Foreign Articles

Spoiler-Free Review: TEKI COMETH (Japan Cuts 2025) 

Official synopsis from Japan Cuts:  Dir. Daihachi Yoshida, 2024, 108 min., DCP, black and white, in Japanese with English subtitles.  With Kyozo Nagatsuka, Kumi Takiuchi, Yuumi Kawai, Asuka Kurosawa.  A retired college professor lives a quiet life...

FrightFest 2025 Announces Its Shock-Filled Line-up

From highly anticipated features destined for wide releases to lower-budget independent fare to shorts from up-and-coming filmmakers, London’s FrightFest has it all, each and every summer! This year’s edition boasts no less than 69 feature-length...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: CLOUD and THE REAL YOU (Japan Cuts 2025) 

Cloud (Japan, 2024) Official synopsis from Japan Cuts: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s third film in a prolific year, following the creative spurt of Chime and Serpent’s Path, shapes up to be a slow-burn techno-thriller, one which takes its name from today’s...

Our Sinister Seven: A Septet of Fantasia 2025 Films That Have Our Attention (Part Two)

There are so many incredible selections at this year’s edition of Fantasia International Film Festival that we had to run at least one more curtain raiser article for the fest besides our first one! Fantasia 2025 takes place from July 16–August 3...