Screen Reviews

Our writers scour the globe, rewind endless tapes, and press pause as many times as it takes to bring you the ultimate collection of film, broadcast, and streaming visual content to feed your endless appetite for movies.

Weird Science

Weird Science

Screen Reviews

Two geeks set out to build the perfect woman and discover adulthood instead of what they really wanted.

Killer Nun

Killer Nun

Screen Reviews

Let Anita Ekberg and director Giulio Berruti introduce you to the nunspolitation genre with Killer Nun.

The Tree House

The Tree House

Screen Reviews

One of the most highly regarded works to screen at this year’s Locarno Film Festival was Quý Minh Trương’s The Tree House (Nhà cây), a documentary that dramatically utilizes a science fiction lens to simultaneously examine the cultures of multiple ethnic groups in Vietnam while compelling the audience to question the contemporary importance of visual documentation.

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Screen Reviews

Generoso reviews the astute and prophetic feature, No Place Like Home, Jamaican director Perry Henzell’s long-awaited follow up his cult classic, The Harder They Come, which has been recently restored and is celebrating a short theatrical run and Blu-ray release.

On Va Continuer! / Asteur

On Va Continuer! / Asteur

Screen Reviews

To celebrate their 20 year run as one of South Louisiana’s most innovative bands, the Lost Bayou Ramblers give us a deluxe package with the documentary, On Va Continuer! and the live album, Asteur. Together they make a great introduction to new fans.

FM

Screen Reviews

An FM station fights to keep is music cool while corporate wants more advertising. Corporate wins again.

Cruising

Cruising

Screen Reviews

Often reviled on it’s release, Cruising gets a re-evaluation on this new Blu-ray collection.

Echo in the Canyon

Echo in the Canyon

Screen Reviews

A look back to that magic era of 1965 to 1967 when rock and roll discover folk music and redefined what rock and roll might be.

Ladyworld

Ladyworld

Screen Reviews

Ladyworld is a fem Lord of the Flies that leaves you pondering.

Melo

Melo

Screen Reviews

A 1929 Parisian hit stage play becomes an arty yet poignant film in the Golden Age of French Cinema.

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Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.