Bound by blood: Josef Embring and Philip Sterner’s short film LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? (Sådan Far, Sådan Son?, 2026) "sees bickering male kin on an alcohol-fuelled journey down the same dark road". Available to stream in Online Short Showcase 1 at #PanicFest2026
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Nope. Like his film, though.
when, through sheer ubiquity, AI’s uncanny value ceases to appear uncanny, and it is the rare meat-based stuff that stands out and gives a frisson
Drop some KITCHENS 🔪⏲️🖤🍽️🥢
The effective federal corporate income tax rate:
1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.
OMG WE HAVE A BOOK COVER FOR MY *checks notes* ELEVENTH BOOK OF FILM CRIT, WHICH TAKES ME BACK TO MY ROOTS IN BOTH MUSIC JOURNALISM AND SEEDY MISPENT GOTH YOUTH!
Amour f(o)u: in Zoe Berriatúa’s dark post-romantic multi-cultural comedy FREE BUFFET (Buffet libre, 2026), "a middle-aged couple cannibalises fellow marketeers for Chinese cuisine". Screens 8.45pm tonight at #PanicFest2026. projectedfigures.com/2026/04/14/f...
AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE re-screens 8.30pm tonight at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social
AFFECTION re-screens 7pm tonight at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social
F for Found Footage: Adrian Țofei’s sort-of sequel WE PUT THE WORLD TO SLEEP (2025) "is a metafictive poioumenon that disappears (twice!) down its own rabbit-hole, and contains its own self-critique." Screens 6pm today at #PanicFest2026. Review spoilerish. projectedfigures.com/2025/10/19/w...
"knowing trash of the most impressively confounding kind, recalling not just the serial sensationalism of Feuillade but also the early, paranoia-inducing gialli of Dario Argento": Georges Franju's NUITS ROUGES (1974) screens 4pm/7pm today at L'Alliance New York. projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/j...
"In this satirical body horror, a Los Angeles woman’s eating disorder births a monstrous, all-consuming doppelgänger": Nathan Hertz's THINESTRA (2025) is now streaming in US via Breaking Glass Pictures. Review for @dmovies.bsky.social dmovies.org/2025/06/22/t...
"a traumatised teen must contend with her returning history": Brittney Greer’s self-conscious calendar slasher HAPPY HALLOWEEN (2024) is on US digital platforms from today via Uncork'd Entertainment. projectedfigures.com/2024/08/22/h...
Chronicles of a death foretold: Nicolas Roeg's grief-haunted tale of off-season Venetian visions DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) can be streamed on @studiocanal.co.uk Plus. One of the all-time greatest. projectedfigures.com/2015/04/29/d...
great!
(shit)
Is he dead yet?
(and an assumption, not always validated of course, that in art everything has its place)
One of the missing lines was subtitled in the trailer (I checked), and was absolutely key to the film (I even quoted it in my review). You're right, though: the rest was mere extrapolation on my part.
"Redemption? Sure. But in the end, he's just another dead rat in a garbage pail behind a Chinese restaurant."
still looking forward to his departure
tfw you're watching a subtitled films, but the subtitles are not always there for the dialogue, and you don't speak Chinese, and lines are important...
he won't even have to turn up, or do anything in his constituents' interests
post from Barack Obama: “The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people – and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.”
both a great leader, and a spectacularly classy troll
yes, nice one
Forced perspectives: James Ross II’s horror noire debut feature PARASOMNIA (2025) “uses night terrors and repressed traumas to mask a horrifying truth”. Screens 8.30pm today at #PanicFest2026, and re-screens 9pm at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social. projectedfigures.com/2025/08/22/p...
wide shot of a woman standing in the dark by a parked police car, facing a misty desert cabin
Girls just want to have fun: Donnie Hobbie’s Seventies/Nineties-inflected feature debut JUMP SCARE (2025) "sees a heavy metal band drawn into a cannibalised horror scenario". Available to stream virtually from 7pm today at Panic Fest #PanicFest2026 projectedfigures.com/2026/04/12/j...
NEVER AFTER DARK re-screens 7pm tonight at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social
wide shot of a female figure, running along a road at night and silhouetted by the headlights of a car behind her
It's all in the trailer: in writer/director Brock Bodell’s feature debut HELLCAT (2025), "damaged, lost souls must navigate the power of grief both to trap, and to transform." Screens 6.30pm at Panic Fest #PanicFest2026. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hell...
A sylvan tale of two families: James Kondelik’s survival slasher PITFALL (2025) "makes damaged siblings the most dangerous game of an equally damaged hunter". Available to stream virtually from 6pm today at Panic Fest #PanicFest2026 projectedfigures.com/2026/04/12/p...
Is he dead yet?