Screen Anarchy

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, where all the snowy bits from this trailer happen.    Spoiler Alert: Scroll over the space below if you want to read this summary from Variety.   Director Jon Favreau took the CinemaCon stage to debut the opening 17 minutes of the film, which saw Mando infiltrate a secret meeting of Empire sympathizers and blow up massive AT-AT walkers on a snowy planet. The bounty hunter shot, stabbed and flamethrower-ed his way through the base full of Snowtroopers, with Grogu helping along the way. The Empire leader sends out a recon droid, which meets…

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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.

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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.

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Plus: ‘The Elephant Man,’ ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,’ ‘Hud,’ ‘The Love That Remains.’

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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 fight for their lives.

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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 the number of Canadian and International talents converging on the city for 10 days of socializing and cinema with its subversive curation. It is second only to Montreal’s Fantasia for this kind of smorgasbord of genre programming in Canada. CUFF, in its 23rd year, has become the de facto gateway to offbeat cinema oddities for Canada’s mid-west. A mixture of documentary and fiction features from the festival circuit that would not otherwise grace screens in this part of the country, it is a showcase and launch pad for the work of Alberta talent, and industry gathering. Every year, the…

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

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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 in a golden age of boutique labels and distributors bringing rare and near-lost treasure of film and television to us in both cinemas and for home viewing, and news of a new label is always welcome. Especially if that label is fronted by Kier-La Janisse, one of our best writers, historians, and person with seemingly endless knowledge of obscure indie films of the 20th and 21st centuries.  Spectacular Optical, the indie publishing imprint of Canadian genre veteran Kier-La Janisse, has expanded its remit to include theatrical, streaming, and home video distribution of a…

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

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

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