Echoes: As Global Studios Continue to Dominate at CinemaCon 2026, Where Do Mid-Budget Films Fit? It is a paradox in itself: on one hand, we have seen the biggest titles fall under Warner Bros.' distribution wing at CinemaCon 2026, and on the other hand, we have seen several smaller players step i...

Echoes: As Global Studios Continue to Dominate at CinemaCon 2026, Where Do Mid-Budget Films Fit?

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THE FORBIDDEN CITY's Wildly Entertaining and Affecting Thrills Come Home on 4K UHD Well Go USA brings three new genre films to home video.

THE FORBIDDEN CITY's Wildly Entertaining and Affecting Thrills Come Home on 4K UHD

Well Go USA brings three new genre films to home video.

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KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling 6-Film Career The Japanese actress' transition behind the camera is explored in a new Eclipse series boxed set from The Criterion Collection.

KINUYO TANAKA DIRECTS Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling 6-Film Career

The Japanese actress’ transition behind the camera is explored in a new Eclipse series boxed set from The Criterion Collection.

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Opening This Week: OVER YOUR DEAD BODY Couple Trouble, FUZE Heist Thrills, OMAHA Grounded Plus: 'Two Women,' 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers,' 'Mistura,' and 'Buffet Infinity.'

Opening This Week: OVER YOUR DEAD BODY Couple Trouble, FUZE Heist Thrills, OMAHA Grounded

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Beyond Fest Chicago Video Interview: Meiko Kaji, The Legendary Lady Snowblood Herself Beyond Fest’s first year here in Chicago went off without a hitch.     Sold out screenings brought huge crowds and created instant community amongst Music Box Theater regulars, industr...

Beyond Fest Chicago Video Interview: Meiko Kaji, The Legendary Lady Snowblood Herself

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Sound And Vision: Cory McAbee In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at selected music videos by Cory McAbee. Cory McAbee is a conundrum, both as an artist a...

Sound And Vision: Cory McAbee

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BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Review: Yuen Woo-ping Roams His Gallant Martial World with an Ensemble Cast A constellation of Chinese martial arts stars shines in this epic historical action film, including Wu Jing, Jet Li, Nicholas Tse, among others.

BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Review: Yuen Woo-ping Roams His Gallant Martial World with an Ensemble Cast

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Now Streaming: DUST BUNNY and NIGHT PATROL Lead the Way Plus: '180,' 'Verganza,' 'Margo's Got Money Troubles,' 'The Dark Wizard,' and new 'Beef.'

Now Streaming: DUST BUNNY and NIGHT PATROL Lead the Way

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Now Playing: Ben Wheatley's NORMAL, LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Plus: 'Erupcja,' 'Marama,' 'Mile End Kicks,' 'Amrun,' 'Ballistic,' 'Mother Mary,' 'Mad Bills to Pay,' ''The Whistler,' 'Blue Heron.'

Now Playing: Ben Wheatley's NORMAL, LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY

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Friday One Sheet: KINDERGARTEN The poster for this Quebec observational documentary on early childhood, through the titular jardin d'enfants (kindergarden), has at its centre a whimsical, but dense, illustration from Franc...

Friday One Sheet: KINDERGARTEN

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Fantaspoa 2026 Review: IAI About twenty-five years ago, Japan's special kind of horror suddenly spread over the world like a virus. This horror had none of the fun exuberance of slashers, none of the tongue-in-cheek references ...

Fantaspoa 2026 Review: IAI

Sakai Zenzo's J-horror looks like a gentle drama at first, but rest assured it isn't.

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STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU: Final Trailer & Poster Arrive The final trailer for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu arrived today. It was screened first at CinemaCon, in front of attendees and exhibitors, along with the first 17 minutes of the movie, w...

STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU: Final Trailer & Poster Arrive

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Overlook 2026 Awards: OBSESSION, THE FURIOUS And NEVER AFTER DARK Among Winners As quickly as it arrived Overlook has surrendered itself to the night in New Orleans. The festivities have wrapped up and it is time for the award winners to be announced.

Overlook 2026 Awards: OBSESSION, THE FURIOUS And NEVER AFTER DARK Among Winners

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LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Review: An Old Monster, A New Nightmare, Courtesy of James Wan and Jason Blum Universal’s once hyped, subsequently derided “Dark Universe,” a misguided attempt to create a Marvel-style shared universe featuring newly imagined incarnations of the studio’s...

LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Review: An Old Monster, A New Nightmare, Courtesy of James Wan and Jason Blum

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SPEED DEMON: This Train is Going to Hell, But Not if This Nun Has Anything to Say About it Aboard a high-speed train, a Nun who lost her faith must perform her first Exorcism on a possessed passenger hellbent on crashing the runaway train.

SPEED DEMON: This Train is Going to Hell, But Not if This Nun Has Anything to Say About it

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Criterion in July 2026: CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE CRYING GAME, Mike Mills Trilogy Plus: 'The Elephant Man,' 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' 'Hud,' 'The Love That Remains.'

Criterion in July 2026: CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE CRYING GAME, Mike Mills Trilogy

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THE AWAKENING (El Despertar): The Posthumous Work of Director Jaime Osorio Marquez to Premiere at Guadalajara An elite military unit is deployed to the jungle to eliminate a strategic target; however, the mission takes a dark turn as the soldiers face supernatural forces that force them into a desperate figh...

THE AWAKENING (El Despertar): The Posthumous Work of Director Jaime Osorio Marquez to Premiere at Guadalajara

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Calgary Underground 2026: Curtain Raiser Growing considerably over the last five years, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) has been continuing its mission as a fan-focused festival. Simultaneously, it has steadily increased th...

Calgary Underground 2026: Curtain Raiser

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AMRUN Review: Austere and Solitary Observer with Confused Psyche Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Lisa Hagmeister, and Kian Köppke star in this historical drama.

AMRUN Review: Austere and Solitary Observer with Confused Psyche

Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Lisa Hagmeister, and Kian Köppke star in this historical drama.

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Spectacular Optical Launches Indie Film Label with MELODY, A YEAR IN A FIELD, and More I keep hearing rumours of a renaissance of physical media and in-person creative events, and as one who keeps buying books, cd's, blu-rays, etc., I for one welcome such as renaissance. We're i...

Spectacular Optical Launches Indie Film Label with MELODY, A YEAR IN A FIELD, and More

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MĀRAMA Review: Combining the Personal and Political, In Gothic Form Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, and Umi Myers star in writer/director Taratoa Stappard's gothic horror mystery.

MĀRAMA Review: Combining the Personal and Political, In Gothic Form

Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, and Umi Myers star in writer/director Taratoa Stappard's gothic horror mystery.

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MILE END KICKS Review: Contemporary RomCom Captures a Challenge of Epic Proportions Barbie Ferreira, Devin Bostick, and Stanley Simons star in director Chandler Levack's music-laced romantic comedy.

MILE END KICKS Review: Contemporary RomCom Captures a Challenge of Epic Proportions

Barbie Ferreira, Devin Bostick, and Stanley Simons star in director Chandler Levack's music-laced romantic comedy.

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NORMAL Review: Holy Hellfire of Violence and Mayhem on Main Street Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, and Lena Headey star in director Ben Wheatley's action thriller.

NORMAL Review: Holy Hellfire of Violence and Mayhem on Main Street

Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, and Lena Headey star in director Ben Wheatley's action thriller.

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BALLISTIC Review: Mother Undone by Her Son's Battlefield Death Lena Headey stars in director Chad Faust's unexpectedly nuanced and consistently engrossing drama.

BALLISTIC Review: Mother Undone by Her Son's Battlefield Death

Lena Headey stars in director Chad Faust's unexpectedly nuanced and consistently engrossing film.

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AMRUM Exclusive Clip: Coming-of-Age at The End of WWII in Nazi Germany In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to ...

AMRUM Exclusive Clip: Coming-of-Age at The End of WWII in Nazi Germany

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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: First Look Teaser The sequel to the international smash hit, and Acadamy Award winner, stomps into theaters on November 6th.

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: First Look Teaser

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CITY WIDE FEVER Review: Not Really a Giallo Homage, And That's Ok Josh Heaps’ City Wide Fever is a real oddity. On the surface, it’s a small DIY thriller that looks shot on the cheap, which already narrows down its appeal. But if you get o...

CITY WIDE FEVER Review: Not Really a Giallo Homage, And That's Ok

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ERUPCJA Review: Of Turning Points and Volcanoes Charli XCX, Lena Góra, Will Madden, and Jeremy O. Harris star in Pete Ohs' effervescent, gracefully-wrought film.

ERUPCJA Review: Of Turning Points and Volcanoes

Charli XCX, Lena Góra, Will Madden, and Jeremy O. Harris star in Pete Ohs' effervescent, gracefully-wrought film.

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MOVIEDREAMS: Argentine Psychological Thriller To Present During Blood Window Showcase at Marché du Film Let us introduce you to an Argetine psychological thriller that will make its first appearance in Fantastic Pavilion's Blood Window Showcase during Marche du Film at Cannes.

MOVIEDREAMS: Argentine Psychological Thriller To Present During Blood Window Showcase at Marché du Film

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Director in Focus: Pete Ohs' Delightful Curiosities, From I SEND YOU THIS PLACE to ERUPCJA The multi-hyphenate indie filmmaker continues to stir the imagination.

Director in Focus: Pete Ohs' Delightful Curiosities, From I SEND YOU THIS PLACE to ERUPCJA

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