Tag: comedy
VAMPIRES OF THE VELVET LOUNGE Review: Swipe Left on This Overstuffed Noir
Mena Suvari and Dichen Lachman star in writer/director Adam Sherman's noir horror comedy
SXSW 2026 Review: EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER, A Wholesome Punk Rock Blast Of Teenage Rebellion
A frustrated catholic schoolgirl accidentally forms a punk band with her “turd” friends and turns her campus upside down in Edie Arnold is a Loser, the contagiously charming, super energetic debut feature from writer/directors Kade Atwood and Megan Rico. Edie...
UP ALL NIGHT- BETWEEN THE SHEETS: BloodstreamTV Announces Video Podcast With Host Rhonda Shear
Our friends over at BloodstreamTV have announced a new podcast, Up All Night - Between the Sheets, hosted by a late-night icon from the 90s, Rhonda Shear.
SXSW 2026 Review: DRAG, Lizzy Caplan Shines As A Would-Be Thief Felled By A Bad Back
Sometimes it feels good to fuck over someone who has wronged you, but sometimes it turns out to be a terrible mistake. In the case of first-time feature writer/directors Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer’s Drag, Lizzy Caplan and her movie...
SXSW 2026 Review: MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE, A Sci-Fi Action Gangster Hybrid With Heart
Mike (James Marsden) is done with the gangster life. He’s found a girl, he wants to settle down, and he’s ready to leave it all behind. There are a couple of problems, though. Number one, the girl, Alice (Eiza González),...
SXSW 2026 Review: THEY WILL KILL YOU, Zazie Beetz Slashes Her Way Through A Killer Cult In This Blast Of Bloody Energy
A woman seeking to rescue her little sister takes a job at an ultra-exclusive hotel only to find that the residents have a nasty, violent, murderous secret in director Kirill Sokolov’s Hollywood debut, They Will Kill You. Asia Reaves (Zazie...
Panic Fest 2026: Final Wave Announced, Incl. a Maori Gothic Revenge Horror And a Survival Horror Starring Randy Couture
The folks at Panic Fest in Kansas City, MO, have shared the final handful of films for this year's fourteenth edition of the festival.
SXSW 2026 Review: THE FOX, Jai Courtney Talks To The Animals In DANGER 5 Creator's Feature Debut
When easygoing Nick (Jai Courtney) encounters a talking fox who offers him a way to fix his ailing relationship with his fiancée, he takes a drastic step that will change everything about the world around him in The Fox, the...
SXSW 2026 Review: AND HER BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, What's Love Got to Do With It
Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks scripted and star; Polaris Banks directed.
SXSW 2026 Review: GRIND, The Gig Economy Is Killing Gen Z. Literally.
The gig economy is killing Gen Z, and Grind has something to say about it. This anthology film from directors Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), and Ed Dougherty explores the unique and exquisite pains of making...
Friday One Sheet: OBSESSION
We posted the trailer and poster for Curry Barker's darkly whimsical horror comedy, Obsession, earlier this week. However, the key art, from design house grandson, bears a bit more discussion in today's column. Sometimes, simply an iconic still from the...
EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER Official Trailer: Starring Adi Madden Cabrera, McKenna Tuckett, and Cherish Rodriguez - World Premiere at SXSW
Timid dork Edie makes waves when she starts a punk band with her fellow "turds," becoming an icon to the rest of the losers at her Catholic school while pissing off the hot girls, the nuns, and the horniest altar boy you've ever seen.
SLANTED Review: The So-Called Quality of Being White
Amy Wang directed; Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Fang Du, and Vivian Wu star.
SXSW 2026 Curtain Raiser: 21 Films To Get Excited About At This Year's Festival
Spring has nearly sprung, and in the film world that means that SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally upon us! 2026 marks the festival's 40th edition, and we've got a bumper crop of films to choose from. Screen Anarchy...
Opening This Week: UNDERTONE, SLANTED, THE UGLY, BODYCAM
What to watch in the wild, wonderful world of genre films.
THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS: Shudder Announces Four Specials For 2026. However...
Shudder has announced that tonight's episode of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs will be the series finale. Uh-wuh!?!
Canadian Screen Awards 2026: Mike Myers And MILE END KICKS Among Special Award Honorees
With the heightened sense of patriotism that has arisen here in Canada since the early days of 2025, being a site with Canadian roots, we have been trying to do more to bring attention to Canadian cinema. With that,...
Boston Underground 2026: Full Lineup Announced, Kenji Tanigaki's THE FURIOUS to Close Fest
Action, action, action! Kenji Tanigaki's The Furious will close this year's festival opposite Ben Wheatley's Normal, which is opening the event.
Opening This Week: THE BRIDE! Goes Bold, DOLLY Fights Back, HEEL Rebels
Plus: 'Andre Is an Idiot' and 'Hoppers.'
Rotterdam 2026 Review: NO HIT WONDER Scores Quite A Few Hits
Crack jokes all you want about the concept of German comedy films, but they exists and are often quite good. Case in point: Florian Dietrich's comedy No Hit Wonder, which played at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year and...
