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Beyond Fest · 2026

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About A Place In The Kinki Region (Kinki Chihô No Aru Basho Ni Tsuite)

A magazine editor disappears after reading occult articles. A freelance writer friend investigates, assembles rumours, urban legends, ghost stories. The horrifying truth about a certain place emerges through pieced information.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Kôji Shiraishi; Writer: Tetsuya Oishi, Sesuji, Kôji Shiraishi; Stars: Eiji Akaso, Miho Kanno, Atom Shukugawa)

Anchors Aweigh

After a thwarted marriage proposal, an alt-comedian spirals into an existential crisis.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Matt Barats; Writer: Matt Barats; Stars: Matt Barats, Serena Profaci, Mike Holt, Felipe Di Poi, Elizabeth Cappucino, Ana Fabrega)

Begotten

Review preview for Begotten

A genuinely intriguing experiment.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.

(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: E Elias Merhige; Writer: E Elias Merhige, Tom Gunning; Stars: Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia, Garfield White, Arthur Streeter)

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Beware Boiúna

Deep in the Amazon, a medical mission spirals into a fight for survival when Boiúna, a colossal ancient predator, awakens to reclaim her domain. In the jungle where nature holds absolute power, she decides who lives and who dies.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Mike P Nelson)

Born Invincible

A widowed mother trains her two sons in a mysterious martial art form to protect their village.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: RZA)

The 'Burbs

An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbours are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Joe Dante; Writer: Dana Olsen; Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman,. Wendy Schaal)

Beverly Hills Cop

Review preview for Beverly Hills Cop

For all the charm on show, there’s still too much cheese.

Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
When his friend is murdered, rough-around-the-edges Detroit cop heads to Beverley Hills. Culture clashes abound!

(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Martin Brest; Writer: Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr.; Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Gilbert R. Hill, Art Kimbro, Joel Bailey, Bronson Pinchot, Paul Reiser, Michael Champion)

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Campéon Gabacho

The story of Liborio, an endearing and mischievous young migrant whose only talent is taking punches. He crosses the Rio Grande to escape a harsh reality in Mexico, looking for a better life in the United States, and settles in a Latino barrio in New York City.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Jonás Cuarón; Writer: Jonás Cuarón, Aura Xilonen; Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Leslie Grace, Rubén Blades, Eddie Marsan, Rosario Dawson, Cheech Marin, Marvin Jones III, Carlos Carrasco, Dolores Heredia)

Crash Land

Review preview for Crash Land

There’s a considerable sensitivity and intelligence to this film, underlying its glorious stupidity.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Three friends have spent their childhoods drinking, wreaking havoc, and filming crude stunts in their small town. Everyone hates them. Wanting to finally prove their lives have meaning, they decide to make a 'real movie'.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Dempsey Bryk; Writer: Dempsey Bryk; Stars: Gabriel LaBelle, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Noah Parker, Abby Quinn)

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Crowley

A virtual reality experiment gone wrong sends the soul of Aleister Crowley into the body of a shy university professor.

(Country: Uruguay; Year: 1987; Director: Ricardo Islas; Stars: Ricardo Islas)

The Cycle

When the body of a man missing for 36 years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Jordan Downey)

The Dark Gets In

Review preview for The Dark Gets In

There is plenty of mystery for those who enjoy such things, and it’s well put together, but it’s only one aspect of a film which is really interested in what people choose not to consider and in how people allow themselves to be misdirected.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
When a documentary team set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young girl, events soon take an unexpected turn, leading the filmmakers down an increasingly dark and horrifying path.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Sean Hogan; Writer: Sean Hogan; Stars: Charlotte Pyke, Cameron Lewis, Kezia Cotterrell, Scott Burchell)

Full review See: Interview with Sean Hogan about The Dark Gets In

Dernsie: The Amazing Life Of Bruce Dern

Review preview for Dernsie: The Amazing Life Of Bruce Dern

It’s somewhat odd that Mendez has opted for several different styles for this, but every one is enjoyable.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A documentary examining the life and cinematic achievements of the celebrated actor.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Mike Mendez; Writer: Ben Epstein; Stars: Bruce Dern, Joe Dante, Laura Dern, Will Forte, Walton Goggins, Walter Hill, Patty Jenkins, Alexander Payne)

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The Devils

Review preview for The Devils

It’s a frenetic ride, but one that builds to a sombre climax.

Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
A rebellious priest in 17th-century France is falsely accused of witchcraft.

(Country: UK; Year: 1971; Director: Ken Russell; Writer: Aldous Huxley, Ken Russell, John Whiting; Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Brian Murphy, Christopher Logue)

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Dolph: Unbreakable

An intimate look at Dolph Lundgren’s untold story: his rise, struggles, and resurgence - from Rocky IV to battling cancer.

(Year: 2025; Director: Andrew Hol;mes; Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme)

Donnie Darko

Review preview for Donnie Darko

A film of extraordinary complexity and fascination.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
Californian teenager is told by imaginary friend in rabbit mask that the world will end in 28 days.

(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Richard Kelly; Writer: Richard Kelly; Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Beth Grant)

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Don't Breathe

Three delinquents break into the house of a war veteran who is blind to steal his money. However, they discover that the man is not as defenseless as he seems.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Fede Alvarez; Writer: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues; Stars: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Emma Bercovici)

Drag

Two sisters with a contentious relationship decide to rob a rural home in upstate New York. The simple robbery turns into a nightmare when one of them throws out her back and becomes immobilised on the second floor. The night spirals out of control as they embark on a painful journey to make it out before the homeowner returns.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Raviv Ullman, Greg Yagolnitzer; Writer: Greg Yagolnitzer, Raviv Ullman; Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, John Stamos, Christine Ko)

Drifter

A solitary custodian at Rosamond, California’s Willow Springs Raceway, is haunted by a tragic past and saddled with generational debt, but gets the chance to enter a professional drifting contest in his battered but beloved vintage Toyota AE86 Corolla.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Sung Kang; Writer: Sung Kang, Aaron Strongoni, Ted Chung; Stars: Sung Kang, Tamara Braun, Michael Nehring, Grant Sullivan, McCaleb Burnett, Gregory Cruz, James Pumphrey, Adam LZ, Shane Johnson, Rutledge Wood, Jully Lee, Jo Sung, Taeon Chung, Ilia Smolov, Nikita Rushmanov)

The Driver

Review preview for The Driver

The elements involved in creating this movie were well thought out and planned perfectly (just like the driver’s getaways).

John Gallagher · 3 out of 5
A detective hunts a getaway driver through the streets of San Fransisco.

(Country: US; Year: 1978; Director: Walter Hill; Writer: Walter Hill; Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani)

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Erie

Siblings Stella and Oscar return to their Pennsylvania hometown to investigate their sister Iris' unexplained death following a mysterious rise in suicides within the county.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alison-Eve Hammersley; Writer: Alison-Eve Hammersley, Jess Kohs; Stars: Carly Stewart, Jonathan Cahill, Grant Crater, Ryan W Garcia, Matt Gossen)

Friday the 13th

Review preview for Friday the 13th

Friday The 13th is a well made but fairly unremarkable film. What about it could so incense the white male American critic?

Donald Munro · 3 out of 5
A series of vicious murders occurs at a summer camp.

(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Sean S. Cunningham; Stars: Ari Lehman, Jeannine Taylor, Kevin Bacon, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, Peter Brouwer, Ronn Carroll, Ron Millkie, Walt Gorney)

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Glass

A security guard uses his superhuman abilities to track down a disturbed man with 24 personalities.

(Country: US, China; Year: 2019; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark)

The Goodbye Kiss (Arrividerci Amore, Ciao)

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio - hiding out in Latin America since the 1970s - turns himself in as soon as the Berlin Wall falls, but his dreams of doing his time and then going straight are compromised by his association with a dirty cop.

(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2002; Director: Michele Soavi; Writer: Massimo Carlotto, Lorenzo Favella, Michele Soavi; Stars: Alessio Boni, Michele Placido, Isabella Ferrari, Alina Nedelea, Carlo Cecchi)

Green Room

Review preview for Green Room

Less psychological and more formulaic than his previous feature, this is still relentlessly entertaining.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A young punk band is trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling on a murder committed by neo-Nazis.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Joe Cole)

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Half

Two half-human, half-vampire siblings are run off the road and left for dead by a gang of scavengers—and they're coming back for bloody revenge.

(Country: India; Year: 2026; Director: Samjad)

Hallowarrior

Review preview for Hallowarrior

Hallowarrior stands out for its well drawn central characters and the capable performances of its leads.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Desperate for companionship on a post apocalyptic Halloween night, the last girl on Earth gets more than she bargained for, when something far more sinister arrives on her doorstep.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ben Sottak; Writer: Ben Sottak; Stars: Milly Shapiro, Shannyn Sossamon, Ajani Russell, AJ Bowen, Vic Playas, Taylor Valentine Lupini)

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Hinter

A Deaf backpacker is hunted by something sinister in the depths of the Black Forest. After finding his friends dead, his escape leads him to a house in the woods with a farmer who speaks no English. Now, the men must decide if the other is a threat or an ally while contending with the thing beyond the door, which will stop at nothing to destroy them.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Britt Falardeau; Writer: Britt Falardeau, Michael Wallden; Stars: Russell Hodgkinson, Rod Glenn, Dedra Whitt, Harold Foxx, Jenn Ruzumna)

Hoffa

The story of the notorious American labour union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organises a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organised crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Danny DeVito; Writer: David Mamet; Stars: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, JT Walsh, John C Reilly, Frank Whaley)

Holiday

A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.

(Country: US; Year: 1938; Director: George Cukor; Writer: Donald Ogden Stewart, Sidney Buchman, Philip Barry; Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayers, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon)

The Host (Gwoemul)

Review preview for The Host

Funny, scary and races along at a fierce pace.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
A toxic monster terrorises Seoul.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2006; Director: Bong Joon Ho; Writer: Baek Chul-hyun, Bong Joon Ho, Ha Won-jun; Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byeon Hie-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Du-na, Ko Ah-sung)

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Hot Dogs For Gauguin

A photographer plans to blow up the Statue of Liberty in order to take a picture and thus get famous.

(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Martin Brest; Writer: Martin Brest; Stars: Danny DeVito, William Duff-Griffin, Rhea Perlman, Marton Brest)

House (Hausu)

Review preview for House

A not insignificant proportion of viewers will find House completely unwatchable. Others will adore it.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A group of teenage girls go to stay at a country house only to realise it's haunted as they begin to disappear one by one.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1977; Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi; Writer: Chiho Katsura, Chigumi Ôbayashi; Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Mieko Satô, Eriko Tanaka, Misayo Miyaka, Yoko Minamida)

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Imposters

After a couple’s baby boy is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to bring him back. However, her husband begins to suspect that what she has returned with isn't their son.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Caleb Phillips; Writer: Caleb Phillips; Stars: Jessica Rothe, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Bates Wilder, Luisina Quarleri, Thomas Parobek, Ian Lyons, Taylor Karin, Lee Bennett, Declan Bennett)

Invention 13

On a cold, windy night, a frustrated pianist encounters strange obstacles while trying to learn Bach’s notoriously intricate Invention 13.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Shawn Foree, Conor Oberst; Writer: Shawn Foree, Conor Oberst; Stars: Emory Cohen, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Howard., Nelly Morville)

In This Darkness I See You

Strange and life-threatening events in a construction site create tension between the Syrian workers and the Lebanese villagers. One of the workers becomes convinced that the site is haunted.

(Country: France, Lebanon, Qatar; Director: Nadim Tabet; Writer: Nadim Tabet, Antoine Waked, Jamal Belmahi; Stars: Tima Ahmad, Samer Alsammam, Tarek Bachacha, Bedro Barsoumian, Ahmad Baydoun)

Ithaqua

Review preview for Ithaqua

Made in close consultation with the people whose ancient lore it borrows, this is a film rich in detail, so solidly grounded and astute in its observation of real world horrors that viewers will find it easy to accept its more fantastical aspects.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
American mercenary Cole Franklin is recruited as a hired gun at the remote outpost of Fort William, struggling to survive the decline of the fur trade. With dwindling supplies, the keepers of the Fort blackmail Cole into leading a trading party to a nearby Indigenous village, where they discover a massacre.

(Year: 2026; Director: Casey Walker; Writer: Pascal Trottier, Peter Scott Vicaire, Casey Walker; Stars: Luke Hemsworth, Kevin Durand, Michael Pitt, Leenah Robinson, Pamela Matthews, Aaron Poole, Mara Pasley)

Full review See: Interview with Casey Walker about Ithaqua

Knock At The Cabin

Review preview for Knock At The Cabin

While it's familiar enough to ring a bell, it struggles to straddle a line of uncertainty.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

(Country: US, China; Year: 2023; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman; Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Aldridge, Abby Quinn)

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Kokurojo: The Samurai And The Prisoner

A Japanese provincial lord finds himself making an ally of one of his prisoners when his castle comes under siege.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, Tasuku Emoto, Joe Odagiri, Yusuke Santamaria, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Ryota Bando, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoshimasa Kondo, Toshihiro Yashiba)

Little Odessa

A contract killer finds a reunion with his family hard to handle.

(Country: US; Year: 1994; Director: James Gray; Writer: James Gray; Stars: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Guilfoyle, Natalya Andreychenko, Maximilian Schell, David Vadim, Mina Bern, Boris McGiver, Mohammed Ghaffari, Michael Khmurov, Dmitry Preyers, David Ross, Ron Brice) , Official site

The Lighthouse

Review preview for The Lighthouse

The trouble with all this mood, is that it eventually gets laid on too thick.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2019; Director: Robert Eggers; Writer: Max Eggers, Robert Eggers; Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe)

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Look Back

Fujino, a gifted and determined teenager, is confident in her talent as an aspiring manga artist while the reclusive Kyomoto rarely leaves her room, devoting herself entirely to drawing. Brought together by their shared passion, the two small-town girls pursue their dream of becoming manga artists.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro, Ryo Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, Maho Yamada)

Miami Vice

Review preview for Miami Vice

Miami Vice is definitely style over substance.

Leanne McGrath · 3.5 out of 5
Cop duo Crockett and Tubbs ditch their 80s pastel suits to crack - pardon the pun - down on a gang of ruthless drug dealers in style.

(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Michael Mann; Writer: Michael Mann, based on the TV series by Anthony Yerkovich; Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Luis Tosar, Naomie Harris, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Justin Theroux, Ciarán Hinds, Barry Shabaka Henley, Domenick Lombardozzi, Isaach De Bankolé, Eddie Marsan)

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Master Of The Flying Guillotine

After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind kung-fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.

(Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan; Year: 1976; Director: Jimmy Wang Yu; Writer: Jimmy Wang Yu; Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Wu Chu, Kang Chin, Lung CShun-erh)

Minotaur

Review preview for Minotaur

Zvyagintsev handles this material with his familiar control: psychological realism, cold visual restraint and an aversion to overt flourish.

Edin Custo · 3 out of 5
A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence begins to unravel.

(Country: France, Germany, Latvia; Year: 2026; Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev; Writer: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Simon Lyashenko; Stars: Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Varvara Shmykova)

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Mission

A man at the end of his tether decides to blow up his life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Paul Wright; Stars: George MacKay, Rosy McEwen)

Moonglow

Manila-set neo-noir about a police officer-turned-criminal under investigation by her former lover.

(Country: Japan, Philippines, Singapore; Year: 2026; Director: Isabel Sandoval; Writer: Isabel Sandoval; Stars: Isabel Sandoval, Arjo Atayde, Agot Isidro, Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jhoanna San Juan)

Musk

Review preview for Musk

In endeavouring to provide real insights about the man, Gibney has to dig through a weight of illusion and affectation

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A detailed look at the tech billionnaire.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Elon Musk)

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Mulholland Drive (Mulholland Dr)

Review preview for Mulholland Drive

Lynch creates unease with every camera angle and glitch in the storyline.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Special two-disc edition of David Lynch's psychedelic dream.

(Country: USA; Year: 2001; Director: David Lynch; Writer: David Lynch; Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe, Robert Forster, Katharine Towne, Lee Grant, Scott Coffey, Billy Ray Cyrus)

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The Northman

Review preview for The Northman

You genuinely feel how much his characters have faith in their gods and their folk tales as an extension of their everyday lives

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The son of a Viking king is out for vegeance.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Eggers; Writer: Robert Eggers, Sjón; Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Willem Dafoe, Phill Martin, Eldar Skar, Olwen Fouéré, Edgar Abram, Jack Gassmann, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Oscar Novak)

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Nosferatu

Review preview for Nosferatu

Remake is perhaps less apt than revisitation, if not outright revision.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
A Gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the vampire who is infatuated with her, which brings untold horrors in its wake.

(Country: US, UK, Hungary; Year: 2024; Director: Robert Eggers; Writer: Robert Eggers, Henrik Galeen, Bram Stoker; Stars: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney)

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Paper Tiger

Review preview for Paper Tiger

The issue is that if you strip out the elevated craft and A-list performances, what is left is the sort of bread-and-butter plot arc Cagney & Lacey used to rely on back in the day.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.

(Country: US, Italy, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: James Gray; Writer: James Gray; Stars: Adam Driver, Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, Joel Marsh Garland, Raphael Corkhill, Meredith Holzman, Cindy Katz, Patrick Murney, Jeff Adler, Rosslyn Luke, Dimiter D Marinov, Yelena Solovey, Yavor Vesselinov)

Full review See: James Gray, Miles Teller and Adam Driver in conversation on Paper Tiger

Pathetic Fallacy

After suffering the devastating loss of his wife, a man embarks on a surreal journey to bring her back.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer)

The Peril At Pincer Point

Review preview for The Peril At Pincer Point

Joseph Field Eccles and Nick Smyth’s sound design...is magnificent from start to finish, and full of playful touches.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A lazy sound designer is sent to the remote island where a film was shot to capture a sound powerful enough to elevate its finale. Once there, eerie local fables surface: for years, ambitious and headstrong youth have lost their souls to a ghostly sea captain for his spectral crew.

(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine; Writer: Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine; Stars: Jack Redmayne, Alyth Ross, Os Leanse, Mike Mackenzie, Dashiell Upton, Jason Hogan, Mat Wright, Noah Stratton-Twine, Isobel Laidler, Oliver Woolf)

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Primetime

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Lance Oppenheim; Writer: Ajon Singh; Stars: Robert Pattinson, Bokeem Woodbine, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Eric Rahill, Matthew Maher, Phoebe Bridgers, Sean Bridgers, Jessica Blackmore, Sue-Lynn Ansari, Jonathan Lipnicki, Bob Ari, Mike Harkins, Dan Matteucci, Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson)

River

When three estranged siblings reunite in their hometown after the death of their father, they set out to scatter his ashes at his favourite spot on a remote river. But when their boat breaks down, the trip devolves into a waking nightmare.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Joshua Giuliano; Stars: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, Max Mattern, Dane DiLiegro)

Rogue Trooper

An adaptation of the influential British comic book following a clone soldier bred for an interstellar forever-war and his fallen comrades whose personalities live on within his gun, helmet, and backpack.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Duncan Jones; Writer: Duncan Jones; Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, Daryl McCormack, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Berry, Jemaine Clement, Diane Morgan, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean)

Rumble In The Bronx (Hung Fan Kui)

A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 1995; Director: Stanley Tong; Writer: Edward Tang, Fibe Ma; Stars: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung)

Scent Of A Woman

A student agrees to look after a blind man... and gets more than he bargained for.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Martin Brest; Writer: Giovanni Arpino, Bo Goldman, Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi; Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Rochelle Oliver, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Todd Louiso, Matt Smith, Gene Canfield, Frances Conroy)

Split

Review preview for Split

It's not just sexist, ableist and desperately badly researched, it's also, purely and simply, not very good.

Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
Three young women kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.

(Country: Japan, US; Year: 2016; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula)

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Sender

When packages she didn’t order start showing up at a woman's door — a blender, a corkscrew, her signature shade of lipstick — they feel so unnervingly tied to her past that it starts to feel like someone is watching her.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Russell Goldman; Writer: Russell Goldman; Stars: Britt Lower, Rhea Seehorn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Baryshnikov, David Dastmalchian, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Mike Mitchell, Edward Torres, Alyssa Limperis, Inger Stratton)

She Keeps Me Young

Michelle is floating through life until a surprising connection with a high schooler challenges her friendship with her overbearing best friend.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Doron Max Hagay; Writer: Blair Beeken, Katy Fullan, Doron Max Hagay; Stars: Patti Harrison, Kate Berlant, John Early, Blair Beeken, Katy Fullan, Shay Rudolph)

Signs

Review preview for Signs

Shyamalan continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood, while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Alien invasion as experience by Mel Gibson and his family on a Pennsylvanian farm.

(Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, M Night Shyamalan)

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Silent Running

Review preview for Silent Running

Silent Running's beautiful cinematography will appeal to anyone.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
An ecologist balks at the idea that Earth's last surviving plant life, preserved in space greenhouses, should be destroyed.

(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Douglas Trumbull; Writer: Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino; Stars: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint)

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The Sixth Sense

Review preview for The Sixth Sense

The pace is slow, not that that matters, because Osment is such a compelling actor.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
Psychologist tries to help a boy with a spooky secret.

(Country: US; Year: 1999; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Jeffrey Zubernis, Bruce Norris, Glenn Fitzgerald, Greg Wood, Mischa Barton)

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The Spiral (L'estrania)

Review preview for The Spiral

Up until the end laced with cheap pseudo-biblical references, this horror-drama serves as a fun and thrilling ride.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 3 out of 5
A woman unexpectedly shows up at her daughter’s home to reveal the truth about their family.

(Country: Belgium, France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Paolo Strippoli; Writer: Paolo Strippoli, Salvatore de Chirico; Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Matilda De Angelis, Adriano Giannini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)

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Sundown

Three generations of women reunite in a remote cabin to avenge a loved one’s death, only to discover their captive isn’t who he seems to be, and his family is closing in, waiting for sundown.

(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2026; Director: Rebekah McKendry; Writer: Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry; Stars: Olwen Fouéré, Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Daniel Bernhardt, David Alpay, Kyle Mac, Elisa Paszt, David Ian McKendry, Junko Bailey, Megan Best)

The Swallow

A sentient, quicksand-like sludge terrorises a group of young people in this brutally efficient, effects-forward creature feature.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer)

A Talent For Murder

A strange confrontation between a youthful literary agent and author Patricia Highsmith.

(Country: UK, Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Anton Corbijn; Writer: Joanna Murray-Smith; Stars: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke)

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma

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Anderson and Einbinder are a terrific pairing.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
When the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed to a new director, she visits the original movie's star only to fall into a blood-soaked world of desire and delirium.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Jane Schoenbrun; Writer: Jane Schoenbrun; Stars: Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin McDonald, Quintessa Swindell, Jack Haven, Jess McLeod, Louise Weard)

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Ten Will

Tennessee Williams, a recently released convict, must race against time to register as a sex offender.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Max DeFalco; Writer: Max DeFalco; Stars: Mikul Robins, Deborah Ann Harris, JamesFrederick101, Neil Wachs)

Too Late

Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Dennis Hauck; Writer: Dennis Hauck; Stars: John Hawkes, Dichen Lachman, Natalie Zea, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Forster)

Trap

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Serves as a reminder of a talent who despite some failures hasn't forgotten how to direct thrillers.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realise they've entered the heart of a dark and sinister event.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Mark Bacolcol)

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Under The Shadow

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The sleeping and waking worlds begin to tumble together, with cinematographer Kit Fraser using his camera to add to the unsettling atmosphere, spinning the image at key moments or rocking it to ratchet tension.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A mum and daughter in fear of war find they are being stalked in their home by a malevolent djinn.

(Country: UK, Jordan, Qatar; Year: 2016; Director: Babak Anvari; Writer: Babak Anvari; Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi, Bijan Daneshmand, Hamid Djavadan, Nabil Koni, Sajjad Delafrooz, Behi Djanati Atai, Aram Ghasemy, Soussan Farrokhnia, Amir Hossein Ranjbar, Houshang Ranjbar)

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Unbreakable

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Matching the subtlety of the story and the assurance of the camerawork, the acting shines.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
A man who survives a train wreck begins to suspect he may be super-human.

(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard)

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Universal Soldier

Killed on the battlefields of Vietnam, private Luc Deveraux and his sadistic sergeant Andrew Scott live to fight again as part of a murky government project turning fallen heroes into obedient cyborg killing machines - but they still have an old score to settle.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Roland Emmerich; Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker)

Upiro

In the Age of Enlightenment, Ana is sent to a remote monastery to atone for her sins. There, she finds a place plagued by a mysterious blood disease linked to a supernatural being: the upyr.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Óscar Martín)

V/H/S/Mixtape

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A contender for the best V/H/S film yet.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
This anthology where music and sound become the source of terror.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Matt Landsman; Writer: Ernest Dickerson, Flying Lotus, Tobias Forge, David Moreau, RZA, Renee Zhan; Stars: Jihad Brent, Mike Ferguson, Erin Griff, Gwar, Alex Hsu, Neela Jolene)

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Victorian Psycho

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Wigon’s film is arch as a proscenium from the start

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
Trouble brews at a gothic manor after they hire a governess.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Zachary Wigon; Writer: Virginia Feito; Stars: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson, Jason Isaacs, Evie Templeton, Jacobi Jupe, Amy De Bhrún, Katherine Moran, Dagmar Döring, Kate Brady, Elishka Lane)

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The Visit

Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behaviour while visiting them on vacation.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: M Night Shyamalan; Writer: M Night Shyamalan; Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie)

The Witch

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Eggers draws fully on the iconography of the period, the muted greys and greens of the landscape captured by cinematographer Jarin Blaschkee broken only by repeated flashes of cardinal red, bringing with it the suggestion of cardinal sin.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A family of New England settlers find their faith tested when their son disappears... possibly snatched by something evil in the woods.

(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2015; Director: Robert Eggers; Writer: Robert Eggers; Stars: Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Lucas Dawson, Ellie Grainger)

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Welcome To G-Town

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Underscoring everything here is the can-do spirit to be found in the film’s heroes and in its creators.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
Shape-shifting aliens land in Glasgow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ben McQuaid, Nathan McQuaid; Writer: Ben McQuaid, Nathan McQuaid; Stars: Danny McAllen, Stan Ross, Ruben Ross, Matthew Crawford Russell)

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Wicker

A fisherwoman asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.

(Country: United Kingdom, US; Year: 2026; Director: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Writer: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Stars: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan)

Wild At Heart

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The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

Nicky Falkof · 4 out of 5
Sailor and Lula go on the run, after Lula's mum bids to kill her daughter's beau.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: David Lynch; Writer: David Lynch, based on the novel by Barry Gifford; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, J E Freeman, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Zabriskie, Crispin Glover, Calvin Lockhart)

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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

An assassin and father of three, Latif’s life is turned upside down when his wife dies. He struggles to balance his two very different worlds, but when a hit goes south and as forces close in around him, he sets off on a desperate journey to protect his children.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Bassam Tariq; Writer: Bassam Tariq; Stars: Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, Laith Nakli, Adia, Jahleel Kamara, Shakirah DeMesier, James Dormuth, Shawn Jain, Derrick Goodman Jr., Irene Santiago, Ali Alsaleh)