International Videos
SXSW 2026 Opening Night: I LOVE BOOSTERS, Boots Randolph to Kick It Off
Exciting news out of Austin, Texas, today, as SXSW 2026 announced its opening night film for its 40th year: the world premiere of Boots Randolph's I Love Boosters. Here's the official verbiage: "South by Southwest® (SXSW®) announced today that NEON's...
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! 4K Review: Talking About the Weather
Powell & Pressburger completists will be pleased with the new transfer.
A USEFUL GHOST Poster and Trailer: A Very Queer Ghost Story
Earlier this year, our own Dustin Chang reported on a very queer tale, A Useful Ghost, that enjoyed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Its official synopsis describes it like this: "March is mourning his wife Nat who...
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS Review: A Phenomenal Directorial Debut
Jara Sofija Ostan and Mina Švajger star in Urška Djukić's remarkable film that's about more than coming of age.
THE SECRET AGENT Review: Much Smarter Than It Pretends To Be
Kleber Mendonça Filho's epic stars Wagner Moura.
THE TALE OF SILYAN Review: Astonishingly Precise Visual Storytelling
The myth that I have always associated with storks is that of them delivering babies via the chimneys of Europeans. I remember vividly the first time I drove through the Romanian countryside and saw a nest on every post, and...
THE THING WITH FEATHERS Review: Big Bird and the Stages of Grief
There are a wide variety of memes on the Internet, where famous movie characters make alternative choices at the start of their story (Neo takes the blue pill, Harry doesn’t go with Hagrid, and so forth), and the end credits...
LEFT-HANDED GIRL Review: Vibrant Slice of Taipei Night Market Life
Shih-Ching Tsou directed and co-wrote Taiwan's official Oscar submission for Best International Feature Film; Sean Baker co-wrote.
Now Streaming: BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI Starts Flat
Wong Kar-Wai's first television series, now on The Criterion Channel.
NO MORE TIME Exclusive Trailer: Are You Paranoid or Is It Real?
While speculative films about outbreaks of illness and plague are not new to cinema, we definitely look at them differently, and have more personal and arguably somewshat accurate stories to tell along these lines, given that we have lived through...
DOWN RIVER: Trailer Drops For Southern Gothic Thriller Before December Release
Quiver Distribution picked up the North American rights to Brian Barnard's Southern Gothic thriller, Down River. The thriller lands on digital and on Demand on December 9, 2025, and Quiver sent out the trailer for the flick. Check it out below. ...
Now Streaming: MEAT KILLS, Or Rather Misguided People Do...
Hailed as "the bloodiest Dutch horror movie ever" and proudly touting the NC17 rating it got during its States-based festival run, Martijn Smits' Vleesdag a.k.a. Meat Kills seems to be gunning for the gorehounds. As such I almost didn't see...
Golden Horse 2025 Interview: DEAR STRANGER Director Tetsuya Mariko Talks Transnational Filmmaking, New York, and Puppet Theater
The director of Toei's first English-language feature talks puppets, New York, and transnational dialogues.
Friday One Sheet: MAGELLAN
The majestic ode to the age of exploration and sail show in today's key art belies the revisionist historical film from slow cinema maestro Lav Diaz. With its hazy sunrise and high grain, and jaunty tilt (note the waterline, and...
Exclusive HERMAN Clip: He Tried to Warn Her
We have an exclusive clip from Andrew Vogel's debut feature film, Herman, which will release on VOD, digital on December 2nd. Set in a mountain cabin, an isolated survivalist confronts a mysterious calling from a dark force. Tormented and...
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE Review: Worse Things Than Death. Unleash Hell. And So Forth.
Jorrma Tommila and Stephen Lang battle to the death in Jalmari Helander's pulverizing action thriller.
RENTAL FAMILY Review: Brendan Fraser Delivers Another Unimpeachably Winning Performance
Sometime in the 1990s, rental agencies in Japan spontaneously formed around the singular idea of renting people — or to be more exact, renting their time — to act as stand-ins, role-players, and/or performers in everyday events, from marriages to funerals...
KOKUHO Review: The Splendor of Kabuki
A hit in Japan, where it was selected to represent the country at the Academy Awards, Kokuho is a tougher sell elsewhere. Focusing on two kabuki rivals over a 50-year period, the film is nothing if not ambitious. Viewers unfamiliar with its...
Playback: Lee Sang-il, Ruptures and Reckonings, from CHONG to KOKUHO
Lee Sang-il drills into the emotional ruptures of life. His films study how people break -- and who they become afterward. The Japanese director built a career on emotionally precise, performance-driven dramas that illuminate how people fracture under extraordinary pressure....
ANGEL'S EGG Review: What's in There?
Mamoru Oshii ('Ghost in the Shell') tells a mysterious story in a mesmerizing fashion.
