Tag: drama

MĀRAMA: Release Date And Trailer/Poster Premiere for Maori Gothic-Horror

Marama, the Maori gothic-horror from writer-director Taratoa Stappard, will arrive in theaters on April 17th. Distributed by Dark Sky FIlms and Watermelon Pictures, Marama is wrapping up its festival run in the coming weeks at festivals across the U.S. The...

YES Review: Singing Bootlicker Blues

Nadav Lapid's searing satire stars Ariel Bronz and Efrat Dor. It's obnoxiously pointy and honest, yet sad.

Now Playing: READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME, PROJECT HAIL MARY, More Genre Movies

Plus: 'Do Not Enter,' 'Miroirs No. 3,' 'Tow,' 'Two Prosecutors,' 'Late Shift,' and more.

PROJECT HAIL MARY Review: Lord and Miller Direct Stellar Adaptation of Weir's Sci-Fi Novel

Ryan Gosling stars in the space adventure, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

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.

TWO PROSECUTORS Review: Horror in a Bureaucratic Hell

Sergei Loznitsa's newest film stars Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Alexander Filippenko, and Anatoli Beliy.

BLOODSPORT: Michaela Coel, A24 to Work on Reimagining 80s Cult Classic

Actor, writer, and director Michaela Coel is teaming with A24 for a reimagining of the cult film, Bloodsport.

LATE SHIFT Review: Nursing Care Under an Overwhelming Workload

Leonie Benesch delivers a restrained yet striking performance in Petra Volpe's unsparingly realist feature.

BEAST Official Trailer: Lionsgate's Action Drama Stars Russell Crowe And Daniel MacPherson

After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger.

THE EVIL THAT BINDS US (Todos los males) Trailer: LatAm Thriller Begins International Theatrical Run

In 1950s rural Chile, a German family's calm shatters when a city relative visits. A teen's connection with a farmhand's daughter exposes family racism and a violent past, triggering his anger despite attempts to hide it.

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: IMPOSTERS, A Missing Baby Brings Out A Powerful Performance From Jessica Rothe

What a year it has been for first time feature filmmakers at SXSW. Back in 2019, Caleb J. Phillips took home the Midnight Shorts Jury Award for his horror film “Other Side of the Box”, he returns to the fest...

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.

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...

SXSW 2026 Review: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, You Think You Got Problems? Think Again.

Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Thaddea Graham, and Michelle Pfeiffer star in the Apple TV series.

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...

3:10 TO YUMA, Classic Western Given Its Due by the Criterion Collection

Plus: 'Altered States' and 'Hell's Angels,' also from Criterion.

Berlinale 2026 Review: TRACES Follows Survivor Networks Documenting Wartime Sexual Violence

Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko, working with co-director Marysia Nikitiuk, examines the documentation of conflict-related sexual violence during Russia's war against Ukraine through the work of survivor and activist Iryna Dovhan.

Berlinale 2026 Review: LUST Constructs a Minimalist Chamber Study of Authority and Desire

Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova's sophomore feature continues her examination of individuals shaped by institutional structures, shifting the focus toward a more contained study of psychological control and personal disintegration.