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San Sebastian 2025 Review: REDOUBT, Measured, Poetic Study of Obsession, Isolation in Rural Sweden
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Swedish filmmaker John Skoog reconstructs the true story of Karl-Göran Persson, a Cold War-era farm laborer who turned his home into a private fortress. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Serial Killer Brno 2025 Review: QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING, Finnish Darker Comedy Series, Taps into BREAKING BAD Territory with a Twist
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Writer-director Tiina Lymi delivers a darker Finnish crime dramedy that examines the collapse of middle-class identity through the story of a real estate agent whose gradual descent into criminality exposes the moral fragility beneath social respectability. [Read the whole post...
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Criterion in January 2026: BIRTH and THE DEAD, Plus DEAD MAN and More
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The new year will span a lifetime through fresh releases from The Criterion Collection, headlined by Jonathan Glazer's Birth, John Huston's The Dead, and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man. Of course, the home video label is about more than life and...
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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT Review: Darkly Comic Social, Moral Examination
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Jafar Panahi's new film. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Playback: Jafar Panahi, Cinema Under Pressure, from THE WHITE BALLOON to IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
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Jafar Panahi makes films under immense pressure. The Iranian filmmaker's conditions of censorship and surveillance have become the grammar of his storytelling. Out of those limits, he's built one of the most radical bodies of work, where love for one's...
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A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 4K Review
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Directed by the legendary David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises, Crash, The Brood), A History of Violence was released --- gasp --- 20 years ago. Honestly? Rude. Time goes by too fast. Anyway, I heard a rumor that it was the last...
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URCHIN Review: Harris Dickinson’s Unflinching Debut Shows How Addiction Devours the Vulnerable
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Frank Dillane and Megan Northam star in Harris Dickinson's directorial debut. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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New York 2025 Review: THE SECRET AGENT, Stylish and Inventive Political Thriller. The Intricacies of Historical Memory
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Kleber Mendonça Filho's epic stars Wagner Moura. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2025: Italian Genre Festival Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
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The fine folks at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival announced their full program this week. The Italian genre film festival has always featured a stellar lineup of festival faves over the years, and on its twenty-fifth anniversary, this lineup is no exception. ...
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TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 4K Review
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Directed by the recently departed, beloved David Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is the 1991 prequel to his popular television show of the same name. It’s out now in a 4K and Blu-ray combo package with deluxe booklet...
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