Screen Anarchy

PRESENCE To Open Sitges 2025; Alexandre Aja’s NEVER LET GO To Close
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This was one of the hardest festival news articles I've had to write. Why? Because I can't attend Sitges this year, and their line-up, always great, is even more stellar than usual. Each paragraph brough tears to my eyes, thinking...
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SPEAK NO EVIL Review: The Importance of Being Impolite, Part 2
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James Watkins directs the remake, starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Scoot McNairy. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Venice 2024 Review: QUEER Hypersexualizes William S. Burroughs’ Semiautobiography
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For his eagerness, Daniel Craig gets a pass taking on another gay role. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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A Look at Three More Short Films From LANTERN BLADE’s Nice Boat Animation
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After we reviewed the animated web series Lantern Blade at Fantasia we were kindly connected to the studio that made the series, Nice Boat Animation in China. Pleasantries were traded and the studio expressed their gratitude to receive some international...
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THE RADLEYS Official Trailer: Dark Comedy Thriller Starring Damian Lewis, Kelly Macdonald… And Damian Lewis?
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It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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THE STOIC: Official Trailer Out Now, on VOD & Digital Next Month
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It follows a group of mercenary leaders in a country retreat after pulling off a raid on a drugs gang. Things take a turn for the worse after they raise the attentions of 'The Stoic', a man from an ancient...
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Toronto 2024 Review: THE ASSESSMENT, Savage Science Fiction Parable of State Authority and Parenting
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Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase, “we took a pregnancy test,” Fleur Fortuné’s debut feature, The Assessment, is a saturated, button-pushing provocation on parental anxiety. It is a Kobayashi Maru wrapped in a Voight-Kampff test inside the Stanford Prison...
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HOUSE OF SPOILS: Official Trailer And Poster Revealed
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From Blumhouse, House of Spoils follows an ambitious chef (Ariana DeBose) as she opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self-doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn.  ...
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DADDY’S HEAD: New Poster And Key Set For UK Horror
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In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving...
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HOLD YOUR BREATH Official Trailer: He’ll Make You do Terrible Things
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Karrie Crouse and Will Joines' drama horror Hold Your Breath will have its World Premiere here in Toronto on Thursday. Then it will stream on Hulu on October 3rd. The other day we featured the key art and this week the...
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