International: Europe
Friday One Sheet: WICKER
No, not that Wicker Man. Today's poster is from a different kind of folklore, based on the short story from Ursula Wills wherein an outcast woman in a fishing village commissions a husband to be made out of wicker. Pygmalion,...
PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG Review: Poohniverse Unfortunately Continues to Live Up to Its Name
Impressive puppetry and the grace of famous horror faces still aren't enough to save the Twisted Childhood Universe from its own darkness.
Fantasia 2026 Review: FERINE, A Stunning Feature Debut From Andrea Corsini
Motherhood is a beast in first time feature filmmaker Andrea Corsini’s lush Italian psychological horror stunner, Ferine, celebrating its international premiere at this year’s Fantasia. Bolstered by a captivating lead performance from Oddity’s Carolyn Bracken and an unforgettable score from...
Now Playing: HER PRIVATE HELL, SHEEP IN THE BOX, MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT
Our primary focus remains the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, but not all of us could make the trip this year, so instead we cast our eyes on what opened in movie theaters today. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey...
Fantasia 2026 Review: NIGHTBORN, A Mother's Dream Turned Folk Horror Nightmare
Saga’s (Seidi Haarla) blissful fantasies of motherhood are upended when her and her husband Jon’s (Rupert Grint) son turns out to be a bit more difficult than they were expecting in Hanna Bergholm’s sophomore feature, Nightborn. Following up on her...
Friday One Sheet: BRUNELLO
Books, Books, Books! The beige and paper tones of the poster for Brunello, the latest film from Giuseppe Tornatore are something to get lost in. The sheer volume of this poster is impressive in and of itself. A hybrid documentary...
Now Streaming: Nicholas Winding Refn, From PUSHER to COPENHAGEN COWBOY
With 'Her Private Hell' set to open this weekend, we look back at the director's distinguished career in genre cinema.
Opening This Week: HER PRIVATE HELL by NWR, SHEEP IN THE BOX by Kore-eda, MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT by Mann
Plus: 'Cruel Hands' and 'Pinocchio Unstrung.'
Fantasia 2026 Review: ATTACK ON PARADISE, A Belgian Single Setting Siege Story With Heart
In a dystopic corner of urban Antwerp stands Paradise, a ten-story apartment block that houses some of the baddest dudes and dudettes in all of Belgium. Packed to the gills with drug hustlers, arms dealers, illicit brothels, and every other...
MOTELX 2026: More International Titles Added, a Block of Iron Curtain Horror, And Shorts Programmes Announced
The twentieth edition of MOTELX is coming in September. The Lisbon-based genre festival is celebrating its twentieth anniversary so the festival has announced the first ten international titles in the program this year. Joining the previously announced Fuck My...
Karlovy Vary 2026 Review: 3 WEEKS AFTER Turns High-School Cruelty Into Social Horror
Miroslav Terzić's high-school drama pairs Ruben Östlund's austere formalism with Hanekean social horror in a study of adolescent cruelty and social exclusion, punctuated by unexpected mannerist flourishes.
Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: Sharon Horgan on BAD SISTERS, Global TV and the Lure of Cinema
The writer, actress and producer discusses the contracting television market, the economics of internationally financed comedy and why commercial calculations must stay out of the writing room.
Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM - 1980s Director Mark Cousins on Cinema Canons, Generative AI, Docs in the Post-truth Age
Mark Cousins reflects on the political urgency of documentary, the limits of the established canon, the creative possibilities of the hybrid form and the existential challenge posed by artificial intelligence.
Now Streaming: GOLDEN KAMUY 3: THE ABARISHI PRISON RAID Action, EXIT 8 Mystery
Plus: 'Marc by Sophia,' 'The Land of Sometimes,' 'Lucky,' 'Ride or Die,' 'Return to Paradise S2,' ''The Activists.'
Now Playing: THE ODYSSEY, STEAL AWAY, THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA
Plus: 'Take Care of My Cat' and '40 Watts to Nowhere.'
Fantasia 2026 Review: HER PRIVATE HELL, A Nightmare Neon Opera
At one point in Nicolas Winding Refn’s oblique, morally agnostic, performatively high-camp melodrama, a character pontificates, “You know, this movie is not going to fix us.” They are probably right. The director is far more interested in mise-en-scène still-lives...
Karlovy Vary 2026 Review: THE GUEST Serves Nordic Cringe as Family Dramedy
A restrained yet incisive Nordic tragicomedy, The Guest spins the dysfunctional-family drama for a millennial generation through claustrophobic staging, corrosive microaggressions, and Trine Dyrholm's meticulously ambiguous performance.
THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Not Worth Embarking On
Chris Pine stars in Carolina Cavalli's new kidnapping dramedy.
Fantasia 2026: Raising the Curtain on the 30th Edition of Montreal's Smorgasbord of Genre Cinema
The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America's current largest genre festival runs from July 16 to August 2, in its 30th edition. With its large size, and 'big tent' scope of everything from everywhere as long it is never...
Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: A HAPPY FAMILY Director Jan-Eric Mack and Star Anna Schinz on Poverty, Motherhood, Breaking the Rules of Social Drama
Swiss director Jan-Eric Mack and actress Anna Schinz discuss how they shaped the film as a socially engaged thriller, approached its moral ambiguities, and worked with two first-time child actors.
