International Reviews
Sitges 2026 Review: KICK ON, Aussie Survival Thriller Asks, Et Tu, Brute?
Colourful, entertaining, and exuberantly violent, Nick Kozakis’s debut feature makes the most of the geography and the opportunities of its single location to squeeze maximum tension and maximum gore out of its ultra-lean scenario. After running out of coke and...
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Review: Too Much Technique, Not Enough Passion
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles, Caitriona Balfe, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw star in a new adaptation, directed by Georgia Oakley.
New York 2026 Review: A MAN OF HIS TIME, Timely and Sad Tale of Moral Compromises and Banality of Evil
In September of 1940, Henri Marre (Swann Arlaud), a writer, engineer, and a man of great ambition, arrives in the Vichy France, controlled by the Nazi collaborator, Philippe Pétain. Even though Henri despises the current state of affairs, his aspirations,...
New York 2026 Review: THE DREAMED ADVENTURE, Once Upon a Time in Bulgaria
A middle-aged man, Said (Syuleyman Alilov Letifov), comes back to his small Bulgarian hometown, situated not far from the borders of both Turkey and Greece. He is here to conduct some shady deal involving diesel fuel, but when his car...
New York 2026 Review: 9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN, Obtaining Merits
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's long time assistant director, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, makes a directorial debut.
New York 2026 Review: AT NIGHT, The Great Equalizer
Beatrice Gibson's feature debut is a beauty to behold.
TIGER ON THE BEAT Delivers Chainsaw-Revving Thrills on 4K from Imprint Films
An underseen Chow Yun-fat classic gets a slick 4K release!
New York 2026 Review: THE DAY SHE RETURNS, Hong Sang-soo's Multi-Take Continues
Hong Sang-soo can find inspirations for his films anywhere.
New York 2026 Review: BITTER CHRISTMAS, Weird Act of Artistic Self-Deprecation
Pedro Almodóvar's latest feature film.
New York 2026 Review: DOUBLE FREEDOM Asks If We Were Ever Truly Free
Argentine director Lisandro Alonso makes a sequel to his debut film, a quarter century later.
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...
New York 2026 Review: FATHERLAND, Unrealized Utopia
Pawel Pawlikowski's new film revolves around a hefty subject, conveyed with visual grace and succinct editing with beautiful, subtle performances by both Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller.
New York 2026 Review: HEIL JUPITER!, Experiment That May Surprise but Not Enthrall
Carlos Reygadas' new film.
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.
New York 2026 Review: BUCKING FASTARD, Kate and Rooney Mara Dig a Tunnel of Love
Real life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters in Werner Herzog's modern fairytale.
New York 2026 Review: MY WIFE CRIES, Love Abstractions
Agathe Bonitzer and Vladimir Vulevic star in Angela Schanelec's new film.
New York 2026 Review: POSSIBLE LOVE Examines Class Divide
It's surely one of the finest films of the year, and yet another masterpiece by Lee Chang-dong.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE SMELL OF APPLES, Subtle, Unsettling Coming-of-Age Drama Under Apartheid
John Trengove adapts Mark Behr's novel into a restrained, disquieting coming-of-age drama that filters apartheid-era privilege, racial hierarchy and paternal idealization through a child's limited understanding.
Netherlands 2026: DOWNTOWN Opens Festival, Wins Dutch Film Critics' Award
There's something special going on with Michiel van Erp's new film. That the cast and crew received a standing ovation at the opening of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) last Friday isn't all that unusual (festival opening, enthusiastic audience), but...
Toronto 2026 Review: TEHRAN, UNDER THE SKIN Reveals the Politics Beneath the Promise of Transformation
Afsaneh Salari's formally controlled documentary examines cosmetic surgery in Iran as an unstable expression of conformity, resistance, consumer desire, and bodily autonomy.
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