Screen Anarchy

Now FASTing: PALE RIDER, Death on a Pale Horse
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Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarity, Carrie Snodgrass, Sydney Penny, and Richard Dysart star, now available free (with ads) on Tubi TV. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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CLOUD Review: Perplexing, As It Transforms From Drama to Thriller to Something Else
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I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse, Cure) latest film, Cloud, at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival [in October 2024], and man, am I perplexed. I love Pulse (Kairo) and I wanted to love Cloud, but I can’t even figure out what the title alludes to;...
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TWISTED METAL S2 Review: Get Your Motor Running
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Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz return in the vehicular combat series. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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HARVEST Review: The Knowing and the Naming
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Do places and living things (be there plant or animal) derive their power and importance from their naming, or simply by being. Who has stewardship and what does ownership mean to a place and its people. We live in a...
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New York Asian 2025 Review: A GIRL WITH CLOSED EYES Sees Friendship and Guilt Collide
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Guilt weighs heavy on everyone in a new South Korean thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Fantasia 2025 Review: KAZAKH SCARY TALES, Too Scary For The Locals, What About International Horror Fans?
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Birzhan, a big-city detective, moves his family to the remote village of Karatas and is called to investigate an eerie series of events at a maternity hospital. Pregnant women are getting sick, all at once, some of them even dying....
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New York Asian 2025 Review: ATTACK 13 Finds Ghostly Horrors in Thailand
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Real-world bullying turns to supernatural vengeance in a new high school horror film from Thailand. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Fantasia 2025 Short Film, Short Review: BARLEBAS
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Shot in lush and misty black & white, with superbly framed large-canvas photography, and truly exceptional production design, Malu Janssen’s Barlebas is a 20-minute short of a literal witch-hunt. One which perfectly balances the epic and the intimate, the tender and...
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New York Asian 2025 Review: RAVENS Explores the Life of Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase
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Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Masahisa Fukase is now regarded as one of the key Japanese photographers of the past 60 years. Ravens presents a kaleidoscopic account of his life, anchored by a riveting performance by Tadanobu Asano. The film's...
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New York Asian 2025 Review: THE INFORMANT, Moles Turn Double Agents in Labored Korean Crime Farce
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Opening night at this year's New York Asian Film Festival featured the world premiere of The Informant, a crime comedy from South Korea. Despite engaging stars, this ride hits a lot of potholes. Key to the plot is a ledger...
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