ScreenAnarchy: Features

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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Friday One Sheet: NIGHT NURSE

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

Is the erotic thriller back? Sundance entry Night Nurse makes a solid case for the return of a genre that peaked (peeked? piqued?) in the 1990s and then quietly disappeared over the past two and a half decades. The key art is dark and moody, a play of shadow and light that would make any neo-noir (another genre that was on the rise at the end of the last century) proud. The perfect jaw line, the full lips, and bakelite phone, all harken back to feel just a bit retro, while still evoking the image sharpness of modern filmmaking. And that proud chin is doing yeoman's work in the darkness here, allowing for the perfect spot to house all the text of the poster, in...

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Echoes: With BACKROOMS and OBSESSION, The Internet Is Literally Bleeding into Real Life

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:02:01 -0500

The way Hollywood is taking shape these days is getting pretty trippy. Only two highlighted trends are in view at the moment: the interminably divisive debate over AI and the two buzziest internet-borne movies taking over modern audiences. Hollywood is confronting its traditional ways of filmmaking, injecting fresh steroids to please the cinegoers. Backrooms and Obsession come from two internet-based filmmakers. Backrooms is brought by Kane Parsons, whose viral horror shorts on YouTube became a sensation within days. A then 16-year-old YouTuber is now the youngest filmmaker ever to make a movie for A24. And of course, the familiarity and nostalgia factors mostly win! Similarly, Obsession is directed by Curry Barker, who is best known for his sketch-comedy YouTube channel. The reason it became an...

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Opening This Week: THE FURIOUS Fight Against Kidnappers, DISCLOSURE DAY Reveals We Are Not Alone, KRAKEN Brings a Norwegian Monster

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'By Hook or By Crook' and 'The Devil Queen' return to movie theaters.

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Now Playing: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Nostalgic Action Comedy, POWER BALLAD Bonds Over Music

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:07:01 -0500

Plus: 'Another World,' 'Carolina Caroline,' 'Chum,' 'Jinsei,' 'The Little Sister,' 'Scary Movie,' 'Tracy & Martina: Goin' Out West,' 'Underland,' 'Zombeid.'

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Friday One Sheet: ONSLAUGHT

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:32:11 -0500

If Jean-Luc Godard said, about making movies, “All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun,” then this poster check the boxes neatly. For years, poster and DVD sleeve designers have reduced J-CG's commentary even further to, "All you need is to display a gun." (And two guns are even better, but I digress.) Onslaught may a kind of spiritual sequel to director Adam Wingard's The Guest, and it brings back Dan Stevens for another round, if only featured in as shadow here in this design. It's a wonderful use of the cream coloured siding, as a kind of dual negative space. Both the openness and the villain is is contrast to star Adria Arjona in black interiors, framed by the window...

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Now Streaming: THE ICE TOWER Rules, PILLION Romances

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Hoppers' gets environmental.

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Tribeca 2026: Kicking Off

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Kicking off its 25th edition tonight, Tribeca Festival, held in the city so nice they named it twice, features more than 100 films, most of them world premieres. Several of our contributing writers will be on the ground, and a couple more will be covering the festival remotely, so look for their reviews in the coming days. You could go by the Watch Guides put together by the festival's editors, which provide a robust combination of themed selections. From my perspective as managing editor of a site that focuses primarily on genre films, here in the gallery are nine films that stood out to me, though half the fun of a festival like Tribeca is the surprises that rise up and smack you in the...

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Opening This Week: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Roar, POWER BALLAD Sings, CAROLINA CAROLINE Steals

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Underland,' 'Another World,' 'Chum,' 'Jinsei,' 'The Little Sister.'

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Sound And Vision: Hiro Murai

Mon, 01 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 several music videos by Hiro Murai. There was a time where it looked like Hiro Murai was losing some of his edge, becoming a more generic music video director, with music videos like B.O.B-'s Airplanes, Usher's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love and Enrique Iglesias' Heartbeat, all of which sanded of Murai's more interesting edges, while keeping some of his main themes intact: all are glitzy explorations in which the lead singer manipulates the shadows and lights in his environment, shaping the world to their hand, becoming one with light and shadow, quite explicitly even in Heartbeat. This has been a theme since Murai's...

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Now Streaming: SCREAM 7 Sequels, DEAD MAN'S WIRE Real-Life Tension, THE MOMENT Pops

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Plus: Joko Anwar presents 'Smothered,' Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling 'Strange Days' and John Travolta's family-friendly 'Propellor One-Way Night Coach.'

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Now Playing: BACKROOMS Creeps, PRESSURE Salutes, THE CURRENTS Respects and Rewards

Fri, 29 May 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Plus: 'Forastera,' 'Pitfall,' 'With Hasan, in Gaza,' and 'Speed Demon.'

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Friday One Sheet: THE FURIOUS

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:45:09 -0500

Today we have a rather abstract poster from Vietnam-based visual artist Khang Giate for the forthcoming mega-action picture The Furious. Given the 'dog-pile' martial arts style practically pioneered by this film (it is indeed something to behold) this poster does a bang-up job of offering a taste, here hand-drawn and garnished with plenty of the red stuff. The title is oozing it. Props for the "the" tucked in the space of the R in the title card here, to keep it visually to a single word. The background is unusually geometric, like impact-cracked pains of panes of glass. Foregrounded is a very angry fellow, wielding a hammer with intent. The knives and limbs and faces below mean business as well. The Furious is a no-nonsense kind of action...

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Now Streaming: MY TWO CENTS, MURDER MINDFULLY, THE FOUR SEASONS Take Aim at Comedy Around the World

Thu, 28 May 2026 15:37:03 -0500

Quick thoughts on 3 new series -- animated Italian, and live-action German and U.S. -- all debuting on Netflix.

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Echoes: 2026 Might Be the Biggest Movie Year in a Decade. Or a Nasty Face-Plant.

Tue, 26 May 2026 01:02:01 -0500

For the first time in years, 2026 could prove to be electrifying. The three major franchise empires are at war as they are trying to redefine themselves, especially with new DC Studios co-heads, Peter Safran and James Gunn. It's getting crazy among DC Studios, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm. Worldwide, modern audiences have fallen victim to so-called fast content -- hello, TikTok! -- and their attention spans are smashed. It is much more challenging for major studios to keep them hooked and give them something show-stopping to buy the tickets. Promotional materials need to wow viewers, so that they rush to theaters. Then the film needs to be emotionally authentic, so as to hit them in their gut. Studios are now on a hamster wheel of...

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Opening This Week: BACKROOMS Liminal Horror, PRESSURE Wartime Tension, THE CURRENTS Psychological Mystery

Mon, 25 May 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Forastera,' 'Pitfall,' 'With Hasan in Gaza,' 'Speed Demon.'

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Sound And Vision: Timur Bekmambetov

Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:04 -0500

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we take a look at several music videos directed by Timur Bekmambetov. I rarely discuss tie-in music videos, music videos that are made to accompany a feature. Not because I am against them, but because I think the main reason for the existence of the Sound and Vision is the disparity between a filmmaker's output in music videos and features. If a music video is already tied into a feature, there is not much more for me to say or compare. Rarely is there something interesting to add. Enter Timur Bekmambetov. He made many music videos early in his career, mostly for the singer Chicherina....

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Now Streaming: JACK RYAN: GHOST WAR, THE BRIDE!, THIS IS NOT A TEST

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'Ladies First,' and a Quentin Tarantino double-bill with 'True Romance' and 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.'

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Now Playing: SACCHARINE Hunger Horror, TUNER Crime Drama, PASSENGER Stalker Thriller

Fri, 22 May 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Plus: 'I Love Boosters,' 'Sick Puppy,' 'The Blood Moon Feast 8,' and ''Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.'

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Echoes: How Laika Studios Beat Hollywood Giants

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:02:01 -0500

Allow me to take you into a bewitching world of animation styled by Laika. Laika is known for visually satisfying aesthetics with soft and comforting hues that haven't been witnessed in any other animated films produced by several other studios. I am talking about the award-winning Laika Studios that gave us ParaNorman (2012), Coraline (2009), and Kubo and the Two Strings (2016). Its latest, Wildwood, is breaking records with its teaser trailer views reaching up to 85M views, even more than Dune 3 and The Odyssey views combined! Wildwood is an adaptation of a children's fantasy novel written by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists and illustrated by Carson Ellis, first published in 2011. Located in Portland, Oregon, U.S., Laika's journey started 21 years ago and...

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Opening This Week: SACCHARINE Gets Hungry, TUNER Commits Crime, PASSENGER Stalks Relentlessly

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: 'I Love Boosters,' 'Sick Puppy,' 'Blood Meat Feast 8,' 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.'

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