Screen Anarchy

Pretty Packaging: ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 Haunts Harder
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Back in 2021, writer-director Kier-La Janisse released Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, a great 3-hours-(and-14-minutes)-long documentary about witchcraft and mysticism around the world, especially as seen in films. That documentary didn't just get a special release on Blu-ray, it basically...
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SXSW 2025 Review: CORINA, Style Corrector of Her Own Life
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Naian González Norvind and Cristo Fernández star in Urzula Barba Hopfner's directorial debut from Mexico, a gentle and affecting story. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: NEW JACK FURY, A Hilarious Lo-Fi Blaxploitation Side Scroller
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Times are tough in New Jack City. The nefarious Styles Syndicate has a grip on the city, and by-the-book cop Dylan Gamble (Andre Hall) is determined to take down its leader, Silkwaan Styles (Page Kennedy). However, before he can, he...
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SXSW 2025 Review: IT ENDS, Angst and Fear on the Endless Road to Adulthood
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A quartet of twenty-something friends out for a drive find themselves on a road to nowhere in first time feature director Alexander Ullom’s meditative sci-fi thriller, It Ends, premiering this week at the SXSW Film & TV Festival. Headstrong James...
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SXSW 2025 Review: THE TRUE BEAUTY OF BEING BITTEN BY A TICK, Sinister Chill Vibes All Around
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Yvonne (Zoë Chao) needs to get out of the city and she needs to do it fast. A tragic accident has brought down on her the kind of crushing trauma response that can only be resolved by removing herself from...
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SXSW 2025 Review: THE ASTRONAUT, Kate Mara Returns From Space, But Perhaps Not Alone
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An astronaut returns from her maiden voyage into space only to discover that something seems to have followed her back, and its intentions are unclear in writer/director Jess Varley’s The Astronaut. Captain Sam Walker (Kate Mara) has dreamed of being...
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Berlinale 2025 Review: WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, Subtle Shifts and Social Barriers in Hong Sangsoo’s Latest
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Hong Sangsoo's latest film continues his exploration of fleeting social encounters, using his signature minimalism to dissect class, artistic ambition, and underlying tensions within intimate spaces. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: SATISFACTION, Sunny Skies Belie a Gathering Storm
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Emma Laird stars in Alex Burunova's deeply-affecting drama. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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SXSW 2025 Review: OTHER SIDE, Compassion Until The End
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Brooklyn-based documentarians Carter Oakley and Heather Hogan have made a career of focusing on end-of-life issues. As individuals, they themselves have witnessed the process with loved ones and through Hogan’s work as a death doula. The reality is that sometimes...
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SXSW 2025 Review: THE STUDIO, So You Want to Make a Movie?
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg helm the Apple TV+ series, starring Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Katherine Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and more stars than live in Hollywood. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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