ScreenAnarchy: Features

Echoes: HANGING BY A WIRE, Pakistan's First Academy Award Documentary Entry, Was Shot Entirely on a Phone

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:02:12 -0500

On the morning of August 22, 2023, people in the Allai Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, looked up. No one could believe their eyes when they saw a cable car hanging hundreds of feet above, suspended by the last cable that was supporting it. People were terrified that, at any minute, the cable car, containing eight people, including six children on their way to school, would come smashing down. It was obvious that media outlets were recording the entire incident, which was being reported live on all television screens across Pakistan. It was the same impossible image that showed people wailing from inside, asking for help, desperate to do something that would save their lives. Something else happened on the ground, however. Someone reached for their phone,...

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Opening This Week: OTHER MOMMY, FJORD, ANIMALS, TENZING

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,' 'The Beast,' 'The Social Reckoning.'

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Now Playing: VERITY, DIGGER, BEWARE BOIUNA, GHOST IN THE CELL

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Appofeniacs' and 'Misty Green.'

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Echoes: Pakistan Wants A Film Industry. Does It Have the Crew to Build One?

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The recently launched Punjab Film City is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel for the Pakistani film industry, since enough has been discussed about the lack of resources and weak infrastructure in this area. This is, indeed, a healthy step towards enabling local filmmakers to tell their unique stories to the world, and letting the world know about Pakistani culture on its own terms. Pakistan is not devoid of talent. New films with strong stories are released every year, with many also making their way to international film festivals. Experimental filmmaking is something that the region has just begun to explore with its latest release of Zombeid (2026). New streaming projects are on the rise due to the rapidly growing OTT...

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Opening This Week: VERITY, DIGGER, GHOST IN THE CELL, BEWARE BOIUNA

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Appofeniacs' and 'Misty Green.'

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Now Playing: NEVER AFTER DARK Frights, PRIMETIME Boldness, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER Demands

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Of the six new genre films that we're highlighting today, I've seen three, and of those, Dave Boyle's Never After Dark stands out. Our critic J Hurtado goes into much more detail in his review, linked below, but I'll add only that it was a pleasant surprise that quickly becomes an entirely gripping horror thriller. Don't miss the opportunity to see it in a movie theater. I enjoyed Lance Oppenheimer's sizzling drama Primetime more than our critic, Kyle Logan. His review, also linked below, capably explains his reservations. Thirdly, I also enjoyed David Ayer's wilderness survival adventure Heart of the Beast, though to a much lesser degree than the films listed above; still, see Mel Valentin's review below to see why he thinks it's an...

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Echoes: The Changing Art of Pakistani Film Posters

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Pakistani cinema had streets, walls, billboards, and cinema entrances long before a YouTube trailer or social media existed. One year after independence, Pakistan entered cinema with its first film, Teri Yaad, which ran for five weeks on cinema screens, as per British Online Archives. The country officially saw the dawn of the Golden Age of Lollywood, when a film's marketing involved hand-painted posters. Lahore and Karachi became the primary filmmaking hubs, where hyper-vibrant, hand-painted posters defined the era's visuals. The art, technique, Urdu typography, visual styles, and cultural influences that make these posters distinctive have changed over time. For clarification, let's take the poster of 1979's Maula Jatt and 2022's The Legend of Maula Jatt. The 1979 poster (above) has an unmistakable look of classic...

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Opening This Week: NEVER AFTER DARK, PRIMETIME, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!,' 'Heart of the Beast,' 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries.'

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Toronto 2026: Wrap -- All Our Coverage (So Far)

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Our curtain raiser, our reviews, our poster columns, and an interview.

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Sound And Vision: Olivia Wilde

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:03 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss a duo of music videos by Olivia Wilde. Olivia Wilde might be known mostly as an actor. But after three films as a director that show a wide variety of styles and genres, it is clear she is the real deal of a good actor-turned-director, a feat which is still quite rare. You might think that her three films and two music videos don't have a lot in common. One is a highschool-comedy, one is a scifi-thriller, one is a razorsharp black comedy set in one room and the music videos are a skating-video and a dance-choreography shot on a phone. You would be...

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Now Playing: RESIDENT EVIL, BAD APPLES, SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Also: John Wilson's delightful doc 'The History of Concrete,' plus Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe in tough-minded period adventure 'The Weight.'

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Friday One Sheet: MINOTAUR

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0500

Refraction and separation are the key elements in the CREATE's release poster for Andrey Zvyagintsev's superb festival prize-winner, Minotaur. There are some echoes and rhymes with the design work of Akiko Stehrenberger, specifically the remake of Funny Games, one of the best posters of the 21st century. There are no tears, however, for this is scathing and cynical critique of Russia in the guise of an infidelity drama, however the typography, the credit block, and the colour palette all track. If you are going to borrow, borrow from the best. (Note also, Minotaur is also a loose and re-contextualized remake of Nouvelle Vague filmmaker Claude Chabols' La Femme Infidèle.) One of the films key visual motifs is to put its lead characters behind glass. Their modern minimalist home, the corner office, and...

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Echoes: Pakistan Has An Indie Film Movement. Why Aren't We Talking About It?

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:02:01 -0500

Traditional Pakistani cinema relies on commercial Eid releases, celebrity-led projects, and box-office numbers, implying a risk-averse industry culture. However, there's another kind of cinema that is quietly in the making: Pakistani indie cinema. I have talked about films that we need but haven't been made yet, which include unconventional stories. What if these unconventional stories require minimal budget without the intervention of major television networks and commercial production houses, as in the case of Zombeid (2026)? These unconventional stories aren't anything like mainstream commercial blockbusters and studio-backed feature films, like The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022) and Jawani Phir Nahin Aani (2015), which pretty much encapsulate what Pakistani independent cinema looks like. Some of the notable examples of Pakistani indie films include Sarmad Sultan Khoosat's...

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Opening This Week: RESIDENT EVIL, BAD APPLES, SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'The History of Concrete' and 'The Weight.'

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Now Playing: HOPE Rises, BLACK ZOMBIE Illuminates, ON A STRING Amuses

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Don't Play With Fire,' 'The Uprising,' 'Practical Magic 2,' and 'The Fix.'

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Toronto 2026 Curtain Raiser: Discover With Us What TIFF Is Offering Audiences This Year

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

As the first year after the Toronto International Film Festival (colloquially known as tiff, in all lower case) turned 50, the 2026 edition feels like a more low-profile year for the festival. A back to basics, nuts & bolts, and perhaps most pleasurably, a discovery year. This is not a silver lining, this is a feature. North America's biggest film festival, by both media profile and international visitors, has always served many functions. It courts Hollywood, being the first stepping stone on the road to the Oscars. It offers a sampling of the titles and awards winners of other festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Locarno, and Venice, the latter of which tiff overlaps with for a few days, where filmmakers and actors often board a...

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Echoes: 10 Pakistani Performances That Deserved Far More Attention

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:02:01 -0500

Despite financial and infrastructural challenges, Pakistani industry has produced some truly extraordinary performances, both in film and TV. Some of the actors deserved far more appreciation than they received when they first went on air or hit the big screens. And that is why these 10 Pakistani performances have stolen the show and left a lasting impression even after years. Zahid Ahmed as Sameer in Ishq Zahe Naseeb (TV, 2019) Zahid Ahmed's Sameer was one of the most demanding performances ever in TV and film combined. Not only because the role was never played before, but it was a double character played by a single person whose alternate personalities affected others. He played a successful businessman, Sameer, living with dissociative identity disorder and transformed into...

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Opening This Week: HOPE, THE UPRISING, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Black Zombie,' 'On a String,' 'The Fix.'

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Sound And Vision: Mascha Halberstad

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:00:08 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at The Prodigy's Wild Frontier, directed by Mascha Halberstad. If you aren't Dutch Mascha Halberstad might need an introduction, even though she deserves to be a household name worldwide. Mostly because Mascha Halberstad put stop-motion on the map in a big way in what is a country with a small (but fruitful) animation industry but with not a lot of big stop-motion works. Rising to fame in The Netherlands with the short Munya in Mij (Munya in Me) she did her first music video before she did any feature work, for The Prodigy's Wild Frontier. But her two features to date Knor (Oink) and...

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Now Playing: ONSLAUGHT, BY ANY MEANS, FALL 2: DEADPOINT

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Chronovisor,' 'Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood,' 'Ever After,' 'Dear You.'

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Now Streaming: PARASOMNIA, TEENAGE WASTELAND, THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, SCARY MOVIE 6

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Plus: 'The Gentlemen' and 'Chad Powers' both return for some reason, along with the genteel 'American Classic.'

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Friday One Sheet: HOMBRE AL AGUA

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:02:10 -0500

The poster for Gael Garcia Bernal's latest film, Hombre Al Agua (aka Man Overboard!) has a retro vibe not seen too much these days. It was designed by the iconic Edel Rodríguez Mola (or simply Mola), who is known for offering striking, surreal, exaggerated, and politically-charged editorial illustrations. Long painterly strokes form a border, and a crude face with life-preservers as eyes, while the fat hand-drawn title and credits occupy the top, and the credit block is subtly embedded in blue wavy water at the bottom. The power here is both its simplicity, as well as the fact that it is different from just about everything out there at the moment. It evokes the imagery and style of Polish designer Barbara “Bacha” Baranowska, specifically her work...

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Now Streaming: RESIDENT EVIL Reanimates

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Just can't get enough? Where to watch (nearly) all of them -- with trailers!

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Echoes: The Pakistani Films We Need But That Haven't Been Made Yet

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Not every Pakistani film needs a larger-than-life hero or a damsel in distress to be successful. Pakistan is culturally diverse, and a plethora of films still have not been able to see the light of day. A wish list of stories, genres, and ideas that could broaden the horizons of Pakistani cinema is long overdue. What do I mean by "films we need"? These stories could include overlooked Pakistani communities, addressing social issues without becoming preachy, revisiting history from fresh perspectives, showcasing different regions of Pakistan, experimenting with genres, telling ordinary stories, giving new filmmakers and actors opportunities, and moving beyond predictable romance, comedy, action, or family drama. Hundan-An Echo of a Dirge (2025) is the first-ever feature film in the endangered Burushaski language, focusing...

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Opening This Week: ONSLAUGHT, BY ANY MEANS, FALL 2: DEADPOINT

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Chronovisor,' 'Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood,' 'Ever After,' 'Dear You.'

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Now Playing: COLONY Zombies, FILIPINANA Caddies, BUDDY Cracks, THE DOG STARS Woof

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Coyote vs. Acme,' 'Boorman and the Devil,' 'Legend of the White Dragon,' 'The Sun Never Sets.'

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Echoes: Who Decides What Pakistan Gets to Watch?

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:02:01 -0500

It is well known that Pakistan is a country where stringent laws restrict viewers from accessing certain types of content and films, therefore already imposing a hold on what Pakistan gets to watch. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has a mandate that covers private and broadcast media across all distribution services, defining what content reaches the general public. Objections may be raised over content that includes obscenity, violence, extremism, religious sensitivities, threats to public order, and material considered contrary to national or cultural values. The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022) is one recent example that faced problems passing PEMRA requirements due to violence; Javed Iqbal (2022) is another example that threatened the country's law and order, while Sarmad Sultan Khoosat's Zindagi Tamasha (2019's...

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Opening This Week: COLONY, FILIPIANA, BUDDY, THE DOG STARS

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Coyote vs Acme,' 'Boorman and the Devil,' 'Legend of the White Dragon,' 'The Sun Never Sets.'

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TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Digging Into the Symbolism of Little Death

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

What does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have in common with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma? Oddly enough, both films, released this summer -- one a queer slasher, the other a two-billion dollar grossing MCU entry -- use the exact same piece of visual symbolism to represent female dissociation. [Read our review by Lou Cai.] It's something that has bothered me ever since I walked out of Camp Miasma -- and something actually asked about during the post-screening Q&A, only to have the question promptly deflected: Why does Little Death wear a ceiling vent as a mask? When it comes to slashers, I am a sucker for lore, probably for the same reason Jane Schoenbrun is. Why was this mask chosen? Why does the...

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Locarno 2026 Masterclass: Darren Aronofsky on Risk, Movie Jail, and Knowing When to Let a Film Go

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500

Honoured with Locarno's Pardo d'Onore, Darren Aronofsky reflects on turning poverty into style, surviving "movie jail," casting actors at the right moment and learning when to let a film go.

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Now Playing: IT ENDS Thrills, HOT SPOT Disappoints, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER Limps, MUTINY Pounds Away

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Last month's big-budget blockbusters The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day are still playing at multiplexes nationwide, but for those in search of something new and different, we have a few recommendations for you. First is a mind-bender that starts routinely and then steadily becomes extraordinary. You won't want to miss It Ends. I saw the film at SXSW last year and agree completely with our critic J Hurtado, whose review is linked below. I have not yet seen the sci-fi thriller Hot Spot, nor the ghost story Insidious: Out of the Further, nor the Jason Statham action picture Mutiny nor the fevered Kafka bio-pic Franz nor the Anthony Bourdain slice-of-life bio-pic Tony nor the horror pic Blood Shine nor the drama How to Divorce...

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Locarno 2026 Industry: Growth, Risk, and the Search for a More Resilient Independent Film Business

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500

Locarno Pro 2026 examined how new financing, co-production and audience-building models could sustain independent cinema in an increasingly uncertain market.

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Echoes: Why Did It Take So Long For Lollywood to Make Its First Zombie Movie?

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:02:01 -0500

The Pakistani filmmaking industry has a long-held tendency to make safe, risk-free, family-oriented commercial films. Romantic comedies and social dramas are a more favored formula that filmmakers are inclined to opt for rather than taking an experimental route for zombie films. Lollywood's delay in taking the first bold step towards the zombie genre is primarily due to a lack of financial investment and talent to handle the technical VFX so cleanly as they have now done in Zombeid (2026). It should be noted that, despite 2007's Zibahkhana (Hell's Ground) being the actual first zombie-horror flick directed by Omar Khan, Nabeel Qureshi's Zombeid is the first time major production houses came forward to handle a full-scale mainstream zombie horror film. Hell's Ground was more of an...

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Opening This Week: IT ENDS, HOT SPOT, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, MUTINY

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Franz,' 'Tony, 'The Magic Faraway Tree,' 'Blood Shine,' 'How to Divorce During the War,' 'The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo.'

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Now Playing: THE END OF OAK STREET, THE WRONG GIRLS, THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Kung Fu Soccer,' 'The Birthday Party,' 'Feed,' 'Train to Busan' 10th Anniversary.

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Friday One Sheet: THE DEVILS, 2026 and 1971

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:32:10 -0500

As you can tell, in these parts we are super excited for the October re-release of Ken Russell's 1971 masterpiece, The Devils. The aptly named Sister Hyde Design (who we have featured in these parts in the past for the Faces of Death reimagining, among others) has taken one of many unforgettable images from the film to create this creamy minimal and decidedly modern poster. Chains hang from each side of the frame, coupled to restraints as Vanessa Redgrave has her arms raised high, containing the title and credit block in a very handsome bit of typesetting. The contrast of the black habit, the flesh-tones, and the light cream, in which her clothes fade into the negative space. NC-17 is tucked down in the bottom, just to...

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Anime Weekly: LOVE UNSEEN BENEATH THE CLEAR NIGHT SKY, Romance and Disability

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Can true love blossom between a blind person and a sighted person?

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Echoes: Has Pakistani VFX Improved Enough for More Zombie / Horror Movies?

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:02:01 -0500

After the arrival of Zombeid (2026), I have been talking at length about the potential in the horror genre when it comes to the Pakistani film industry. Despite the story being a downer, an excellent first attempt at VFX is undeniable, which could lead to a horror universe expansion and exploration of one of the most untapped Lollywood genres. In fact, the story of great VFX effects starts from The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022), which broke the expectations of a Pakistani remake with an extraordinary decapitation sequence right in the beginning. It truly made me jump out of my seat, as such clean artistry was totally unanticipated. While stylistic and resource constraints still exist compared to Hollywood, Zombeid's director, Nabeel Qureshi, kept the technical...

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Opening This Week: THE END OF OAK STREET, THE WRONG GIRLS, THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Feed,' 'The Birthday Party,' and 'Train to Busan: 10th Anniversary.'

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Sound And Vision: Adam Shankman

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:03 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss Miley Cyrus' When I Look At You, directed by Adam Shankman. Miley Cyrus, the artist behind the music video we are discussing in this particular Sound and Vision, is a drag queen. That is in no way meant as a disparaging remark on either Miley Cyrus or drag queens, even if both the artist and the art form have been lambasted and dragged through the muck (or even scapegoated) in current day America. What I mean by saying Miley Cyrus is a drag queen, is that she embodies the spirit of that art-form, being a stylistic chameleon; celebrating music, fashion and performance in equal...

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Now Playing: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, LATE FAME

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Tony,' 'Mr. Hero,' 'Olmo,' 'Julian,' 'Cookie Queens.'

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Friday One Sheet: WILDWOOD

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0500

The official poster for Laika's upcoming animated feature, Wildwood is a beauty. Kind of a minimalist collage, with bird-induced verticality to it. Showcasing the lead characters, the inciting incident (stolen baby) and the background location (from Portland, Oregon to the eponymous fantasy kingdom) this key art is doing a lot of work with a fair bit of restraint. Alas, there is no credit block, but then again, given the slight gradient white/grey space, perhaps it is for the best here. The post has a misty-fogginess to its mood and style without laying it on too thick. It is rumoured that Wildwood will be the longest runtime stop-motion feature ever made, and Laika is staying true to the non-A.I. tagline, "From the hands that made Coraline."...

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Now Streaming: ZABRISKIE POINT, Criterion Channel Desert Trips

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Michelangelo Antonioni tries to make sense of the 60s counterculture in its dying days.

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Anime Weekly: GOODBYE LARA, How to Refresh IP

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:02:01 -0500

She's a little mermaid, but not like those we've seen before.

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Echoes: After ZOMBEID, Can Pakistan Build Its Own Horror Universe?

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:02:01 -0500

Let me be straightforward here: Yes, it certainly can make its own horror universe after Zombeid (2026), since the ending indicates the possibility of a sequel. Films have the potential of getting a sequel and eventually becoming a franchise if they generate massive box office returns, which stands true for Zombeid. There are unresolved narratives, leaving central mysteries and conflicts open-ended. The setting created a deep lore, opening doors for exploration in a richly built world that has a broad demographic appeal. There is one aspect that could create trouble for the Zombeid horror universe, however, as it failed to achieve it in its first part. Audiences should feel a deep emotional attachment to the protagonists or villains, which is only possible if there are...

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Opening This Week: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, ICE CREAM MAN, TONY

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Late Fame,' 'Mr. Hero,' 'Olmo,' 'Julian,' 'Cookie Monsters.'

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Sound And Vision: John Maclean

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:02 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss a few music videos made by John Maclean. Recently I wrote two Sound and Visions where the director had a weird claim to fame: John Carney was the rare director who himself was a band member of a famed band (The Frames) who he has directed music videos for; and Yoshihiro Nishimura was the sole director in the Sound and Visions who remade one of his music videos as a feature length film. That is, till this Sound and Vision, cause John Maclean combines the two outliers into one person: he is a band member for both The Beta Band and The Aliens, who...

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Now Streaming: THE DEVIL'S MOUTH, Hungry Hungry Shark in Thailand

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Plus: 'Nightborn,' 'Over Your Dead Body,' and 'The Drama.'

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Now Playing: I WANT YOUR SEX, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRINCESS, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Pinocchio: Unstrung.'

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Friday One Sheet: WICKER

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:30:00 -0500

No, not that Wicker Man. Today's poster is from a different kind of folklore, based on the short story from Ursula Wills wherein an outcast woman in a fishing village commissions a husband to be made out of wicker. Pygmalion, but with reversed genders. What could possibly go wrong? The fine poster here emphasizes the texture and the tension of a binding act. At the bottom of the face, the unwoven strands blend neatly into coarse facial hair. It is a nice touch, which is all fine and good, but I would like to also point out the addition of the human fingers. These are presumably the woman's (Olivia Colman), but could also be the creator or the creation. They have grit and dirt under...

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