ScreenAnarchy: Features

THE ODYSSEY: Playing 3D Chess with an Epic, Gods and Mortals, and the Remorse of Odysseus

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:02:06 -0500

To directly answer a question that matters: is The Odyssey (2026) a good movie? A movie that captivates, that honors Homer's masterfully intricate, time-jumping epic, that you must go see, and that you will want to rewatch? My answer is: yes. [Editor's note: see also Kyle Logan's review for another opinion.] The Odyssey is, alongside the Mahabharata, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Old Testament, one of the world's foundational tales. It has everything that makes a story this long, compelling, and timeless: action, impulsiveness, resourcefulness, love, hate, conflict, gods and mortals, life, and the mortality of man. 3D Chess with an Epic The lines of Homer’s Odyssey, recorded some 27 centuries ago, with all their jumps in time, also resemble a complex screenplay. Due...

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Echoes: Why Is Horror the Most Untapped Genre in Lollywood?

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:01:02 -0500

Where horror films began in Lollywood, where they have gone, and what might keep them from going forward.

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Opening This Week: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, I WANT YOUR SEX, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Heading to cinemas: Unlikely people team up.

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Now Playing: HER PRIVATE HELL, SHEEP IN THE BOX, MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Our primary focus remains the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, but not all of us could make the trip this year, so instead we cast our eyes on what opened in movie theaters today. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey continues to dominate social media and online media coverage, and deservedly so. Beyond that very large elephant in the room, we hasten to point out that other worthy genre films are worth watching. The new releases are highlighted by new films by Nicolas Winding Refn and Hirokazu Kore-eda. Alternately, a serial killer classic by Michael Mann will be returning to select theaters in an undoubtedly chilling 4K restoration, as well as the intriguing Australian thriller Cruel Hands and a new take on a legendary puppet,...

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Friday One Sheet: BRUNELLO

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:01:39 -0500

Books, Books, Books! The beige and paper tones of the poster for Brunello, the latest film from Giuseppe Tornatore are something to get lost in. The sheer volume of this poster is impressive in and of itself. A hybrid documentary on the famous fashion designer-philosopher, and the so-called "King of Cashmere" Brunello Cucinellii, from the director of the cinema classic Cinema Paradiso, is enough to get many into the cinema, and dropping this marvel of a one-sheet is brilliant icing on the cake. The title and text and credit block at the bottom has the good sense to stay out of the way of this image, and is tucked down in the shadows of the stacks of books. The poster was designed by the Federico...

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Now Streaming: Nicholas Winding Refn, From PUSHER to COPENHAGEN COWBOY

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

With 'Her Private Hell' set to open this weekend, we look back at the director's distinguished career in genre cinema.

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Echoes: JAVED IQBAL, The Netflix-Worthy Film Pakistan Already Had

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:02:01 -0500

A recent conversation in Pakistan has stirred concerns over Pakistani content being valuable enough to be allowed to stream on Netflix. Some local stars debated among themselves that Pakistani content is not ready to meet the standards of global streaming giants, due to the absence of widely relatable narratives or technical expertise. One of the films that became a debate even before its release, however, somehow matches the content style that Netflix adopted in its documentaries years ago. Just like Taxali Gate (2024), Javed Iqbal: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer (2022) is a bold directorial endeavor from Abu Aleeha, which was banned two days before its scheduled release in theaters, despite initially getting censor approval. After a preview screening in Karachi, the government's...

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Opening This Week: HER PRIVATE HELL by NWR, SHEEP IN THE BOX by Kore-eda, MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT by Mann

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Cruel Hands' and 'Pinocchio Unstrung.'

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Sound And Vision: AG Rojas

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:10 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss the works of AG Rojas. AG Rojas is a director I long wanted to talk about, but per my own set rules I couldn't, as he only released music videos. And for a Sound and Vision there needs to be a cinematic counterpoint to lynchpin the whole article on. Luckily, last year AG Rojas released a mid-length feature called Pare De Sufrir, that is now available for everyone to see on its own website. Pare de Sufrir is vintage AG Rojas. If I had to describe his style, I would call it Magical Neo-realism. Like neo-realism, AG Rojas' films are socially conscious, often looking...

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Now Streaming: GOLDEN KAMUY 3: THE ABARISHI PRISON RAID Action, EXIT 8 Mystery

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:02:03 -0500

Plus: 'Marc by Sophia,' 'The Land of Sometimes,' 'Lucky,' 'Ride or Die,' 'Return to Paradise S2,' ''The Activists.'

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Now Playing: THE ODYSSEY, STEAL AWAY, THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Take Care of My Cat' and '40 Watts to Nowhere.'

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Friday One Sheet: HOT SPOT

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Ochre and clay and sulphur, oh my! The poster for Agnieszka Smoczynska's big budget Artificial Intelligence dystopian sci-fi thriller, Hot Spot, is from Gravillis, the design house who did yeoman's work on the campaigns for Sinners and Obsession in the past year. The wavy, reality distorted deserted landscapes -- the tagline, "The system Is unstable" in a white computer, but not too-computer font seems to confirm this -- and posed characters in the foreground in front of distant cities and skyscrapers, speak as much to post-apocalyptic cinema as it does westerns, or cyberpunk. This is a poster that truly stands out with colour and mise-en-scène alone. A red title-card is usually coded towards horror elements. If you are familiar with Smoczynska's genre-bending The Lure, a cute, violent, mythology-drenched...

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Fantasia 2026: Raising the Curtain on the 30th Edition of Montreal's Smorgasbord of Genre Cinema

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

The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America's current largest genre festival runs from July 16 to August 2, in its 30th edition. With its large size, and 'big tent' scope of everything from everywhere as long it is never boring, the festival is often given the unofficial tagline we love to repeat, 'Summer camp for genre nerds.' The Fantasia audience is a very generous audience, with a seemingly unlimited capacity to embrace everything from quiet Japanese family dramas to head smashing action pictures, to cringe inducing body horror. The festival is a lighthouse to guide people back to watching movies in a public space with a large, often vocal, enthusiastic and emotive crowd. The cool embrace of the Hall and J.A. de Sève auditoriums...

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Echoes: TAXALI GATE, When Pakistani Cinema Chose Courage

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

Two years ago, a Pakistani film was released despite heavy restrictions from the censorship board, as well as several flaws that made it stand out from the pack. I'm talking about Taxali Gate (2024), written and directed by Abu Aleeha, which gained a positive rating on IMDb. In the Pakistani context, Taxali Gate is a reference to the red-light area in Lahore, Pakistan, which is famous for prostitution, and this is exactly what the film highlights. The film explores rape, sheds light on consent, considers the complexities of legal systems, examines manipulations by power elites, and ponders class dynamics, all beautifully plugged into the narrative. Taxali Gate stars Ayesha Omar as the sharp-witted Muskaan, and Yasir Hussain as a neighborhood pimp. Yasir's elder brother is...

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Opening This Week: THE ODYSSEY, STEAL AWAY, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT

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

Plus: 'The Kidnapping of Arabella' and '40 Watts From Nowhere.'

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Sound And Vision: Nicolas Winding Refn

Mon, 13 Jul 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 discuss two distinct music videos by Nicolas Winding Refn. Nicolas Winding Refn has evolved a lot as a director since his early years. Starting out with grimey crime dramas like the Pusher Trilogy and Bleeder, he has worn his influences on his sleeve, embracing classic cinematic auteurs like the many directors name-dropped by the protagonist in Bleeder. Think the Kubricks and the Scorceses. But the more outré trash and avant-garde-auteurs like Andy Milligan, Kenneth Anger, Ron Ormond and Doris Wishman always have been a frame of reference as well. Somewhere around Valhalla Rising and Bronson Refn started to coalesce his references into his own singular...

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From THE BIRTHDAY to TUMBBAD to SACHARINE to COLONY

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Plus: Swiss shorts and 'Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant.'

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Now Playing: EVIL DEAD BURN, WESTHAMPTON, THE ISOLATE THIEF

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

Plus: 'Moana,' 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass,' 'Mockbuster,' 'Reading Lolita in Tehran,' 'Black Chariot,' 'Crossing.'

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Friday One Sheet: WOMAN, DYING

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:02:35 -0500

This is the third time that Spanish art director and designer Octavio Terol Bernabé has been featured in this column. Previous designs both made the Top 10 posters of 2025. It is safe to say that we are fans of his work. His painterly design for Vittoria Rizzardi Peñalosa's short, Woman, Dying, makes fine use of negative space, and texture in a film about a quiet life-drawing class's descent into chaos when a death occurs during a break. The black and white sketch of a naked woman, relaxed, willingly exposed in repose, has a curtain of red descending upon her. If you look long enough, close enough, in almost a magic-eye poster kind of way, you will see an observing human face. The credit block and...

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From MATAPANKI to GHOST IN THE CELL to BREEDER to GAUA to MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

We arrive at the penultimate day of the 2026 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, located in the heart of Switzerland, where the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre films has held sway for the past week. Overlooking a beautiful lake, Neuchatel is known as the center of the Swiss watch industry, and is perfect for strolling at a leisurely pace. The festival takes advantage of its setting with time set aside every day for exploring board games and various virtual worlds. Throughout the festival, varied theatrical events have also been staged. Today, for example, is Arts de rue : Réaction en chaîne", which has a very inviting description: "Samuelito creates a whole obstacle course full of twists and turns and adventure to make candy fly...

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New York Asian 2026 Preview: Cacophony of Exciting Films from Asia and Beyond

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:32:07 -0500

The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) and Film at Lincoln Center today unveiled the second wave of programming for its landmark 25th edition, adding more than 40 films to an already wide-ranging lineup, with very special final titles still to come. Running from July 10 to July 26 across five New York venues, including Film at Lincoln Center, SVA Theatre, IFC Center, Anthology Film Archives, and the Korean Cultural Center New York, NYAFF 2026 marks a major milestone for North America’s leading festival of Asian cinema. This year's festival includes Yeon Sangho (Train to Busan)'s Colony as an Opening Night film, Na Hongjin's acclaimed Cannes sensation, Hope, making its North American debut and serving as a Centerpiece film, and closing with Chinese breakout film...

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Now Streaming: THUNDER 3, My Annoying Little Sister Goes Missing

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:02:04 -0500

Don't tell anyone the first episode's secret.

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From MORT UN DIMANCHE DE PLUIE to IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME to LIGHT PILLAR and More

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Plus: 'Match Monde' and 'I Grew an Inch When My Father Died.'

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From EVA to 4 TIGERS to HEYSEL 85 to SHAOLIN SOCCER

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Plus: 'Goal of the Dead' in the open air!

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Japan Cuts 2026 Preview: A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, BURN, GOSH!!, and More

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film returns for its 19th year this summer at Japan Society! Take a closer look at over 30 curated films from across Japan, featuring major award-winners, indie darlings, up-and-coming filmmakers, restorations, documentaries, short films, anime and more. Japan Cuts will present lauded actress Hirose Suzu with the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and host the New York Premiere of A Pale View of Hills, starring Hirose as the Centerpiece Film. The festival will conclude with legendary director Koreeda Hirokazu appearing in-person for the North American Premiere of Sheep in the Box as the Closing Film. The festival runs July 8 through 18. Here are the films I was able to sample in advance:...

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to YOU ARE THE FILM to SACCHARINE to PHI PHONG: THE BLOOD DEMON

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Even though I've not had the pleasure of enjoying Switzerland's premiere genre festival in person, what I love about today's schedule is the variety of events and screenings that are on offer. Wherever your mood takes you, remember: It's just a movie. (Or a board game. Or an immersive experience. Or a fantasy writing workshop.) We've already mentioned some of the free events that can be enjoyed every day during the festival, including board games and an immersive experience revolving around a fantasy-horror comic series. Today, however, we want to highlight the three day Atelier de création fantasy 1, which sounds awesome, because it's a: "Fantasy Writing Workshop. In collaboration with PVH Éditions. "Discover the world of Morceterre, where art is a source of magic,...

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Echoes: Pakistan Has Yet to Build a Strong Animation Industry

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:02:01 -0500

Should I call it unfortunate, lazy, or ignorant of Pakistan that whenever I search for Pakistani animated movies, only four movies are highlighted in the search results?

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Opening This Week: EVIL DEAD BURN Terrifies, THE ISOLATE THIEF Resonates

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Plus: Live-action 'Moana,' inside The Asylum in 'Mockbuster,' 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass' (comedy), 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' (drama), 'Black Chariot' (landmark in Black cinema), 'Crossing' (Chinese war).

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From THE TIN DRUM to RITUAL to MI AMOR to SLEEP NO MORE to BLOOD ON SNOW

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Plus: 'From Dusk Till Dawn.'

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From NADJA to DECORADO to THE FURIOUS to JUMP SCARE

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:02:03 -0500

Plus: 'Alice in Wonderland,' board games, and 'Hotspring Sharkattack 2: Great Kyushu Showdown.'

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: FISH, FISTS AND AMBERGRIS to EVIL DEAD BURN to IKATAN DARAH

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:02:07 -0500

Plus: 'My Daughter Is a Zombie,' 'Logan's Run,' and many more.

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ScreenAnarchy's Top 10 Films Of The First Half Of 2026

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:00:05 -0500

We are halfway through 2026 already, a year which has been shaping up so far as an interesting one to say the least. I have already heard several people say they like the first half of 2026 better than all of 2025. Strong words! And July also means that we can once more make a Top 10 list. This time, 23 of our writers contributed, and they created a huge list of 75 titles. That's the kind of numbers we normally only get at the end of a year! As always, don't take the list too seriously. The choices here are very subjective, and our writers haven't seen all the films in the list (yet). So what does this Top 10 tell you, as a...

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Now Streaming: HUMAN VAPOR Creeps, MOTHRA Rebirths, MAN FINDS TAPE Unsettles

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'X-Men '97'' returns and 'Touch Me' does something I can't talk about here.

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Now Streaming: SILO S3, Getting Back on a Revolutionary Track

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Rebecca Ferguson returns for more underground intrigue in the post-apocalyptic series, while the series also begins telling its origin story.

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Friday One Sheet: MUTINY

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:02:10 -0500

Like Saul Bass did for Hitchcock, design firm BOND does for Statham. Who does not love a long bit of perspective-based text in their movie poster? If only the design did not have the studio mandate to put "From The Director Of" to sully the pure minimalism here, or the courage enough to leave Statham's name from hovering above the Mutiny title card, and let his tiny form hanging off a shipping container do everything that needs to be done for the onlooker. Jason Statham, the last action star who can consistently put out B+ action pictures in the cinema with a full wide release, fighting the good fight in the middle of the ocean, is simply enough here, along with the requisite 'tilt' to...

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Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS to HOKUM

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:02:07 -0500

The Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, hereafter referred to as Neuchatel 2026, is "the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre films," per their official description. "The event is mainly devoted to a specific film genre: fantasy. This main theme is complemented by two others: digital creation and Asian cinema." Now that we've set the table, what is in store for today (Friday, 3 July)? The Asian competition begins with a film that sets a very high bar: Yuen Woo-ping's truly awesome action-adventure Blades of the Guardians, which very much rewards the big-screen experience. Our review by Rino Li began: "Yuen Woo-ping may not be the most prominent director of action films, but he is certainly one of the greatest martial arts directors when it comes...

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Echoes: Zombies Are Just the Beginning: Why Great Writing Is Pakistan's Next Big Challenge

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:02:01 -0500

The recent release of the first-ever Pakistani zombie horror movie, Zombeid (2026), marks a big win for the Pakistani film industry. However, the film has been criticized at length for its shallow story writing and thin, rather basic plot. (Read our review by Simon Ramshaw.) Lollywood is full of films that are mostly released on Eid for commercial premieres, as most of the country's film culture has thrived on box office earnings on Eid. Hence, the stories have been formed that should appeal to families and are deemed age-appropriate for people belonging to all age groups. Movies like Love Guru (2025) and Na-Baligh Afraad (2024) have attracted a significant amount of box office earnings as cinegoers flock to their nearby theaters to have a good...

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Sound And Vision: Yoshihiro Nishimura

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:10 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss two distinct music videos by Yoshihiro Nishimura. Yoshihiro Nishimura passed away a few weeks ago, at age 59. The director of films like Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine Kudoku, Mutant Girl Squad, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl and Hell Driver was also known as a special effects wizard. Often dubbed the Tom Savini of Japan, a typical Nishimura joint is full of surreal and irreverent body horror, gory action, slapsticky humor, and a lot of objectified women in scantily clad attire. Nishimura made two music videos that divide the elements he is most known for between the two. The 50 Kaitenz's Killer (see below)...

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Now Playing: THE INVITE, CAMP, ROMERIA, SUPERGIRL

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The final weekend of June offers the third film by Olivia Wilde, described by our critic as "adult entertainment," an ethereal horror drama by a 'daring new voice' in the indie space, an autobiographical portrait of family origins, and a superhero action-adventure that features "playful nihilism." Neat! I have some serious catching up to do. Yesterday, I watched one of the four new releases, the only one of the four that was playing at my local movie house, and agree completely with our critic's review. And I didn't even realize that "playful nihilism" is a thing! Please see our summary below, with links to our reviews of each film. If you can, get out of the house (or apartment or townhouse or villa) and see...

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Friday One Sheet: KLARA AND THE SUN

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:07:10 -0500

Christian imagery is the theme here for the Columbia Picture adaptation of Kazou Ishiguro's novel, Klara And The Sun. In the dystopian science fiction story, where advances in genetic engineering have divided humans into strict, isolated social classes, an obsolete android ends up with a sick girl for whom she was purchased. The teal and yellow (blue skies ahead) colour palette, along with Jenna Ortega's saintly visage, suggests more optimism than grimness. The halo invokes holiness, divine favour, and the presence of God's grace. The teaser poster below (no credit block, folks) from BLT Communications foregrounds mood and minimalism. With any Ishiguro adaptation marketing attempt (See also: Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go) this is a wise approach, as his work tends...

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Tribeca 2026 Wrap: All Our Reviews, Good and Otherwise

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:02:09 -0500

This year's Tribeca Festival ran from June 3-14. Four of our writers focused on the film element: Dustin Chang, Olga Artemyeva, Daniel Eagan, and Martin Tsai. Here are links to all our reviews: Reviews by Dustin Chang Caity Summer War Reviews by Olga Artemyeva Cotton Fever Turn It Up! The Revisionist Breeder The Haunting of Pennhurst Ponderosa The Leader Iconoclast Hallowarrior Killing Castro Mutter: The Diary of a Mother In the Hand of Dante Only What We Carry Skateboarding Is Not for Girls Labrador - Autopsy of Silence Hollywood Does Abortion Memorizu Reviews by Daniel Eagan Colors of White Rock Crooks Reviews by Martin Tsai Death Boom Dante...

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Echoes: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS One Year Later, Rediscovering Its Shamanic Inspirations

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:02:01 -0500

It's been just over one year since one of Netflix's crowning masterpieces came out on June 20, 2025. I'm talking about KPop Demon Hunters, whose head-banging songs and powerful storyline gripped audiences of all ages and all regions of the world alike. The creator, Maggie Kang, wanted to stay true to her roots, and this is the reason Shamanism, one of the oldest Korean cultural and spiritual traditions, is spotted everywhere in the film. Rumi's the Great Four Together sword, Mira's curved sword called Gok-Do, Zoey's snazzy set of knives, even Derpie the Tiger and Magpie all have symbolic interpretations of their own. Setting the background in the prologue immediately takes viewers into the fantastical premise and couldn't have been better paired with the infectious...

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Opening This Week: THE INVITE, CAMP, ROMERIA, SUPERGIRL

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

What to watch in the wild, wonderful world of genre fare.

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Sound And Vision: Mira Nair

Mon, 22 Jun 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 Young Cardamom & HAB's #1 Spice directed by Mira Nair. This entry of Sound and Vision will win you trivia rounds in very specific film themed pub quizes. It is an amalgam of fun facts that starts with the current mayor of New York. Zohran Mamdani is young, hip and a person who connects to the normal, everyday New Yorker. Fun fact number 1: You might have heard he was a rapper under the moniker Young Cardamom before he became a mayor. But did you also know he had a song in a Disney live-action production? Queen of Katwe is a film about a...

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Friday One Sheet: BONDING

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:30:00 -0500

This fresh, and quite minimalist, poster for Victoria Trofimenko's Bonding, may have the record for the most shovels on a single poster. Hidden agendas and digging are the theme here as three estranged siblings reunite at a remote Colorado ranch. The key art is from Fable, a marketing agency and design house we featured in the past around their collage poster for Neo-Nazi period piece The Order. Going with a distressed orange colour in a nearly monochrome palette, it favours a nice verticals (anchored by the symbolic shovel that both the blade and the handle extending just beyond the fram -- and loads of negative space (you know, for digging). This allows for a lot of text on the right side of the design, including the above...

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THE NEON DEMON Retrospective: Still More Than Skin Deep

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:02:10 -0500

With Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Her Private Hell' heading to movie theaters next month, we look back to his last film.

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Echoes: 12 Wide Releases That Could Define the Second Half of 2026

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Six months down, six to go! The first half of 2026 was full of boundary-pushing blockbusters that changed the way Hollywood filmmakers think of modern audiences. But the year's biggest cinematic swings are still to come as Hollywood gears up for a crowded finish, and expectations have never been higher or even riskier. I have compiled a list of 12 wide-release films that could define the second half of 2026, as did Obsession (2026) and Backrooms (2026) for the first half. Disclosure Day Disclosure Day is a sci-fi thriller directed by Steven Spielberg with Emily Blunt and Josh Connor in the cast. The story follows a contest to publish the government's highly confidential evidence of life beyond Earth that has been hidden for years. The...

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Opening This Week: THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, LEVITICUS, THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Rose of Nevada,' 'Unidentified,' 'Toy Story 5.'

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Sound And Vision: John Carney

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:05 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we discuss two odd music videos by John Carney. John Carney has made a name for himself as a director of films in which music is heavily featured. He broke through with the drama Once, which starred Glen Hansard, lead singer of The Frames, as a busker on the streets of Dublin, who falls in love with a Czech woman who is also a musician (played by Markéta Irglová), in a relationship that centers around music and miscommunication. You see them falling for each other, through playing songs together. Irglová and Hansard had such a natural chemistry, that they later started a relationship for a few...

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Now Playing: THE FURIOUS. And Some Other Movies.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Plus: 'Disclosure Day,' 'Kraken,' 'By Hook or By Crook,' 'The Devil Queen.'

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