Foreign Articles

A Sinister Twist on a Classic: ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Premiering at Sundance

Prepare to be chilled to the bone by The Ugly Stepsister, a twisted reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale. Written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, this haunting Norweigen film will make its world premiere as the opening night Midnight section...

Movie Review: Don’t Change Hands (1975) – Severin Blu-Ray

Mélinda (Myriam Mézières, who would appear in Spermula the following year along with Udo Kier) is a trench coat and fedora-clad private eye who when isn’t unofficially cosplaying as a Film Noir character is balls deep (though not as much as some of...

Spoiler-Free Review: BIRDEATER (Australia, 2024)

Official synopsis: A bride-to-be (Shabana Azeez as Irene) is invited to join her own fiancé’s (Mackenzie Fearnley as Louie) bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos,...

Movie Review: Demon Pond (1979) – Criterion 4K

School teacher Yamasawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki) spends the summer of 1913 wandering the mountainous countryside of Japan, where he hopes he may find a sign of his colleague and best friend Akira (Gô Katô) who exited the city and disappeared into the...