Screen Anarchy

A new film by horror indie auteur Larry Fessenden is always cause for celebration, and for those lucky enough to be attending the Overlook Film Festival, they have the chance to attend the world premiere of his new film Trauma or, Monsters All, tonight. And we have an exclusive clip! An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within. Overlook mainstay Larry Fessenden returns with the thrilling conclusion to his quadrilogy, a thoughtful and fiercely independent monster mash that can be enjoyed on its own or marathoned with his three origin stories – Habit, Depraved, and Blackout. Laëtitia Hollard, the big breakout…

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When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.

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A promising politician is held hostage in his luxurious penthouse by a remote captor, forced to watch his life destroyed by social and conventional media as he tries to figure out who is behind it and why.

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Also: ‘The Christophers,’ ”The Travel Companion,’ ‘Mermaid,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘The Yeti,’ ‘Infiltrate.’

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Plus more new series: ‘Dangerous Touch’ and ‘The Miniature Wife.’

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Francesco Lagi’s Il Dio Dell’amore weaves together the lives of several characters dealing with complicated relationships, hidden desires, and fragile emotional balances, in the fashion of Short Cuts or Magnolia. The film gets a classical, handsome piece of key art from Italian design-house, Twinpix. A distressed five colour design, with a Polaroid-style matte-ing design. There is ample white space, and the edges of the wings bleeding out in complementary colours. All sorts of small details add up to a greater whole: the absolutely perfect placement of a studio laurel, the small bit of text of the distribution company at the top, and the above the line talent at the bottom. No credit block though. (boo-urns!)  I love the lighting and the shadow of the hand touching the…

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Steven Soderbergh’s film stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, with James Corden, Jessica Gunning.

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Frank searches for meaning beyond revenge, when an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.

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An aspiring LA singer-songwriter confronts childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and industry fat-shaming until she violently breaks.

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Shudder announced that it will exclusively debut all seven seasons of the ’90s cult classic horror anthology series Tales From the Crypt.

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