Screen Anarchy

SOUR PARTY: Anchor Bay Entertainment Acquires Worldwide Rights For Comedy
||
Sour Party follows Gwen and James, two broke, flailing 30-somethings on a quest to scrounge money from a collection of low lives and failed artists in an attempt to show up to Gwen's sister's baby shower with a proper gift....
continue reading
HEATHER Trailer Premiere: Be Careful Who You Bully
||
A philanderer is lured into a kinky encounter by a provocative woman, only to discover she has undergone gender reassignment and was once the boy he terrorized in high school.   Anthony Repinski's horror thriller Heather will release on digital platforms...
continue reading
Montreal Nouveau 2024 Review: THE HUMAN HIBERNATION, Under a Cow’s Eye
||
Like many Canadians (and others who live in a colder climate), I often dream - at least fleetingly - about hibernating for the winter, like our bear brethren. Sleeping away those colder months, and reawakening with the earth as it...
continue reading
Hawaii 2024 Review: Kurosawa’s CLOUD Baffles
||
I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse, Cure) latest film, Cloud, at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival, and man, am I perplexed. I love Pulse (Kairo) and I wanted to love Cloud, but I can’t even figure out what the...
continue reading
Sitges 2024 Review: PUSH, A Well Crafted Horror Thriller
||
After the death of her fiancé, Natalie moved to America for a fresh start. When we catch up with her she is 8 months pregnant at her job as a real estate agent. She has take on a challenging listing,...
continue reading
New York 2024 Interview: Paul Schrader on Realizing Russell Banks’ OH, CANADA
||
In Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada, adapted from Russell Banks’ Foregone, a renowned documentary filmmaker named Leonard Fife subjects himself to a filmed interview while battling the throes of death. This final interview, to be captured by a former pupil turned...
continue reading
Making Waves Montreal 2024: Mini Hong Kong Fest Features ROB N ROLL And ALL SHALL BE WELL
||
A weekend of Hong Kong cinema is coming soon to Montreal, during the weekend of October 24th through 26th, at Making Waves Montreal.  Presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, in collaboration with Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema, sponsored...
continue reading
Lausanne 2024 Preview: CALIGULA, FLESH GORDON and Other Subversions
||
The Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) returns for its 23rd edition, presenting a program that blends experimental cinema and innovative music performances, continuing its tradition of showcasing avant-garde and subversive works that challenge conventional boundaries. [Read the whole...
continue reading
BAD GENIUS Review: How to Win Fake Friends and Influence Wrong People
||
Since we live in a time when every single film ever produced should be remade at least once, it’s fair to expect a new reimagining of some intellectual property come out every other few week or so. Some of those,...
continue reading
Hawaii 2024 Review: SISTER MIDNIGHT Has a Punk Rock Flavor
||
Sister Midnight from Karan Kandhari (Bye Bye Miss Goodnight) is a hard film to review and classify, but I’m going to try after seeing the film at the 44th annual Hawaii International Film Festival. Funded in part by the British...
continue reading