex Vlack's feature debut.
Tribeca 2026 Review: COTTON FEVER, Familiar Addiction Story, Yet Vastly Different
Daniel Blake Schwartz's debut feature stars Kyle Gallner and Sosie Bacon.
Tribeca 2026 Review: CAITY, Haunted House Coming of Age Story
Chiara Aurelia, Morgan Spector, and Zach Cherry star in writer/director Lindsay Calleran's beautifully written and acted film, an incredibly well-crafted coming of age/arrested development story.
CAROLINA CAROLINE Review: True Romance, Recalibrated
Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner star.
UNDERLAND Review: A Sensorial and Philosophical Experience
Sandra Hüller narrates this cinematic adaptation of Robert Macfarlane's bestselling book, directed by Robert Petit.
THE DEAD PLACE Review: Micro-Budget Horror With Big Ideas
As I type this review there are two horror films dominating the box office news, Curry Barker's Obsession - which just tipped over $100 million on a budget of around $750 thousand- and Kane Parson's Backrooms - a film that...
CHUM Review: Shark Horror and Serial Killer Thriller Mash-Up Sinks to the Bottom
Alice Eve leads this shark horror and serial killer thriller mash-up.
SPEED DEMON Review: THE EXORCIST on a BULLET TRAIN
Katie Cassidy and William H. Macy star in the devilishly demented horror thriller.
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...
