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Overlook 2026 Awards: OBSESSION, THE FURIOUS And NEVER AFTER DARK Among Winners

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0500

As quickly as it arrived Overlook has surrendered itself to the night in New Orleans. The festivities have wrapped up and it is time for the award winners to be announced.

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SPEED DEMON: This Train is Going to Hell, But Not if This Nun Has Anything to Say About it

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:15:00 -0500

Aboard a high-speed train, a Nun who lost her faith must perform her first Exorcism on a possessed passenger hellbent on crashing the runaway train.

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Criterion in July 2026: CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE CRYING GAME, Mike Mills Trilogy

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:37:09 -0500

Plus: 'The Elephant Man,' 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' 'Hud,' 'The Love That Remains.'

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THE AWAKENING (El Despertar): The Posthumous Work of Director Jaime Osorio Marquez to Premiere at Guadalajara

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0500

An elite military unit is deployed to the jungle to eliminate a strategic target; however, the mission takes a dark turn as the soldiers face supernatural forces that force them into a desperate fight for their lives.

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Calgary Underground 2026: Curtain Raiser

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:32:20 -0500

Growing considerably over the last five years, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) has been continuing its mission as a fan-focused festival. Simultaneously, it has steadily increased the number of Canadian and International talents converging on the city for 11 days of socializing and cinema with its subversive curation. It is second only to Montreal's Fantasia for this kind of smorgasbord of genre programming in Canada. CUFF, in its 23rd year, has become the de facto gateway to offbeat cinema oddities for Canada’s mid-west. A mixture of documentary and fiction features from the festival circuit that would not otherwise grace screens in this part of the country, it is a showcase and launch pad for the work of Alberta talent, and industry gathering. Every year, the...

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AMRUN Review: Austere and Solitary Observer with Confused Psyche

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:02:05 -0500

Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Lisa Hagmeister, and Kian Köppke star in this historical drama.

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Spectacular Optical Launches Indie Film Label with MELODY, A YEAR IN A FIELD, and More

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0500

I keep hearing rumours of a renaissance of physical media and in-person creative events, and as one who keeps buying books, cd's, blu-rays, etc., I for one welcome such as renaissance. We're in a golden age of boutique labels and distributors bringing rare and near-lost treasure of film and television to us in both cinemas and for home viewing, and news of a new label is always welcome. Especially if that label is fronted by Kier-La Janisse, one of our best writers, historians, and person with seemingly endless knowledge of obscure indie films of the 20th and 21st centuries. Spectacular Optical, the indie publishing imprint of Canadian genre veteran Kier-La Janisse, has expanded its remit to include theatrical, streaming, and home video distribution of a...

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MĀRAMA Review: Combining the Personal and Political, In Gothic Form

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, and Umi Myers star in writer/director Taratoa Stappard's gothic horror mystery.

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MILE END KICKS Review: Contemporary RomCom Captures a Challenge of Epic Proportions

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Barbie Ferreira, Devin Bostick, and Stanley Simons star in director Chandler Levack's music-laced romantic comedy.

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NORMAL Review: Holy Hellfire of Violence and Mayhem on Main Street

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, and Lena Headey star in director Ben Wheatley's action thriller.

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BALLISTIC Review: Mother Undone by Her Son's Battlefield Death

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Lena Headey stars in director Chad Faust's unexpectedly nuanced and consistently engrossing drama.

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AMRUM Exclusive Clip: Coming-of-Age at The End of WWII in Nazi Germany

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500

In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.

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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: First Look Teaser

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0500

The sequel to the international smash hit, and Acadamy Award winner, stomps into theaters on November 6th.

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CITY WIDE FEVER Review: Not Really a Giallo Homage, And That's Ok

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:32:03 -0500

Josh Heaps’ City Wide Fever is a real oddity. On the surface, it’s a small DIY thriller that looks shot on the cheap, which already narrows down its appeal. But if you get on its wavelength over the course of its very brief 70 minutes (sans credits), you might even start to feel a small twinge of nostalgia. Said nostalgia comes from a very different source than advertised. Billed as an homage to giallo, this certainly has a setup those Italian films would have a field day with: A film student named Sam (Diletta Guglielmi) finds a USB in a park one day, containing the life and work of forgotten director Saturnino Barresi, including his unfinished final film, which gives this one its title. As she investigates the...

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ERUPCJA Review: Of Turning Points and Volcanoes

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Charli XCX, Lena Góra, Will Madden, and Jeremy O. Harris star in Pete Ohs' effervescent, gracefully-wrought film.

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MOVIEDREAMS: Argentine Psychological Thriller To Present During Blood Window Showcase at Marché du Film

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0500

Let us introduce you to an Argetine psychological thriller that will make its first appearance in Fantastic Pavilion's Blood Window Showcase during Marche du Film at Cannes.

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Director in Focus: Pete Ohs' Delightful Curiosities, From I SEND YOU THIS PLACE to ERUPCJA

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The multi-hyphenate indie filmmaker continues to stir the imagination.

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MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES Review: Complicated, Layered, Coldly Calculating, Warmly Effusive

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman star in David E. Kelley's new series.

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Echoes: Selling a Movie That Doesn't Exist Yet

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:02:01 -0500

After writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were appointed as the new co-heads of DC Studios in November 2022, plans for the studio's rebooted slate began to take shape, with details about upcoming projects gradually emerging. In 2023, it was announced that Andy Muschietti, known for directing the It films and series, would helm The Brave and the Bold. It's 2026 now, and the film still hasn't entered the production phase yet, though The Hollywood Reporter confirmed this past January that Muschietti was still attached to the project, with Christina Hodson (The Flash) tapped to write. Even so, the film has the power to influence people with its waiting time, as DC fans cannot hold their excitement. It will be the first DC film...

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ICE CREAM MAN Official Teaser Trailer: New Flick From Eli Roth And The Horror Section, Coming in August

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

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THE DARK WIZARD Review: Dean Potter Climbed Every Mountain. And Then Found New Heights.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen unpeel the multi-layered life and legacy of Dean Potter, climber extraordinaire and extreme sports enthusiast.

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Well Go USA Celebrates Yeon Sang-ho's TRAIN TO BUSAN 10 Year Anniversary, COLONY (군체) Acquisition and Theatrical Release

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0500

Well Go USA have announced ten-year anniversary screenings of Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan. They have also acquired Yeon's most recent zombie flick, Colony, and announced their plans for that.

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Opening This Week: Ben Wheatley's NORMAL, David Lowery's MOTHER MARY, and LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Lead the Genre Pack

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Erupjca,' 'Ballistic,' 'Mile End Kicks,' 'Amrun,' 'Mad Bills to Pay,' and more.

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REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE Review: Earnest, If Stagey, Tale of Unwavering Faith

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Acts. Questions. Steps. Leaps. All words with which 'of faith' can be easily and appropriately clipped on, and applied especially to Caroline Golum's Revelations of Divine Love, a micro-budget marvel of faith-based cinema that dramatises (and implicitly modernises) the writings of Julian of Norwich, a 14th century 'anchoress' whose eponymous and influential text detailed social upheaval from within the thick stone walls of a church. We find Julian (Tessa Strain) at the beginning of her tale, ailing from a mysterious illness. Her last rites prompt vivid and fervorous visions of Christ which bring her back from the brink, immediately qualifying her for the honored position of local anchoress. For all the spiritual plaudits this brings, she will remain in a bricked-up room at the edge...

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Sound and Vision: Edgar Wright

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:01 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at selected music videos by Edgar Wright. Somehow it is a wonder that Edgar Wright has never done a full blown animation feature, nor a full-on traditional musical, especially when looking at his music video output. In his early and recent music video work, he fully embraces animation as a medium, and the musical as a genre, sometimes mixing both to great effect. One of his early music videos is one of two he made for Charlotte Hatherley. I want to single out Bastardo (see below), where he uses minimal animation and the now somewhat archaic medium of photographed comic books. Bastardo shows the...

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Overlook 2026 Review: TRAUMA, OR MONSTERS ALL Brings A Thirty Year Project Full Circle

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:15 -0500

It's been a little over thirty years since indie horror godfather Larry Fessenden burst into the consciousness of the underground with his sideways vampire epic, Habit. In the decades since then, he and his Glass Eye Pix production house have shepherded some of American horror's most unique storytellers to the big and small screen as a producer while still managing to take time to direct his own idiosyncratic features challenge the present notions of what horror can be in these tumultuous times. It took almost twenty years for Fessenden to return to his monstrous reimaginings with 2019's Frankenstein riff, Depraved and 2022's wolf man story, Blackout. With this Mad Monster Party trio of existential horrors now out in the world, he is here to cap...

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INFILTRATE Review: Generic Actioner Elevated by Superior Stunt Work

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:02:09 -0500

James Mark directed the action thriller, starring Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Tim Rozon, Mitra Suri, Alain Moussi, and Lisa Berry.

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THE LAST ANNIVERSARY: Canadian Horror Thriller Announces Theatrical Release Dates

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0500

A couple reunites their wedding party at the abandoned hotel where they were married, seeking closure over a bridesmaid's mysterious disappearance--but as old secrets resurface and the world teeters on collapse, the night spirals into a reckoning with devastating consequences.

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TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL Exclusive Clip: Kicking a Hornet's Nest

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

A new film by horror indie auteur Larry Fessenden is always cause for celebration, and for those lucky enough to be attending the Overlook Film Festival, they have the chance to attend the world premiere of his new film Trauma or, Monsters All, tonight. And we have an exclusive clip! An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within. Overlook mainstay Larry Fessenden returns with the thrilling conclusion to his quadrilogy, a thoughtful and fiercely independent monster mash that can be enjoyed on its own or marathoned with his three origin stories – Habit, Depraved, and Blackout. Laëtitia Hollard, the big breakout...

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THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER: Shudder Acquires New Canadian Horror Flick by Mark O'Brien

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0500

When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.

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PH-1 Exclusive Clip: Mark Kassen's Been Locked in, in Political Thriller

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0500

A promising politician is held hostage in his luxurious penthouse by a remote captor, forced to watch his life destroyed by social and conventional media as he tries to figure out who is behind it and why.

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Now Playing: FACES OF DEATH, EXIT 8, CHAO, and More

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Also: 'The Christophers,' ''The Travel Companion,' 'Mermaid,' 'Hamlet,' 'The Yeti,' 'Infiltrate.'

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Now Streaming: THE TESTAMENTS Rekindles Teen Fires, THE BOYS Remains Outrageously Bloody

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Plus more new series: 'Dangerous Touch' and 'The Miniature Wife.'

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Friday One Sheet: IL DIO DELLAMORE

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:00:05 -0500

Francesco Lagi's Il Dio Dell'amore weaves together the lives of several characters dealing with complicated relationships, hidden desires, and fragile emotional balances, in the fashion of Short Cuts or Magnolia. The film gets a classical, handsome piece of key art from Italian design-house, Twinpix. A distressed five colour design, with a Polaroid-style matte-ing design. There is ample white space, and the edges of the wings bleeding out in complementary colours. All sorts of small details add up to a greater whole: the absolutely perfect placement of a studio laurel, the small bit of text of the distribution company at the top, and the above the line talent at the bottom. No credit block though. (boo-urns!) I love the lighting and the shadow of the hand touching the...

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THE CHRISTOPHERS Review: Art Forgery Comedy-Drama Excels On Every Level

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Steven Soderbergh's film stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, with James Corden, Jessica Gunning.

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THE PUNISHER: ONE LAST KILL: New Trailer, Key Art And Stills For Upcoming Punisher Special

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:43:41 -0500

Frank searches for meaning beyond revenge, when an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.

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FRANKIE, MANIAC WOMAN Official Trailer: Slasher Flick Available In Select Theaters on April 24th

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:22:28 -0500

An aspiring LA singer-songwriter confronts childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and industry fat-shaming until she violently breaks.

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TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Shudder to Stream All Seven Season of 90s Horror Anthology Series

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:52 -0500

Shudder announced that it will exclusively debut all seven seasons of the '90s cult classic horror anthology series Tales From the Crypt.

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BUNNYLOVR Review: Opaque Character Study of a Cam-Girl

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Katarina Zhu stars in and directs a striking drama, co-starring Austin Amelio, Perry Yung, and Rachel Sennott.

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THE TRAVEL COMPANION Review: Friendship and Filmmaking Commingle in Deadpan, Bittersweet Comedy

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Directed by Travis Wood & Alex Mallis, the film stars Tristan Turner, Anthony Oberbeck, and Naomi Asa.

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Diagonale 2026 Review: MOTHER'S BABY Masks a Paranoid Thriller Within an Ambiguous Psychological Portrait

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:32:03 -0500

Marie Leuenberger and Claes Bang star. Austrian filmmaker Johanna Moder tackles post-partum depression and potential psychosis as a slow-burning paranoid thriller, where maternal anxiety is filtered through an unreliable perspective and edged with traces of dark humour.

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EXTRACTION 3: Sequel Greenlit by Netflix. Hemsworth, Elba, Farahani & Director Sam Hargrave Will Return

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Huzzah! We are getting another Extraction movie, and Hemsworth, Elba, Farahani & director Sam Hargrave are returning!

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CHAO Review: Joyful and Hilarious Comic Adventure

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Director Yasuhiro Aoki's stellar debut feature explodes on the screen with controlled chaos.

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Shudder Announces Acquisition of Three Titles Ahead of Overlook Screenings: PARASOMNIA, GOODY GOODY And NEW GROUP

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0500

Shudder announces three new acquisitions, three films that are screening at the Overlook Film Festival this coming weekend.

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EXIT 8 Review: Purposely Repetitive, Yet Never Dull Horror Thriller

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Genki Kawamura directed; Kazunari Ninomiya and Yamato Kochi star.

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GILDA Blu-ray Review: The Atypical Noir Gets a Fresh Restoration

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0500

Probably like many people of my and slightly older generations, I was first introduced to Gilda from a scene in The Shawshank Redemption, during which the prisoners are watching the film and one insists that his friend pause in asking a request until the titular character is introduced via a famous hair flip and verbal quip. I had already seen some Rita Hayworth films, and yet it took me years to see the film that introduced, or re-introduced her, to a wider public. Criterion Collection have reissued Spine #795 with a new 4K restoration, Blu-ray (there is still the DVD for those who prefer that version), and while Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor, is something of an atypical film noir, it is worth both this restoration and its place...

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GEMS Vancouver Announces 2026 Genre Film Lab Teams

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:30:00 -0500

GEMS (Gender Equity in Media Society) has announced the five feature film projects from female and gender-diverse filmmakers from across Canada that will participate in this year's The Genre Film Lab 2026.

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ALIEN: EARTH's Noah Hawley to Direct Remake of Demián Rugna's TERRIFIED

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0500

Reportedly, Noah Hawley is set to remake Atterados (Terrified) the Argentine supernatural spectacular that introduced the world to writer-director Demián Rugna. Rugna will help develop the project.

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Diagonale 2026 Review: WHITE SNAIL Subverts Girl-Meets-Boy Into Anti-Romance

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Austrian-German filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter's fiction debut reworks social drama conventions into a psychologically driven, docu-fiction hybrid centred on an unstable relationship shaped by loneliness, death and an implied autocratic backdrop.

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Unnamed Footage 2026: Micro Review Roundup

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Due to unexpected technical issues and an equally frustrating amount of time resolving those issues we found ourselves crunched for time to get full coverage of the Unnamed Footage Film Festival. No thanks to these time constraints and other obligations that have to be fulfilled we offer up a taster’s menu of reviews of the five films we managed to fit in once the technology gods became bored of playing havoc with our digital infrastructure at home. Back on track we focused on which world premieres were available to us from the festival. We also wanted to see one particular film that was having its U.S. premiere because it was an award winner at a festival that we have had very close ties...

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