This glossy Martial Arts extravaganza from Gabriele Mainetti (Freaks Out, They Call Me Jeeg Robot) is the real deal, and leading contender for action picture of the year. From its superb opening ‘bait and switch’ involving China’s One-Child policy, to...
Lithuanian filmmaker Vytautas Katkus extends the formal and thematic concerns of his earlier short films into a quietly observational study of dislocation, memory, and the impermanence of belonging in his feature debut. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
In the early minutes of Laura Casabe’s sweltering horror-adjacent drama, The Virgin of The Quarry Lake, a homeless vagrant is nearly beaten to death in a middle-class neighbourhood. Bearing passing resemblance to the creature behind the Winkies in Mulholland Drive,...
When Severin offered me a chance to talk about all their summer sale titles I was thrilled. So, check out the video. This really is an amazing group of films, and I was able to dig up some fun trivia...
I am currently on the train to Montreal to take up the final leg of Fantasia after Josh and Kurt have had their runs. So before my wi-fi either completely disappears or the motion sickness sets in I will make...
(Here comes the Hammer!) When the John Gore Organization announced in August 2023 that they had acquired the rights and name of British horror legend Hammer Films and Studios, this raised a few eyebrows. What would they do with all...
On the occasion of the release of Thunderbolts*, we ranked all the films in the MCU. The post All 37 MCU Movies Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
The film powerfully depicts an immigration process that offers no clear path to success. The post ‘Souleymane’s Story’ Review: Boris Lojkine’s Blisteringly Empathetic Immigration Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Lena (Dakota Gorman) awakens with no idea about her surroundings. The room is moving and cramped. She feels groggy, as though escaping a drug-fueled sleep. And she has no recollection of what occurred or might have occurred to get her...