Screen Anarchy

Sound And Vision: Peter Strickland
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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...
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New York Asian 2025 Review: LAST SONG FOR YOU, Struggling Songwriter Faces His Past
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Natalie Hsu, Ekin Cheng, Ian Chan, and Cecilia Choi star; Jill Leung directed. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Fantasia 2025 Review: FORBIDDEN CITY, Cooks Up Quality Kung Fu in Rome
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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...
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Karlovy Vary 2025 Review: THE VISITOR Observes the Subtle Rituals of Letting Go
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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...]
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Fantasia 2025 Review: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, Argentine Summer of Hell
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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,...
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Creature Feature Preacher Collecting Severin Craziness
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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...
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Fantasia 2025: MOTHER OF FLIES Wins Cheval Noir For Best Film
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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...
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Pretty Packaging: THE QUATERMASS (E)XPERIMENT a.k.a. THE CREEPING UNKNOWN
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(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...
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Fantasia 2025 Review: I LIVE HERE NOW, The Mothers Are Not All Right
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Rose is in a state of quiet panic. The young (but no longer young) actress receives a last-minute opportunity, a part for which the no-nonsense casting agent -- played by a delightfully wicked Cara Seymour, who smokes cigarettes like she...
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UNTIL DAWN Review: Better to Forget It’s a Videogame Adaptation
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David F. Sandberg directs the horror thriller. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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