Tag: vod

Opening This Week: DITCHED, CONFESSION, A SHOT THROUGH THE WALL

Also: 'Nocturna: Side A,' 'Nocturna: Side B,' and 'Introduction.'

Friday One Sheet: AN EXQUISITE MEAL

For Chicago indie An Exquisite Meal, which gets a VOD release in late December, here is a sparse, nearly monochrome bit of key art from small Canadian design outfit Small Dog Design. A thicc title card, absentee credit block and outré tagline...

Friday One Sheet: MANK and the Fake Criterion

The films of David Fincher never let a typeface or design opportunity go to waste. Considering he is recreating a specific Hollywood era - the production of Orson Welles cinematic milestone and political bombshell, Citizen Kane - with his latest...

Review: THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, Smalltown Mania And Murder By Monster

The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a damn entertaining film, forget the typical tropes of werewolf creature features, this is neither a slowburn nor an exploitive gore fest. Actor and director Jim Cummings steers the plot forward through the negative...

Friday One Sheet: NOCTURNE

Yellow is the new pink. After the bold and original poster for Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor dropped, I commented on the re-appropriation of yellow from the 'Sundance Indie Dramedy' to art-house horror film space. Here is the poster for Zu Qurike's...

Review: THE ARGUMENT, Trifling Theatrical Experimentation

Robert Schwartzman (Dreamland, The Unicorn), part of film family royalty (brother is Jason Schwartzman, cousin is Sofia Coppola etc.) is relatively new to Hollywood's Indies. His third feature The Argument continues the trend of approachable genre experiments inherent in his...

Now On Demand: Meet The Danes

Poor, poor, pitiful people who reside in the U.S. Readers of this site and a few others aside, relatively few genre fans here in this country are familiar with the beauty, the glory, the humor, and the raw originality of...

Now on VOD: LUCKY GRANDMA, THE HAUNTED, VILLAIN

Ornery woman, caring woman alone in a spooky house, and British gangsters all collide. Watch the trailers and decide what to watch this weekend.

New Genre on VOD: In Neil Jordan's GRETA, Isabelle Huppert Needs a Friend

Plus: Gaspar Noe's 'Climax' and A.T. White's 'Starfish.'

New Genre on VOD: MISS BALA Rises Above, A VENGEANCE Strikes Back

Plus: 'The Wind' terrifies with loneliness in the West. Oh, and demons too.

New on VOD: Joyous THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING, Shattered GLASS

Plus: Keanu Reeves brings 'Replicas' to life.

PROSPECT Hits VOD: Check Out Its Cool VHS Trailer

Acclaimed sci-fi Western Prospect hit VOD and Blu-ray this week and Shep Films have released a cool VHS trailer to celebrate the film finally getting its wide release. The only problem is, the film isn't actually available on video tape....

New VOD Platform Filmatique Curates Cinema That Should Not Go Unnoticed

New VOD service Filmatique brings relevant world cinema to US audience

Now On DVD/VOD: SCHERZO DIABOLICO, Deviously Disturbing Horror Thrills

An initially intriguing thriller setup leads to something quite honestly disturbing in Adrián García Bogliano's Scherzo Diabolico, now available to watch via various Video On Demand platforms (and on DVD, too!). Opening with helicopter-style overhead shots, following a car as...

AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS To Hit Screens June 23 From FilmBuff

We're big fans of the YouTube work by Stephen Dypiangco and Patrick Epino (a.k.a National Film Society) so we're very excited to share the news that these guys' feature debut Awesome Asian Bad Guys is getting a VOD release on...

WASTELANDER PANDA: EXILE, Premiering At Fantastic Fest, Will Stream Free In Australia

Australian sci-fi web series Wastelander Panda has been getting a lot of love on ScreenAnarchy the last few years, so it comes as no surprise that we are excited Exile, the commissioned program of six 10 minute episodes, will be...

Now On VOD: Fantasia Audience Award Winner REWIND THIS! Hits iTunes

SXSW official selection and Fantasia audience award winning documentary Rewind This! is now available to watch via Apple's iTunes store. This marks the film's first commercial availability after a healthy and successful festival run that has included not only the two...

Destroy All Monsters: Kneel Before VOD

About two weeks have passed since George Lucas and Steven Spielberg announced their considered opinion that the Hollywood film industry as we know it is about to implode. We've been arguing the same thing on my podcast for years, so...

Slamdance 2013 News: Slamdance Comes Home - Part Deux

After a week in Park City I can tell you there is nothing quite like living and breathing The Slamdance Film Festival. But seeing some of these films at home ain't a bad option either. And It's a good thing...