International: Europe
Now Streaming: THE DAY OF THE JACKAL Feels Like a Week
Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, and Ursula Corbero star in a series inspired by Frederick Forsyth's suspense novel.
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Exclusive Clip: It WAS a Nice Day For a White Wedding
A ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark turns bloody under the tyranny of the mad King Christian II. Caught up in this deadly war, two sisters seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. Mikael Håfström's...
MEANWHILE ON EARTH Review: How Far Would You Go
Megan Northam stars in a science fiction drama by writer/director Jérémy Clapin ('I Lost My Body').
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Review: There's a Better Movie in the Edit
“A great deal of this actually happened,” states one of the many opening text cards in Stockholm Bloodbath. This is after giving us the exposition that the Danish King Kristian II has placed himself in Sweden to settle some political...
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT Review: Invigorating, Infuriating Documentary Epic
Like much of the jazz that soundtracks it, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat doesn't hold your hand. From the start, the film unleashes a frenetic, almost overwhelming, visual language. It's a visual language that, along with the phenomenal titular soundtrack,...
Brooklyn Horror 2024 Review: PSYCHONAUT, Love Heals All Wounds
A late night altercation on a dark and stormy night leaves Maxime’s girlfriend Dylan with a life threatening head wound. Given the circumstances surrounding how Dylan got injured Max can’t take her to the hospital so she takes her to...
MURDERING THE DEVIL Review: An Absolute Delight
Recently restored, Murdering the Devil is a Czech film from 1970. It's an absolute delight. Art director and costume designer Ester Krumbachová's first and only film was credited with shaping the look of the Czech New Wave. It packs a...
Friday One Sheet: THE BRUTALIST
Typography is no stranger to the design of Brady Corbet's "Monumental" new film, The Brutalist. The credits in both the film, and its recent trailer, do interesting things. This carries into this iconic poster, with the Statue of Liberty upside...
Lausanne 2024 Awards: MAKAMISA: PHANTASM OF REVENGE, Khavn de la Cruz's Experimental Surreal Parable, Takes Top Prize
Lausanne Underground Film Festival (LUFF) concluded its 23rd edition with a community-driven celebration of experimental cinema and sound.
A Superb Trailer for Brady Corbet's 70mm Epic, THE BRUTALIST
One of the best films of the year gets one of the best trailers of the year. Harnessing an early scene in the film, before breaking into a montage of the celebration of artictectural form, with the joy and pain...
New York 2024 Review: WHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU), Bad Times at the Cabin in the Woods
Does anything good ever come out of vacationing in the woods? In genre cinema, going away for a weekend to a remote location is a recipe for all kinds of unpleasantness to happen. In festival dramas – eh, it usually...
STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH: Action-Adventure Comedy in Theaters and On Demand on November 8th
A ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark turns bloody under the tyranny of the mad King Christian II. Caught up in this deadly war, two sisters seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. This looks like...
New York 2024 Review: TRANSAMAZONIA, Uneven But Poignant Coming-of-Age Story
A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle leaving a sole survivor, a five-year-old child named Rebecca, who is then saved just in time by an Indigenous Iruaté man. Nine years pass, and Rebecca (Helena Zengel) is now widely known as...
BEYOND THE WASTELAND Trailer Exclusive: Sci-fi Horror Thriller on Digital November 5th
The world has been ravaged by a pandemic. Alone and outside the safety of the forest, Marko faces a shattered world shrouded in silence and danger.
Montreal Nouveau 2024 Review: THE HUMAN HIBERNATION, Under a Cow's Eye
Like many Canadians (and others who live in a colder climate), I often dream - at least fleetingly - about hibernating for the winter, like our bear brethren. Sleeping away those colder months, and reawakening with the earth as it...
Lausanne 2024 Preview: CALIGULA, FLESH GORDON and Other Subversions
The Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) returns for its 23rd edition, presenting a program that blends experimental cinema and innovative music performances, continuing its tradition of showcasing avant-garde and subversive works that challenge conventional boundaries.
BeyondFest 2024 Review: SHADOWLAND, Compelling, Infuriating, And Sobering
In 2021 Finnish filmmaker and documentarian Otso Tiainen, together with their co-writer Kalle Kinnunen, set out to Montségur, France, a commune nestled in the French Pyreneese mountains and a homestead for practitioners of the occult. Initially filming started out as...
New York 2024 Review: THE DAMNED (IL DANNATI), Neorealist Anti-Western About the Senselessness of War
Roberto Minervini’s new film, which premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, is the second feature in this festival round to be titled The Damned. Another movie with the same English-language title, directed by Thordur Palsson and featured...
New York 2024 Review: LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR Conjures Up Celestial Music
Jem Cohen makes a gentle inquiry to human connections while presenting it within the bigger picture; in this case, the universe.
BeyondFest 2024 Review: ABOVE THE KNEE Attempts a Different Take on The Domestic Thriller
Amir has a dark secret that he’s keeping from everyone close to him. He wants to get rid of one of his legs. The left one specifically. Amir has body dysmorphic disorder, a disorder that leaves him convinced that one...
