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Two Prosecutors | Review
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Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A good man is hard to find, and if one were to be found, he’s likely wet behind the ears. So begins a retrospective parable in Two Prosecutors, the first narrative...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Two Prosecutors” Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa
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“Two Prosecutors” is a 2025 historical drama film written and directed by Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, based on the novella of the same name by Georgy Demidov. Starring Aleksandr Kuznetsov and Aleksandr Filippenko, the film follows a young Soviet prosecutor...
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Spotlight on Severin: EXORCISMO, Christopher Lee Eurocrypt Box Sets
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Plus: 4K upgrades of 'The Ghost,' 'The Final Programme,' 'The Devil's Rain,' and 'Retribution.' [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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DREAMS Review: How an Impossible Cross-Class Romance Dismantles the American Dream
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Jessica Chastain, paired with newcomer Isaac Hernández, reunites with Michel Franco for their second collaboration. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
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The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
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Lessons Learned From The 2025-2026 Awards Season
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Much of the 2025 Oscar night and the entire Oscar season were about the battle between “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners.” Nonetheless, other stories and takeaways from this now-concluded season weren’t just about comparing these two films; other lessons...
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Maurice Pialat’s Magnum Opus Gets Restored in New Trailer for La maison des bois
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One of the most substantial restorations of the year is for Maurice Pialat’s seven-part epic La maison des bois (The House in the Woods), which follows a family living in the French countryside post-World War I. Previously only available in...
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“Jury Duty: Company Retreat” Ups The Stakes Of Its Pranks, While Keeping Its Humanity Intact
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THE STORY – Anthony, a recently hired temp worker, attempts to keep a company retreat on track, unaware that everyone at the retreat is an actor and that the entire week is staged. THE CAST – Alex Bonifer, Blair Beeken,...
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Thessaloniki 2026 Review: CANDIDATES OF DEATH, Homemade Horror from Poland
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A long-term experiment in filmmaking, Candidates of Death started almost 20 years ago when documentarian Maciej Cuske took his son Stasiu and his friends Rafal and Adrian on a vacation. Friends since kindergarten, the three youths were fans of horror...
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Prime Video’s “Jury Duty” Acquits Itself Nicely With Its Followup, “Company Retreat”
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Manages to pull off the impossible feat of making lightning strike twice.
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