Plus: ‘Ghost Elephants,’ ‘Microbudget,’ ‘Bring the Law,’ ‘The Napa Boys,’ ‘EPic.’
The 2026 International Film Festival Rotterdam has concluded, so here’s our reviews, features, and interviews (so far).
Özgü Namal and Tansu Biçer star in İlker Çatak’s portrait of a pair ensnared in political turmoil in Turkey.
Jason doesn’t believe in reincarnation until hypnosis reveals that he may have been a killer in his PAST LIFE. He partners with hypnotist Bevan to explore secrets locked in his mind and try to solve a mystery from before he was born
There are few filmmaking visionaries whose work has touched more than Yuen Woo-ping. A triple-threat stuntman, choreographer and director, his illustrious career began hand-in-hand with Jackie Chan’s, helming the seminal Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master in 1978 and supercharging the Hong Kong film industry with a new brand astonishing martial artistry and bawdy comedy. His eye for high-impact and idiosyncratic fighting styles took him to Hollywood, lending his talents to the Wachowski Sisters’ Matrix series and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill diptych, projects which bookended the unprecedented international success of his iconic wirework in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. After a ten-year gap, we at Screen Anarchy were overjoyed to be able to talk to him a second time for the release of his new blockbuster, Blades of the Guardians,…
Valerie Pachner stars, as Austrian filmmaker Adrian Goiginger continues his cycle of true story adaptations with an emotional rollercoaster of a grief drama.
We are debuting the teaser trailer for Zumeca, a historical epic drama, written, directed, and produced by David Maler. Based on a true story, Zumeca shows us the first family of the Americas: a Spaniard, Miguel, and a Taino, Zumeca. Fleeing from his past, Miguel is haunted by deliriums of the old world. Zumeca sees something in Miguel that he himself cannot see. A broken man from a decadent world is given an opportunity at a new life by a woman who is full of light, great emotional intelligence, and an elevated connection with nature. A world of magic, fire, darkness, rivers, caves, and spirits that devour anyone who resists them. The conquest of the New World is told through the intimacy of two…
Adam MacDonald’s film stars Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane, Corteon Moore, Carson MacCormac, and Chloe Avakian.
There are some posters which communicate to the observer that, if they like their films with exceptional composition and visual mise en scène, then they are in good filmmaking hands. The key art for Huo Meng’s Venice Silver Bear winner, Living The Land, certainly gives off Days of Heaven vibes, and that is good. Perhaps I could do without the English title in ordinary type-setting in the top left, due to the handwritten Mandarin title-card placement above the credit block; however, this is the tiniest of nitpicks for this textured, bucolic design. The big sky, the endless fields dotted with workers of all ages, perfectly in frame, yet still pragmatically at work. This poster gives off savoury “slow-cinema” energy, and I am here for it….
Spoiler: ‘Psycho Killer’ is quite awful, and ‘How to Make a Killing’ is not much better. Plus: ‘This Is Not a Test,’ ‘Redux Redux,’ ‘The Dreadful’ and two ‘One Mile’ films.