Screen Anarchy

Eight years ago, toxic fandom of the Star Wars kind almost derailed Kelly Marie Tran’s career.   And while that rabid fan response led to a painfully reduced role in the last big-screen Star Wars entry, The Rise of Skywalker, Tran’s...

Megan returns home after a long time away to support her mother, Barbara, as her father enters his dying days in writer/director Julia Max’s black magic horror film, The Surrender. Barbara’s (Kate Burton) husband has been ill for a very...

A sometime sex worker longs for love in director/writer/star Annapurna Sriram’s chaotic debut feature film, Fucktoys. We meet AP (Sriram) mid-tarot reading, sitting in the middle of a swamp, listening to the wisdom of a psychic played by iconic rapper,...

Dan Imperial's comedy is a bitter pill to swallow for six New York City men. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Just when I thought I was out (of money), Criterion pulled me back in (with their June 2025 release slate). How about William Friedkin's awesome Sorcerer for starters? Plus Terry Gilliam's great Brazil. Plus Paul Schrader's Mishima. Plus four more...

Jennifer Peedom's documentary goes deep on Harry Harris' pursuit of something that is always out of reach. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.   Steve Buscemi, John Magaro and Britt Lower star...

There is no point in subtlety in street protest. And the poster for French-Ukranian biopic of Oxana Chatchko aims to confront - in the movie poster context. Swearing, political slogans, and toplessness are all part of activist group FEMEN's modus operandi...

Directed by Jenny Ash, the film asks why civilian passengers were used as pawns by powerful forces. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

In the U.S. of A., a cool $300M can not only buy you the presidency, but give you untold access to every federal agency, government servers, and private records.   Another $300M (plus) can buy you the rights to The...