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BRING HER BACK Official Teaser: The New Film From TALK TO ME's Danny and Michael Philippou
Moments ago Deadline shared that A24 released the official teaser for Danny and Michael Philippou's sophomore horror feature, Bring Her Back. A24 has dropped a terrifying first trailer for Bring Her Back, announcing that the anticipated sophomore feature of...
DANGEROUS ANIMALS: IFC Films Shudder Acquire Sean Byrne's Sharksploitation-Meets-Serial-Killer Movie
When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
THE ICE TOWER: Lucile Hadžihalilović's Dark Fairy Tale, Starring Marion Cotillard, Acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures
Deadline announced this morning that our friends at Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired all North American rights for Lucile Hadžihalilović’s dark fairy tale The Ice Tower. Set in the 1970s, the picture follows runaway Jeanne) who falls under the...
Berlinale 2025 Review: MICKEY 17, Bong Joon Ho Takes Us to the Stars in Angry and Amusing Sci-fi Comedy
With his latest film, Bong Joon Ho reaches for the stars but what his characters discover in the far reaches of space is just another version of the messed-up world they left behind, a world Bong has laid bare for...
Sundance 2025 Review: In GEN_, Doctor Fights for Equitable Healthcare
Gianluca Matarrese's documentary offers an emphatic exploration of the delicate balance between personal aspirations and systemic limitations, as seen through the humanistic lens of Dr. Maurizio Bini within Italy's conservative healthcare system.
Sundance 2025 Review: LOVE, BROOKLYN, Performance-Led Romantic Triangle Engages, Enthralls, Entertains
A catch-all phrase popularized over a decade ago by Meta (formerly Facebook), “It’s complicated,” meant to describe romantic relationships that didn’t fall into one particular category or another, finds its clearest, nearest, and obviously it’s most recent application in director...
TRAUMNOVELLE Trailer: Black Mandala Adds Erotic Thriller to EFM Slate
Our friends at Black Mandala have added Florian Frerichs' erotic thriller Traumnovelle to their EFM lineup this year. The thriller is loosely based off of Austrian writer Arthur Schnitsler's novella, Dream Story, the same novella that gave inspiration to Stanley...
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Trailer: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey And Mahershala Ali Star in The Gareth Edwards Movie
The race for your Summer movie budget is officially on. A day after a certain brand's superhero family was unvealed in retro-futuristic fashion the truly retro daddies have something to say. Cue the seasonal dino rampage that is Jurassic World...
Rotterdam 2025 Reviews: THE TREE OF AUTHENTICITY And THE GREAT HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY, From Congo And Mexico
The IFFR Tiger Competition has a long tradition of narrative and also more experimental films. The following two films belong to the latter category. The Congolese film The Tree of Authenticity (L'Arbre de l'authenticité) from 2025 and the Mexican The...
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) Review: Sly Stone Doc Enlightens, Entertains
Win on Academy Award on your first try and chances are, you’d be tempted to quit while you were ahead. For Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, however, winning a Best Documentary Oscar for Summer of Soul four years ago made a...
THE NIGHT HOUSE: Aaron Paul And Jacob Tremblay Join Adaptation of Jo Nesbo's Psychological Horror
Aaron Paul and Jacob Tremblay will join the psychological horror The Night House this Summer. The film is an adaptation of Jo Nesbo's novel by the same name and will be directed by Jesper Ganslandt. In the wake of...
BARRON'S COVE: Well Go USA Acquires Kidnapping Thriller, Plans For Summer Release
Those fine folks down at Well Go USA have sent out word that they've recently acquired the kidnapping thriller, Barron's Cove. After his son is tragically killed, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible,...
Sound And Vision: Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Alphaville's Middle of the Riddle, directed by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein. The case of Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein's music video...
Sundance 2025 Review: REBUILDING, Loss, Grief, and Rediscovering Family
Despite the contrarian, anti-science protestations of some on the right, climate change is real. The effects thereof have been and will be felt in the years to come, including extreme weather events, such as the recent devastating wildfires that tore...
THE LOST DAUGHTER: Vertical Acquires U.S. Rights to Fantasy Thriller
Vertical has announced that they have acquired the U.S. rights to the fantasy thriller The Lost Daughter, from writer-director duo Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes (Lord Jones is Dead). The film was an adaptation of a Scottish play called Mary...
BLACK PANTHERS OF WWII: War Action Film in Theaters And On Demand Today
As WWII reaches its turning point, the 761st Tank Battalion, a majority-African American unit known as the Black Panthers, must fight to stop Germany’s advance during the Battle of the Bulge. The fate of the free world is in their...
Sundance 2025 Review: THE UGLY STEPSISTER, Grim, Grotesque, Gory Take on Grimm's Folktale
There’s a startlingly disturbing moment in Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt’s brilliantly inverted fairy/folk tale, The Ugly Stepsister (orig. Den stygge stesøsteren), where the unfortunate title character, Elvira (Lea Myren), the dutiful daughter of a penniless social climber, undergoes an 18th century...
Rotterdam 2025 Review: TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS Sees Toshiaki Toyoda Play the Hits
In the Q&A after Transcending Dimensions, Toyoda mentioned that this might be his last feature film, as he felt like he transcended himself with this film. What does a transcendent Toyoda-film look like? As usually loud, violent and surreal,...
Sundance 2025 Review: JIMPA, Generational Queer Drama Elevated By Authentic, Heartfelt Performances
With a career spanning six decades, two centuries, and more accolades than could fit in a single review, John Lithgow could have retired long ago to bask in much deserved critical acclaim and popular consideration. Even as he approaches...
Sundance 2025 Review: SPEAK, Heartfelt, Hopeful, Uplifting Doc
Every year, approximately 6,700 high-school students from 1,500 schools around the country participate in the National Speech and Debate Tournament (NSDT) in 42 distinct categories. Chief among them is the Original Oratory category, the subject of the captivating documentary...
Sundance 2025 Review: OMAHA, Poignant Character- and Performance-Driven Family Drama
For the disheveled, unnamed father (John Magaro, September 5, Past Lives, First Cow) in first-time feature-length director Cole Webley and writer Robert Machoian’s (The Killing of Two Lovers) poignant family drama, Omaha, a new dawn brings a new, ominous day....
LOVE HURTS Interview: Director Jonathan Eusebio Talks Designing Action, Working With Actors, Balance Between Violence and Humor
A mild-mannered Milwaukee realtor finds himself in the middle of a drug war in Love Hurts, an action comedy starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana deBose, and Daniel Wu. It's the debut feature by director Jonathan Eusebio, a longtime stunt choreographer...
Sundance 2025 Review: THE THINGS YOU KILL, A Professor, the Patriarchy, and a Psychological Breakdown
Ali (Ekin Koç), the professor-protagonist in Iranian-born, Canada-residing writer-director Alireza Khatami’s (Terrestrial Verses, Oblivion Verses) perception- and consciousness-bending film, The Things You Kill, suffers from a debilitating existential/spiritual crisis. After returning to Turkey after more than a decade in...
Sundance 2025 Review: OBEX, Oddball Lo-Fi Sci-Fi/Fantasy Redefines Vibe Flick
Writer-director Albert Birney’s (Strawberry Mansion, Tux and Fanny, Sylvio) latest film, OBEX, an almost non-categorizable sci-fi/fantasy/comedy-drama, stands out as a vibe film through and through. If you’re on OBEX’s wavelength or frequency, i.e., attuned to its oddball charms, quirky humor,...
Friday One Sheet: THE NIGHT IS DARK AND COLDER THAN THE DAY
Here is a beautiful use of text and negative space, from IFFR, The International Film Festival Rotterdam in south Holland. Christina Friedrich's film may have a lengthy, and debatably cumbersome title, The Night Is Dark And Colder Than The Day,...
BLOOD IN THEM HILLS Trailer Debut: Indie Horror Western on Digital and On Demand This Month
A bank robber, A Civil War doctor, a Midwife with a rifle, and a baby are trapped on cursed land, locked in a game of survival against hungry Cannibals, a murderous Outlaw Gang, and the ancient curse of an Apache Demon.