Screen Anarchy

Pretty Packaging: The COFFIN JOE Boxset Doesn’t Hurt Your Eyes
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Distributor Arrow has rightfully created quite a reputation for itself as a producer of exquisite collector's editions, wriggling itself into the small group in which Criterion and Eureka: Masters of Cinema used to be royalty. But as of late, it's...
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Shudder in June: THE DEVIL’S BATH And EXHUMA Lead The Way to Summer
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Summer is nearly here and during those lazy days you can cool down with Shudder's lineup for the month of June.    Feature films The Devil's Bath and Korean horror flick Exhuma will back end the month. More episodes of...
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MURDERESSES Review: Swirling Mysteries, Deadly Undercurrents
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Izabela Kuna, Maja Pankiewicz, Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz Kmiecik star in the Polish murder-mystery thriller, now streaming on Viaplay. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Cannes 2024 Review: THE SURFER Rides the Wave of Nicolas Cage Gonzo Midnight Flicks
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The actor-producer undergoes another full meltdown in captivating Australia-set curio. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Cannes 2024 Review: MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS, Affecting Funeral Drama Marred By Slow Pace
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Personal, vaguely auto-fictional stories are de rigueur for first-time filmmakers, especially actors turning directors.Iair Said, seen in last year’s The Delinquents, makes an undistinguished debut after trying his hand at a couple of shorts.   Increasingly, subjects of coming-of-age tales...
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THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 Review: Why Are You Doing This?
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Those lamenting the dearth of originality in films in this epoch of remakes/reboots/reimaginings/requels, etc find no challenge to their despair in Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 1. The first of a planned – and already completed – trilogy of films...
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Friday One Sheet: IN A VIOLENT NATURE
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This gritty poster for Chris Nash's original and disturbing slasher film was designed by The Boland Design Company, and unironically features the word "gnarly" in the top pull quote.  When designing a poster for a slasher (or for that matter,...
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Cannes 2024 Review: HOLY COW, French Cheese-Making Dramedy Is a Finely Crafted Debut Feature
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Louise Courvoisier directed. A brash young man is humbled by provincial life. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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BACK TO BLACK Review: Amy Winehouse Gets the Conventional Biopic Treatment
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Marisa Abela stars in the music-themed drama, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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IF Review: John Krasinski’s Muddled, Moving Fantasy-Drama
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Ryan Reynolds stars in writer/director John Krasinski's latest film. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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