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DEEP BLUE SEA Resurfaces with Killer 4K UHD Release from Arrow
Some people love to say that physical media is dying, but those people are toxic and should be cut out of your life. Physical media is more awesome than ever, and we're here to celebrate the new 4K UHDs, Blu-rays,...
Preview: Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025
This year, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, running from March 6 to March 16, celebrates its 30th year at Film at Lincoln Center, NYC. This celebrated festival offers a dynamic showcase of contemporary French filmmaking, featuring an array of 23 films...
Two Action/Sci-fi "Classics" From 1995 Make Their Triumphant Return on 4K UHD
Some people love to say that physical media is dying, but those people are toxic and should be cut out of your life. Physical media is more awesome than ever, and we're here to celebrate the new 4K UHDs, Blu-rays,...
Rotterdam 2025: What The Audiences Liked Best
Three weeks ago, Rotterdam wrapped up its International Film Festival, and a few days after that they published the final results of their audience ratings, which is always a highlight for me. As the saying goes, everybody is a critic,...
Friday One Sheet: TODO LO QUE NO SÉ
Typography so interesting that the lead character cannot help but stare at it. The warm, creamy key art for Ana Lambarri's Todo lo que no sé (translation: Everything I Don't Know) is from Spanish designer Octavio Terol Bernabé. It checks a lot of...
Corey Yuen's Underseen WOMEN ON THE RUN Is New to Blu from Vinegar Syndrome
Corey Yuen, Billy Tang, and more see new releases from Vinegar Syndrome Archive!
Now Streaming: Takeshi Kitano's BROKEN RAGE, Robert De Niro's ZERO DAY
Plus: 'Reacher' and 'Surface' return, 'Watchmen: Chapter II' comes home again.
Friday One Sheet: UNDER THE BURNING SUN
Warm and desolate at the same time, Yun Xie's tight 75 minute science fiction picture, Under The Burning Sun is a road trip across the desert; a journey to an uncertain freedom by a solitary pregnant woman. The key art may...
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...
Friday One Sheet: Calgary Underground 2025
"Lowbrow maximalist illustrations brimming with thoughtful puns, juicy buns, and innuendo." This is how illustrator Hamburger Hands (aka Kyle Schneider) describes his work, here for the 22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival, and its key art. It is an ode to Underground Comix...
Berlinale 2025 Preview: Richard Linklater, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Radu Jude, Hong Sangsoo, Gabriel Mascaro
The 2025 Berlinale Film Festival marks a new chapter in its storied history, debuting under the artistic leadership of Tricia Tuttle with a line-up that seeks to embrace audience friendly world cinema.
Sound And Vision: Amanda Kramer
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Amanda Kramer's music videos for Magdalena Bay. Amanda Kramer's films never clicked for me. They should be right up my alley,...
Now Streaming: THE ÅRE MURDERS Get Chilly, COMMON SIDE EFFECTS Get Weird
Plus: 'Invincible' returns, 'The Eastern Gate' opens, 'Love You to Death' mocks.
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,...
Sundance 2025 Reviews: What We Saw, Liked and Loved
Updated 2/17/25. On January 23, 2025, the center of our genre-film loving world moved to Park City, Utah, US, where the Sundance Film Festival unveiled a broad and diverse selection of films. Our own Mel Valentin attended the festival in...
Now Streaming: THE CALENDAR KILLER, PARADISE, YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
Plus: 'The Recruit' and 'School Spirits' return, to varying effect.
Friday One Sheet: I LOVE YOU FOREVER
For Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani's anti RomCom, I Love You Forever, the key art is all about the blank white wall. I know I have been going on for some time about the death of movie credit blocks on...
On David Lynch
It's not often that the team at ScreenAnarchy feels a loss like we have with David Lynch. And we're not alone; since last Thursday, I've seen an outpouring of love, sadness, and remembering that I've not seen the like...
Now Streaming: THE NIGHT AGENT S2, SATURDAY NIGHT, SAKAMOTO DAYS
Plus: 'SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night' on Peacock TV, 'Babanba Banban Vampire' and 'Castlevania: Nocturne' on Netflix.
Friday One Sheet: THE RULE OF JENNY PEN
Giving off a serious Greek Tragedy aesthetic, the key art for James Ashcroft's psychological thriller, The Rule of Janny Pen, leans into hollowed eyes, textured porcelain, and creepy doll vibes. There is a kind of shadowy minimalism going on here,...