Stars: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams | Written and Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Collectively known as the Adams Family, John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser have repeatedly asserted themselves as magnificent creatives within independent cinema. Following impressive works such as Hellbender and The Deeper You Dig, the […]
Stars: Alexandra McVicker, Avalon Fast, Charlotte Chimes, Jordan Dulieu, Scott Major | Written by Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson | Directed by Alice Maio Mackay Ever since the release of her first film, 2021’s So Vam, co-writer/director Alice Maio Mackay has established herself as an exciting young filmmaker. The past four years have seen her […]
Stars: Freddy Singh, Julie Abrahamsen, Louise Waage Anda, Viggo Solomon, Halfdan Hallseth | Written by Freddy Singh, Viljar Bøe | Directed by Viljar Bøe I have actually read a bit about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) before, and this is the main subject of Above the Knee. BIIDis when somebody’s perception or mental image of […]
Stars: Brindisi Capri, Lara Pictet, Marcus Woods, Mary Montoya, Hans Heilmann, Rynn Reigns | Written and Directed by Seth Daly From first-time writer and director Seth Daly, The Rows opens with a young girl, approximately eight or nine years old, waking up in a cornfield, unsure of how she got there and why she is there. […]
Stars: Cassandra Naud, Lisa Delamar, Georgina Campbell, Emily Tennant, Jonathan Whitesell | Written and Directed by Kurtis David Harder 2022’s Influencer was an example of not judging a book by its cover, as the title and premise made it seem like another disposable straight-to-streaming feature. Luckily, writer/director Kurtis David Harder delivered a surprise hit that […]
Stars: Dakota Gorman, Todd Terry, Jordan Mullins, Liz Atwater, James Austin Johnson | Written and Directed by Brock Bodell Making his feature debut, writer/director Brock Bodell opens Hellcat with a shot outside of a camper trailer. Raised voices are heard as a woman refuses to return inside of the vehicle, but this opening does not […]
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, Luisa Guerreiro, David Yow, Julia Davis, Spencer Wilding | Written by Macon Blair, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter | Directed by Macon Blair Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger is finally here, and it arrives as an unapologetically grotesque yet oddly moving revival of one of […]
Stars: Rose Deghan, Chloë MacLeod, Victoria Wardell, Talisa Mae Stewart, Ashkan Nejati, Maryam Sadeghi | Written and Directed by Ava Maria Safai In the opening moments, writer/director Ava Maria Safai effectively establishes the 2004 setting of her feature debut, Foreigner. This is achieved through a retro-looking advertisement recorded on videotape, as the grainy ad for […]
Stars: Jonathan Lambert, Élodie Navarre, Elliot Jenicot, Remy Adriaens | Written by David Neiss | Directed by Grégory Morin With a career in making short films, director Grégory Morin makes his feature debut with Flush, a story set entirely within a single location. This set-up is an effective way to showcase filmmaking prowess within a […]
Stars: Kit Land, Vince Benvenuto, Russ Russo, Abria Jackson, Gigi Gustin, John Schaub, Caitlin Borek, Davon McClinton | Written by Illya Konstantin, Christopher Lang | Directed by Illya Konstantin “I don’t feel a thing!” Ambitiously, Night of Violence opens with a bizarre triplet of occurrences: one office employee, Elliot (Kit Land), doing his best sweaty […]
Stars: Pete Davidson, John Glover, Mary Beth Peil, Bruce Altman, Ethan Phillips, Jessica Hecht, Victor Williams | Written by James DeMonaco, Adam Cantor | Directed by James DeMonaco While he has been working since the mid-90s, with his first credit being for co-writing Francis Ford Coppola’s Jack, writer/director James DeMonaco is best known for creating […]
Stars: Chloë Levine, Will Peltz, Gillian White, Peter Vack, Johnathon Schaech, Grace Van Dien | Written and Directed by Racheal Cain Somnium is the first feature from writer/director Racheal Cain after a trio of shorts, Everything Beautiful, The Clancy Family Funeral Home and Roaddog. It’s a film about dreams, both literal and figurative, following Gemma […]
Stars: Luke Baines, Gwen Van Dam, Tatjana Marjanovic, Audrey Neal, Gabriella Westwood, Erik Fellows | Written by Michael Caissie, Alexander Nistratov | Directed by Michael Caissie Directed and co-written by Michael Cassie, No Tears in Hell is a bleak and unsettling true-crime inspired horror thriller that delves into the disturbing psychology of a killer while […]
Stars: Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Luca Pasqualino, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Danica Davis, Trevor Eve, Rhona Mitra | Written by Tasha Huo, Roy Thomas | Directed by M.J. Bassett After years adrift in development limbo, Red Sonja has finally hacked and slashed its way to the screen under the direction of […]
Jurassic World: Rebirth is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp. It takes place three years after Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and is the fourth Jurassic World film as well as the seventh instalment overall in the Jurassic Park franchise. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala […]
Stars: Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham | Written by Akiva Goldsman | Directed by Stephen Hopkins Irwin Allen, the American film and television producer and director, was responsible for many great films and TV shows. I always loved The Time Tunnel and The Poseidon Adventure. But in 1965 he took […]
Stars: Kees Brusse, Monique van de Ven, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Diana Dobbelman, Dora van der Groen, Harcourt Curacao, Frank Davelaar | Written by Charles Gormley, Jan Verstappen, Harrie Verstappen | Directed by Wim Verstappen Wim Verstappen was a Dutch producer and director. In 1967, he started Scorpio Films, and among the productions he created during […]
Produced by Aturn Films and Television Bandits, directed by Kris Smith and co-written by Kris Smith and Joseph Betts, Diamond Dogs stars Nick Elliott, Andy Blithe, and Steve Knight and tells the story of a career jewel thief (Nick Elliott) who joins up with a retired criminal (Andy Blithe) to recruit a gang of associates […]
Stars: Brendan Sexton III, Dominique Swain, DMX, Steve Stanulis, Jack Scalia, James Russo, Dan Zagarino, Aly Mang | Written by John Bianco | Directed by Steve Stanulis Confessions of a Serial Killer, aka Chronicle of a Serial Killer, written by John Bianco and directed by Steve Stanulis, is a gritty dive into the disturbed psyche of […]
Stars: Sarah Alexandra Marks, Louis James, David Wayman, Joseph Milson, Ella Starbuck, Tiffany Hannam-Daniels, Einar Haraldsson | Written by Tom Boyle | Directed by Howard J. Ford Howard J. Ford has quietly become one of the UK’s most consistently engaging genre filmmakers, delivering low-budget projects that often look and feel far bigger than their modest means. […]
Stars: Fred Williams, Jack Taylor, Ewa Strömberg, Roberto Camardiel, Siegfried Lowitz, Gustavo Re, Eva Garden | Written by Jess Franco, Artur Brauner, Arne Elsholtz | Directed by Jess Franco In 1921 Norbert Jacques created a nefarious literary supervillain named Dr. Mabuse. Dr. Mabuse was a master of disguise and telepathic hypnosis. In his adventures, he […]
Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune | Written by Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto | Directed by Akira Kurosawa Few films wear the label “classic” as confidently as Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 film The Hidden Fortress, and the arrival of a pristine new 4K restoration offers a reminder […]
