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TWO CUCKOLDS GO SWIMMING, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, and More at the Inaugural Edition of Montreal Critics Week
A new film festival is always cause for celebration, and in winter in Montreal, I and other cinephiles looking for a reason to get out of the house. It's long overdue that this city have a critics week, and we're...
DFW Film Critics Choose ANORA as Best Film of 2024
Somehow, I remain a proud member of the Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association here in Texas, and so I am pleased to pass along the news that our group has voted the comedy-drama Anora as the best film of 2024,...
Shudder in January: GET AWAY, GRAFTED, DARK MATCH And RED ROOMS Kick Off 2025
Alright, I'm sort of back in the news delivering saddle after a busy few weeks preparing my clients for the worst that Old Man Winter can deliver. With that out of the way I can now look forward to the...
THE MARTIAL ARTIST: Shaz Khan's Directorial Debut, a Dramatic Action Film From Pakistan, Arrives Next Month
An MMA fighter destined for greatness must face his biggest rival yet: himself.
Criterion in March 2025: GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE, NIGHT MOVES, THIEF and More
Some months, it's very hard to choose which new delectable upcoming Criterion release to highlight, and March 2025 is just such a month. I must say: the king of monsters wins. Directed by Kazuki Omori, Godzilla Vs. Biollante (1989) kicked...
INTO THE DEEP: Trailer And Poster Exclusive For Shark Action Flick
Okay, we have your first look at the bitey action movie, Into The Deep. We have the poster (which lifts its tagline from you should know where) and the first trailer, which you can watch down below. Modern day...
STALKER Exclusive: Check Out The Unrated Teaser For French Horror Short
We have got another exclusive from the David Cholewa camp to share with you this morning. Today, we have an unrated, second teaser trailer of their horror short film, Stalker. After a vicious assault at a party, a young...
Women In The Director's Chair (WIDC) Selects Horror Filmmaker Lu Asfaha's THEY ECHO For Annual Award
Women In The Director's Chair (WIDC) announced that recepiant of this year's WIDC Feature Film Award is Toronto-based filmmaker, Lu Asfaha. Each year a number of talented women get selected for special awards from the group. This one is...
28 YEARS LATER Trailer is Grim, Poetic and Medieval
If ever there was a franchise that deserved a third part, it is Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's "Days Later..." concept. The first one, 28 Days Later... was the pop cultural birth of both the 'fast zombie' as well as...
European Film Awards 2024: EMILIA PÉREZ Dominates the Ceremony
Karla Sofía Gascón's groundbreaking Best European Actress win to 'No Other Land''s recognition as Best European Documentary were among a diverse range of winners.
ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME Trailer: Fearing What We Love
It can't be easy (to put it mildly) to have someone close to you accused of a terrible crime, especially if that crime is committed against someone else who is close to you. It might seem obvious to those looking...
GET AWAY Review: Nick Frost's Homage to Folk Horror Gets Super Fun And Stabby
Nick Frost and Aisling Bea star in Steffen Haars' folk horror comedy
European Film Awards 2024: THE SUBSTANCE Leads with the Most Nominations
The European Film Awards 2024 spotlight The Substance as the frontrunner in nominations, while Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and The Girl with the Needle shine with critical wins and nods.
Morbido 2024: Award Winners, THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP Sheds no Tears, Taking The Golden Skull
The seventeenth edition of Morbido has all but wrapped up for another year. Despite our absence we were still able to wrangle in some reviews for films made by our friends down south, with one more coming down the pipeline. ...
Morbido 2024 Review: DEUS IRAE, Argentine Exorcism Horror Challenges With Structure And Content
Father Javier is a man with a mission, and an addiction. His mission is to visit families with family members who are under some kind of spell. Javier does not believe that these incidents are nothing more than psychological or...
Morbido 2024 Review: A FISHERMAN'S TALE, Social Perils And The Mythical Creature Who Made it Worse
Edgar Nito’s rural legend horror flick, A Fisherman’s Tale, opens at dusk with a shot of La Miringua. Her back is turned to us and we’re looking at her from a distance, peering at her through branches of a tree....
WHITE OUT Exclusive Clip: Cause There's Nothing Like a Good Ol' Fashioned, Violent Prison Break
After escaping a brutal Russian labor camp, three men must overcome the treacherous wilderness and each other, as their journey home turns into a brutal fight for survival. Saban Films is putting Derek Barnes' action flick, White Out, out...
Morbido 2024 Review: PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE, Human Reactions in a Time of Crisis in Argentine Zombie Horror Anthology
A cop investigates a crime scene on the cusp of a zombie outbreak. Arguing with herself, she tries to cover up a mistake not knowing that something worse is about to happen. After a night out with the boys...
Morbido 2024 Review: 1978, Historical Horror Descends Into Hellish Chaos
June 25th, 1978. It is the day of the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland. It is also a time of military dictatorship, a junta has taken over the country. A death squad is under orders to find a...
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...
