Film & TV

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Smudge the Blade
Indigenous sports drama is Saturday Night Fever with hockey

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Being Heumann
Being Heumann dramatizes the tumultuous battle for protections for people with disabilities in the United States with heaps of heart and humor.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Bucking Fastard
Kate and Rooney Mara shine in Werner Herzog’s characteristically unusual film.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Salvation
The waywardness of young adulthood and the duplicity of self-improvement culture are explored in this TIFF world premiere.

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: The Housewife
Check out my review of The Housewife on ScreenRant.

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Check out my review of The Only Living Pickpocket in New York on ScreenRant.

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: River
By George Bate Check out my review of River over at ScreenRant here.

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: Wild Horse Nine
Check out my review of Wild Horse Nine over at ScreenRant.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Check out my review of Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! over at ScreenAnarchy

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Check out my review of Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! on ScreenRant

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: The Beloved
Javier Bardem takes on a different, more subtle kind of antagonistic role in this TIFF premiere.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Fjord
Christian Mungiu’s movie is destined to be one of the year’s most divisive and inciting outings.

TIFF 2026 ScreenRant REVIEW: In the Heart of the South
By George Bate Check out my full review of the TIFF world premiere In the Heart of the South on ScreenRant here.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: The Diary of a Chambermaid
A clever reimagining of Octave Mirbeau’s classic novel far more successful in conception than execution.

TIFF 2026 REVIEW: Arrested Memory
An absurdist comedy remix of ‘Memento’ that never quite comes together

Fantastic Fest 2026 Curtain Raiser: 15 Most Anticipated Movies of the Austin Genre Festival
Fantastic Fest returns to Austin from September 17 to September 24, 2026.

10 Predictions for Fantastic Fest 2026 Secret Screenings
In the recently announced schedule for Fantastic Fest 2026, two Secret Screenings were announced.

ScreenAnarchy REVIEW: By Any Means
Read our review of By Any Means at ScreenAnarchy.

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW: The City of the Living
A profoundly gut-wrenching piece of cinema

ScreenRant REVIEW: Fall 2: Deadpoint
By George Bate Read my review of Fall 2: Deadpoint at ScreenRant here.

Oak Park IL Film Festival 2026 Curtain Raiser
This year’s Oak Park Illinois Film Festival runs September 19-20.

REVIEW: Onslaught
Adria Arjona stars in the best John Carpenter movie of all time not directed by John Carpenter.

REVIEW: The Sun Never Sets
Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith star in a refreshing love triangle drama.

REVIEW: The Whisper Man
Robert De Niro and Adam Scott star in Netflix’s bone-chilling serial killer thriller.

REVIEW: The Dog Stars
Ridley Scott oversees a painfully generic post-apocalyptic thriller.

Under the Radar REVIEW: Buddy
Check out my review of the new horror movie Buddy at Under the Radar.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘Dark Matter’ Author Blake Crouch and Star Amanda Brugel Talk Mind-Bending Season 2
‘Dark Matter’ Season 2 premieres August 28 on Apple TV.

REVIEW: Colony
The director of ‘Train to Busan’ returns for another inventive zombie movie.

REVIEW: Idiots
Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Mason Thames star in this consistently funny buddy road trip movie bolstered by a poignant message.

‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Ending Explained
The sixth ‘Insidious’ movie is now in theaters.

REVIEW: Hope
An epic, ambitious, yet fundamentally flawed sci-fi action thriller from one of South Korean’s great filmmakers.

REVIEW: It Ends
One of the most thought-provoking movies in recent memory.

Film Obsessive REVIEW: Insidious: Out of the Further
By George Bate Check out my review of Insidious: Out of the Further on Film Obsessive here.

ScreenRant REVIEW: Mutiny
Check out my review of Mutiny over at ScreenRant.

ScreenRant REVIEW: Insidious: Out of the Further
Check out my review of Insidious: Out of the Further on ScreenRant.

BRWC REVIEW: Nimrods
Check out our review of Nimrods over at Battle Royale with Cheese.