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.

Jason X 4K UHD

Jason X 4K UHD

Screen Reviews

Jason Voorhees goes to space in the delightful but divisive tenth entry in the Friday the 13th saga, Jason X.

A Bright Future

A Bright Future

Screen Reviews

World premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival is A Bright Future (Un Futuro Brillante), the second feature from Sundance Award–Winning Director Lucía Garibaldi. Lily and Generoso review this bold dystopian tale.

Terror In The Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC

Terror In The Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC

Screen Reviews

The kriminalfilm, or krimi, occupies a very specific and influential niche of film history, and Eureka Entertainment puts six of CCC Films’ best from Edgar Wallace on display in Terror In The Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC.

Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh

Screen Reviews

Hideo Gosha’s 1988 remake of Seijun Suzuki’s 1964 film, Gate of Flesh, gets its very first home video release outside of Japan from 88 Films.

The Damned

The Damned

Screen Reviews

After decades of creating award-winning documentary films, director Roberto Minervini has released his first fiction feature, The Damned, an ethereal Civil War piece that garnered Minervini the Best Director prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Yakuza Wives

Yakuza Wives

Screen Reviews

Hideo Gosha’s 1986 film, Yakuza Wives, tells its tale of gangland power struggles through the true stories of Yakuza members’ wives and girlfriends.

Lady With a Sword

Lady With a Sword

Screen Reviews

One of the rare martial arts films directed by a woman, Kao Pao-shu’s Lady With a Sword is out for revenge.

Don’t Torture a Duckling

Don’t Torture a Duckling

Screen Reviews

Don’t Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci’s 1972 giallo thriller, is in some ways more disturbing and subversive than the Italian Godfather of Gore’s masterpiece, Zombies (1979). Check out Phil Bailey’s review of the 4K UHD limited edition release from Arrow Video.

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

Screen Reviews

After a decade of being blacklisted, famed director Seijun Suzuki returned in 1977 with minor masterpiece A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness, a surreal exploration of the horrors of fame. Radiance Films gives the film a nice, new Blu-ray release.

Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse at CCC: 1960–1964

Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse at CCC: 1960–1964

Screen Reviews

Criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse resurfaces in Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse at CCC: 1960–1964, a six-film package produced by German outfit CCC Film in the early 1960s and newly reissued with a plethora of extras.

The Lady Assassin

The Lady Assassin

Screen Reviews

88 Films gives new life to The Lady Assassin, Tony Lou Chun-Ku’s delightful mix of kung fu, Wuxia swordplay, and palace intrigue.

Alice, Sweet Alice

Alice, Sweet Alice

Screen Reviews

Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a very Generation X movie, mirroring our 1970s lives in important and disturbing ways. Phil Bailey reviews the new 4K UHD version.

Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter

Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter

Screen Reviews

Serving as an inspirational beacon for aspiring musicians and artists — women and men alike — Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter may not be a big-budget feature, but its heartbeat is HUGE!

Play It Cool

Play It Cool

Screen Reviews

One of the last films of Japanese film studio Daiei, Play It Cool makes its first home video appearance outside of Japan on a new Blu-ray.

Furious (1984)

Furious (1984)

Screen Reviews

Tim Everitt & Tom Sartori’s 1984 kung-fu fantasy, Furious, sends up both classic martial arts movies and made-for-video American schlock in a high kicking, chicken blasting, magical kung-fu romp.

Rampo Noir

Rampo Noir

Screen Reviews

Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.

Incubus

Incubus

Screen Reviews

Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.

Abruptio

Abruptio

Screen Reviews

Film noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.

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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.