Screen Anarchy

Lithuanian director Gabrielė Urbonaitė delivers a quietly introspective study of personal dissonance shaped by post-Soviet space, intergenerational memory, and the subtle fractures beneath a seemingly stable life in her feature debut. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Charlie Shackleton reflects on the collapse of a true crime project and the creative detour it inspired, offering international film professionals a compelling insight into the evolving ethics, form, and industry pressures shaping contemporary nonfiction cinema. [Read the whole post...

Michel Franco reflects on his creative process, recurring themes of power and revenge, and why he believes cinema must never shy away from discomfort or contradiction. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier delivers a layered inter-generational family drama that explores how memory, art, and unresolved grief shape the emotional architecture of a fractured home. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Icelandic auteur Hlynur Pálmason composes a lyrical and slightly surreal portrait of domestic life in quiet dissolution. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Juno, a young journalist, fails to make the connection to an important assignment handed down to him by his editor. However, he may have stumbled upon a bigger scoop. Docked at the same harbor is a boat belonging to Stephen,...

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at The KVB's Never Enough, directed by Peter Strickland. Peter Strickland can make the weirdest subjects both scary and...

Natalie Hsu, Ekin Cheng, Ian Chan, and Cecilia Choi star; Jill Leung directed. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

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...]