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Fantastic Fest 2023 – The Cinapse Team’s Most Anticipated Features

September 18, 2023September 20, 2023

Editor's Picks

A HAUNTING IN VENICE is an Impressively Paced and Chilling Chamber Piece

September 20, 2023September 27, 2023

THE BOXER’S OMEN: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

September 20, 2023September 21, 2023

LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR is a Fantastically Moving Modern Day Fairytale

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: KILLING ROMANCE is an Exquisitely Entertaining Candy Colored K-Dramedy

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

25 Years Later HALLOWEEN: H20 Hits 4K Limited Edition Steelbook

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

SAW X Brings Back Everyone’s Favorite Puzzle King To Nightmare Inducing Results

September 30, 2023September 30, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: Night Terrors Lead to a Domestic Disintegration in SLEEP

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: YOUR LUCKY DAY Places Us in the Thick of a Harrowing Crime Thriller

Julian Singleton

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT – A RED Carpet Q&A with Malcolm McDowell and Producer Thomas Negovan

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: Gareth Edwards’ Vision For THE CREATOR is Stunning

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: RIVER is a Hilarious and Heartfelt Trip Through a Time-Loop

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

TENEBRAE Screen Comparisons – Checking Synapse’s 4K Restoration against their earlier 2016 Blu-ray

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: DOOR is a Gory Lost J-Horror Hidden Gem Well Worth Discovering

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Spinema Issue 71: SF Incorporated Penetrates the Film and TV World

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: RAGE Evolves our Expectations of Werewolf Films

Julian Singleton

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

New Label ‘Film Masters’ Launches with Definitive Release of THE GIANT GILA MONSTER and THE KILLER SHREWS

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: Morality Tale Meets Mexican Standoff at THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT All Hail Caesar!

September 25, 2023September 27, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: THE DEEP DARK is Claustrophobic Cosmic Horror

Julian Singleton

September 25, 2023September 26, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: UFO SWEDEN is a Soaring Scandinavian Sci-Fi Wonder

Julian Singleton

September 25, 2023September 26, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: KILL Gives India Its Own Gory/Great RAID-like

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: THE ORIGIN Reminds Us to Fear the Darkness, Within and Without

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: 100 YARDS: A Grand, Character-Based Martial Arts Epic

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: CONANN is a Queer Fantasy Epic through Bertrand Mandico’s Phantasmagorical Glitter Covered Lens

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

Criterion Review: THE TRIAL

September 24, 2023September 23, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: WHEN EVIL LURKS is a Gleefully Grotesque Possession Flick

Julian Singleton

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: ONE PERCENTER is Elite Self Aware Action Cinema

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2023: STRANGE DARLING: Don’t Read This Review [Spoiler Free]

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER is Flanagan’s Fiendish Farewell to Netflix

Julian Singleton

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

FANTASTIC FEST 2023: ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE is a Hilarious Deep Dive into Brucesploitation

September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

THE GIRL FROM RIO: Jess Franco’s Jet Set Bondsploitation Epic Swings onto 4K UHD

September 21, 2023September 20, 2023

BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM on 4K UHD – A Stunning Disc Worth the Upgrade!

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Screen Comparisons: THE EXORCIST 4K UHD vs 2010 Blu-ray

Julian Singleton

September 20, 2023September 19, 2023

ONE PIECE Reviewed By Someone Who Knows Nothing About ONE PIECE

September 16, 2023September 15, 2023

Spin the BLACK CIRCLE on Blu-ray thanks to Synapse Films!

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

[Q&A] REBEL Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Discuss the Real Life Inspirations Behind their Exploration of ISIS and the Radicalization of Muslim Youth

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

Kenneth Branagh’s A HAUNTING IN VENICE Blends Style and Scares with Aplomb

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

MERCENARIES FROM HONG KONG: Shawscope Volume 2 – Roundtable Reviews

September 14, 2023September 13, 2023

A HAUNTING IN VENICE Shows Third Crime’s a Charm

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

A HAUNTING IN VENICE Beautifully Blends Horror Mystery and Humor

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023

MY YOUNG AUNTIE – Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

September 8, 2023September 20, 2023

CHUCKY Comes Out to Play in 4K-UHD

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

Is 2023 the Year of the Self-Aware Blockbuster?

September 7, 2023September 20, 2023

MALONE [Blu Review]: Burt Reynolds V White Supremacists

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023

GRAN TURISMO Review: A Spectacular Ad for the PlayStation Sim

September 3, 2023September 20, 2023

THE GOOD MOTHER is a Bad Movie

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

Cauldron Films Unleashes Lucio Fulci’s CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD on 4K UHD!

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

WE KILL FOR LOVE is an Epic Deep Dive into the History of the Erotic Thriller

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

GOLDA Aims to Humanize One of the World’s Most Controversial Leaders

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Criterion Looks at How the 60s Told the Future with TARGETS and THE SERVANT

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Criterion Review: Jean-Luc Goddard’s BREATHLESS [4K-UHD]

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

TWO FILMS BY PETER GREENAWAY Crave Your Curiosity and Attention

Julian Singleton

August 25, 2023August 26, 2023

TEN TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG – Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

August 21, 2023September 8, 2023

Shout! Factory, Bring Cocaine Bear to 4K

Leonardo Gil-Ortiz

August 21, 2023September 7, 2023

Criterion Review: DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART

elizabeth stoddard

August 17, 2023September 7, 2023

Criterion Review: ONE FALSE MOVE (4K-UHD)

August 17, 2023August 16, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: NEW LIFE is a Intimate and Thought Provoking Genre Mashup

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023

SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER [4K-Review]

August 11, 2023August 13, 2023

Virginie Efira and the Soul of OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN

elizabeth stoddard

August 11, 2023August 13, 2023

MVD Kicks Off Their 4K Rewind Slate with SWAMP THING on UHD!

August 9, 2023August 13, 2023

ENTER THE DRAGON: The Martial Arts Classic Makes a Stunning 4K Debut

August 8, 2023August 13, 2023

NYAFF 2023: MISS SHAMPOO

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

NYAFF 2023: Interview With Anshul Chauhan, Director of DECEMBER

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023

NYAFF 2023: BACK HOME

August 4, 2023August 5, 2023

NYAFF 2023: MAD FATE

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

NYAFF 2023: GREENHOUSE

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM Review: The TMNT Movie We Should Have Had Decades Ago

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

A Not Wholly Unbiased Review of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 11 – THE WIND RISES

August 1, 2023August 2, 2023

PASSAGES and the Irresistible Chaos of Connection

Julian Singleton

August 1, 2023August 26, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK is a Shōnen Masterwork

July 31, 2023July 29, 2023

NYAFF 2023: A TOUR GUIDE

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023

Disney’s HAUNTED MANSION is Grim, and will Leave you Grinning with its Ghostly Humor!

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023

NYAFF 2023: EVERYPHONE, EVERYWHERE

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023

Criterion Review: AFTER HOURS (1985) [4K-UHD]

Julian Singleton

July 30, 2023July 29, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: Junta Yamaguchi’s RIVER is a Dreamy Whimsical Delight!

July 28, 2023July 27, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE Bestows Context and Clarity onto the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

July 27, 2023July 30, 2023

AFIRE: On Climate Change and Self-Absorption

elizabeth stoddard

July 27, 2023July 25, 2023

NYAFF 2023: KITTY THE KILLER

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF 2023: GEYLANG

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF 2023: VITAL SIGNS

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF 2023: ANIMATED SHORTS

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

HAUNTED MANSION is a Faithful Adaptation – And That Might Be Its Biggest Problem

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: A Chat with Renaissance Woman and Director of PRUNING Lola Blanc

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF 2023: MARRY MY DEAD BODY

July 26, 2023July 25, 2023

NYAFF 2023: OKIKU AND THE WORLD

July 26, 2023July 25, 2023

NYAFF 2023: BEAR MAN

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: RESTORE POINT is a Rousing Dose of High Concept Czech Sci-Fi

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

Criterion Review: Terry Gilliam’s TIME BANDITS [4K-UHD]

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: VINCENT MUST DIE is a Captivating Genre Bending Debut

July 23, 2023July 25, 2023

See it in 70mm!

July 23, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF 2023: GLORIOUS ASHES

July 21, 2023July 27, 2023

OPPENHEIMER is Christopher Nolan at His Most Haunted Best

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

BARBIE Review: Pink Power vs. the Patriarchy

July 20, 2023August 2, 2023

MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS – Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

July 20, 2023August 2, 2023

TALK TO ME is Full of Nerve-Shredding Terror

Julian Singleton

July 19, 2023August 26, 2023

NYAFF 2023: BAD EDUCATION

July 19, 2023July 27, 2023

NYAFF2023: LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM COLLECTION

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

OPPENHEIMER is a Stunning Dissection of Apocalyptic Guilt and Glory

Julian Singleton

July 19, 2023August 27, 2023

THE MIRACLE CLUB Travels Familiar Territory

elizabeth stoddard

July 14, 2023August 2, 2023

AmnesiA is a Dark and Dreamy 90’s Hidden Gem

July 14, 2023July 17, 2023

FREEWAY in 4K is a Gorgeous Presentation of a Film that Could NEVER be Made Today

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

PACIFIC RIM 10th Anniversary Retrospective

July 12, 2023July 21, 2023

CHILE ’76 Is a Masterful Political Thriller

elizabeth stoddard

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Raises the Bar… Again

July 11, 2023July 21, 2023

Screen Comparisons: Arrow’s DOLLS (Empire of Screams Box Set) vs 2014 Blu-ray

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

THE KID WITH THE GOLDEN ARM – Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

July 10, 2023July 20, 2023

PRISON GIRLS 3D Delivers the Sleazy Goods and There’s Nothing Wrong with That!

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

JOY RIDE is a Cute, Crude, and Chaotic Comedy

July 7, 2023July 16, 2023

FANTASIA 2023: Frank & Dan’s Most Anticipated for this Year’s Fest!

July 7, 2023July 16, 2023

CFF 2023: INVOKING YELL is a Found Footage Banger with a Black Metal Hook

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Screen Comparisons: Arrow’s CELLAR DWELLER (Empire of Screams Box Set) vs 2015 Blu-ray

July 6, 2023July 19, 2023

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY: Once More, With Less Feeling

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

July 4, 2023July 20, 2023

McBAIN: Regime Change As Action Film [Blu Review]

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023

Screen Comparisons: Arrow’s DUNGEONMASTER (Empire of Screams Box Set) vs 2015 Blu-ray

June 30, 2023July 10, 2023

The Hunt for a Worthwhile Sequel is on in INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 10 – PONYO

June 30, 2023July 14, 2023

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY Turns Back the Clock to Deliver a Strong Finisher

June 30, 2023July 9, 2023

CFF 2023: NEW RELIGION is a Surreal Exploration of Grief, Death, and Hope?

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

CFF 2023: STAG, Horror with Heart!

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

One Relic Hunts Down Another in INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

June 28, 2023July 6, 2023

CFF 2023: THE ELDERLY is a Nightmarish Look at Aging Through a Geronotophobic Lens

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

RUBY GILLMAN: TEENAGE KRAKEN Beautifully Blends Family Dramedy and Kaiju Antics

June 28, 2023July 10, 2023

THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT is a Lush and Lurid Debut from Peter Greenaway

Julian Singleton

June 28, 2023August 27, 2023

CFF 2023: SUBJECT is a Transgressive Tour de Force

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

Take Me Down to the ASTEROID CITY

June 23, 2023July 6, 2023

Criterion Review: Seijun Suzuki’s BRANDED TO KILL [4K-UHD]

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

THEY CAME TO CORDURA Spotlights Tab Hunter’s Finest Moment

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

FIVE SUPERFIGHTERS: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

June 20, 2023July 20, 2023

MAD HEIDI is a Grindhouse Throwback that Understood the Assignment

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Glorious Animation and a Relevant Story Make ELEMENTAL Essential

June 16, 2023July 10, 2023

Celebrate Over 40 Years of INDIANA JONES with All-New 4K-UHD Releases

June 16, 2023June 19, 2023

EXTRACTION 2: Bigger! Bolder! Better…?

June 16, 2023June 30, 2023

THE FLASH is a Big, Bold, Fan-service Delivery Mechanism – if You Can Overlook its Biggest Problem

June 15, 2023July 27, 2023

JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4. Visceral Violence in a Sublimely Realized Underworld [4K-Review]

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Hideo Gosha’s Explosive Yakuza Classic VIOLENT STREETS – Blu-ray Review & Unbox

June 15, 2023June 30, 2023

BROOKLYN 45 is a Ghoulishly Clever Supernatural Thriller

June 15, 2023June 19, 2023

Tribeca 2023: I.S.S. is an Anxiety Fueled Sci-Fi Thriller

June 12, 2023June 11, 2023

Tribeca 2023: SUITABLE FLESH is a Frustrating Throwback without the Spice

June 11, 2023June 12, 2023

Tribeca 2023: SOMEWHERE QUIET Is a Suspensefully Atmospheric Descent into Madness

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023

The One Infuriating Thing About the JOHN WICK Sequels

June 9, 2023June 8, 2023

Spinema Issue 70: BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL is a Simply Perfect Adaption!

June 9, 2023September 26, 2023

Unboxing and Review: Film Movement Brings Hideo Gosha’s SAMURAI WOLF 1 & 2 to Blu-ray

June 9, 2023June 30, 2023

Breaking Backs in Heaven: A Field of Streams Tribute to the Iron Sheik

June 8, 2023June 30, 2023

A Chat with Bomani J. Story, Writer/Director of THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023

TRANSFORMERS Keeps Things Fresh With RISE OF THE BEASTS

June 8, 2023June 15, 2023

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS Signals the Rebirth of the Franchise

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023

JIMMY ZIP: RELOADED Brings the Late 90s Crime Drama Back for New Audiences

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

MAD MONKEY KUNG FU: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

June 6, 2023July 20, 2023

SHIN KAMEN RIDER is a Thrilling Love Letter to the Tokusatsu Icon

June 5, 2023June 30, 2023

THELMA & LOUISE: Icons & Outlaws [Criterion Review]

June 2, 2023June 30, 2023

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Jumps Breathlessly from Big Fun to Existential Contemplation

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is Ambitious Animation that Stuns and Soars in Equal Measure

Julian Singleton

May 31, 2023August 27, 2023

Uncle Reyes, Batman is NOT a Fascist

Leonardo Gil-Ortiz

May 30, 2023June 6, 2023

Field of Streams, Skate-Watch Edition: SKATESHOP, UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF, STAY ON BOARD

May 30, 2023June 8, 2023

DISCIPLES OF THE 36th CHAMBER: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

May 29, 2023July 20, 2023

Spinema Issue 69: Trensettahs and BLACK SOUNDS OF FREEDOM

May 29, 2023September 26, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 9: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

May 29, 2023June 29, 2023

Family Clashes with Mythology in Superpowered Sequel SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

INFLUENCER Deals Out an Intoxicating Gen-X Hitchcockian Thriller

May 26, 2023May 30, 2023

Criterion Review: PETITE MAMAN

elizabeth stoddard

May 26, 2023May 25, 2023

KANDAHAR: Gerard Butler & Ric Roman Waugh Remain A Formidable Star/Director Duo

May 24, 2023May 15, 2023

FAST X: Let the Naysayers Have Their Opinions, We Still Have “Family”

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

THE LITTLE MERMAID: A More Nuanced Romance and a Breakout Performance by Halle Bailey

May 23, 2023May 26, 2023

FAST X Finds the Fast Franchise Spinning Its Wheels

May 22, 2023May 30, 2023

88 Films: In The Line of Duty I-IV is a Fully Loaded Girls and Guns Extravaganza! [Unboxing Video + Review]

May 19, 2023May 29, 2023

Yuen Woo Ping’s TIGER CAGE Trilogy on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory

May 18, 2023May 23, 2023

RETURN TO THE 36th CHAMBER: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

May 15, 2023July 20, 2023

Happy Mother’s Day, MILDRED PIERCE

May 14, 2023May 15, 2023

Criterion Review: THE FISHER KING [4K-UHD]

May 12, 2023May 9, 2023

ASSASSIN CLUB is a Hitman Battle Royale!

May 10, 2023May 9, 2023

The JLA Goes Anime in Crossover Event JUSTICE LEAGUE X RWBY

May 10, 2023May 12, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 8 — SPIRITED AWAY

May 10, 2023June 29, 2023

CHEVALIER is an Exquisite Reclamation of a Revolutionary Artist

Julian Singleton

May 10, 2023August 27, 2023

Cinapse Top Ten: Jay Tyler

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

GUARDIANS VOL. 3 – A Darker but No Less Welcome Closing Chapter

May 8, 2023May 22, 2023

36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN: Shawscope Vol. 2 – Roundtable Reviews

May 8, 2023July 20, 2023

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? is the Question that Eventually Gets Answered

May 7, 2023May 29, 2023

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3. is a Muddled Misfire

May 3, 2023May 9, 2023

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Review: A Worth-the-Wait Trilogy Capper

May 3, 2023May 9, 2023

Criterion Review: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2023) 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

April 30, 2023August 27, 2023

Here’s to You, Michelle Pfeiffer

April 29, 2023May 15, 2023

Eurocrime Actioner THE NEW GODFATHERS (1979) Arrives on Blu-ray from Raro

April 28, 2023May 7, 2023

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

elizabeth stoddard

April 28, 2023May 8, 2023

DEAD SILENCE Seeks Vengeance From Beyond the Grave in 4K UHD

April 28, 2023May 3, 2023

THE BIG EASY is a Breezy Crime Thriller

April 28, 2023May 3, 2023

New on Blu: BACKTRACK (aka CATCHFIRE) is an Exercise in Idiosyncrasy

April 28, 2023May 3, 2023

2023 Old School Kung Fu Fest: VENGEANCE OF THE PHOENIX SISTERS (1968)

April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

2023 Old School Kung Fu Fest: THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN (1968)

April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

Arrow Heads #105: THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU

April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

2023 Old School Kung Fu Fest: KING OF WUXIA is a Masterclass on King Hu

April 24, 2023May 3, 2023

SISU Kills ’Em All

April 24, 2023September 2, 2023

BEAU IS AFRAID Puts the Odd in Odyssey

April 19, 2023April 30, 2023

THE SEVENTH SEAL: A N00b’s Take on Ingmar Bergman’s Classic [Criterion 4K UHD Review]

April 18, 2023September 2, 2023

STAR TREK The Next Generation Movies are Energized by 4K-UHD

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023

The Chattanooga Film Festival Unleashes Their First Wave of Programming for 2023!

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 6— PORCO ROSSO

April 14, 2023June 29, 2023

SHOWING UP and Being Stuck

elizabeth stoddard

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023

RENFIELD Review: Horror-Action-Comedy Undone By Tonal Incongruities

April 13, 2023April 28, 2023

RENFIELD is a Vampire Comedy Sucked Dry of Effective Humor

Julian Singleton

April 12, 2023August 27, 2023

Yasuhiko Shimizu’s Japanese CUBE Remake is a Worthy Addition to the Franchise

April 11, 2023April 28, 2023

The 10th Annual Old School Kung Fu Fest: Swordfighting Heroes Edition Takes NY!

April 11, 2023April 28, 2023

65 Review: Prehistoric in More Ways Than One

April 10, 2023April 28, 2023

Tokusatsu Talk: KAMEN RIDER BLACK SUN is a “Woke” Rubber Suited Masterwork

April 10, 2023April 28, 2023

THE MALTESE FALCON [4K UHD Review]

Julian Singleton

April 10, 2023August 27, 2023

Words of the Condor: A conversation with martial arts star Marko Zaror

April 7, 2023June 16, 2023

Jackie Chan Documentary THE GOLDEN BOY Explores His Rise to International Fame

April 7, 2023May 7, 2023

Damien Chazelle’s BABYLON Stuns on 4K-UHD

April 7, 2023April 25, 2023

Criterion Review: INLAND EMPIRE

April 7, 2023April 25, 2023

SUPER MARIO BROS: Nintendo’s Flagship Series Gets an Underwhelming Big-Screen Adaptation

April 6, 2023April 28, 2023

Nicholas Ray’s REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE [4K/Blu-Ray Review]

April 6, 2023April 28, 2023

On the Origin of the Sneakies: AIR and the Disruptive Evolution of Nike

April 6, 2023May 2, 2023

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. is a Hollow Feast of Fan Service

April 4, 2023April 30, 2023

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season One [Home Video Review]

April 4, 2023April 25, 2023

New on 4K Blu — BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM

April 4, 2023May 26, 2023

ENYS MEN Review: An Island, Isolation, and Mind Tricks Everywhere

March 31, 2023April 28, 2023

Top 5 2022 Films to Make You More Empathetic

March 31, 2023September 2, 2023

Review: RYE LANE

March 31, 2023May 2, 2023

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [4K UHD Review]

Julian Singleton

March 29, 2023August 27, 2023

Chatting with April Wright of BACK TO THE DRIVE-IN

March 29, 2023May 8, 2023

ROCKY The Knockout Collection [4K-Review]

March 24, 2023April 25, 2023

Dario Argento’s PHENOMENA (aka CREEPERS) [4K-Review]

March 24, 2023April 28, 2023

JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4: Rather Impossibly, the Best Entry in a Series with No Bad Ones

March 23, 2023May 26, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 5— KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE

March 23, 2023June 29, 2023

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Buckles and Swashes on Blu-ray

March 22, 2023May 2, 2023

Let’s Talk About MOVING ON

March 21, 2023April 30, 2023

A Farewell to SERVANT, A Titan of Tension and Terror

Julian Singleton

March 21, 2023August 27, 2023

SXSW 2023: EVIL DEAD RISE is a Worthy Entry in the Series

March 20, 2023July 23, 2023

SXSW 2023: THE LONG GAME is a Texan-Mexican-American True Story

March 20, 2023July 23, 2023

SXSW 2023: ART FOR EVERYBODY Explores Artist Beyond His Art

March 18, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: AMERICANA is Western Crime Poetry

March 18, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: MONOLITH Revels in Isolation and Intrigue

March 18, 2023April 25, 2023

SXSW 2023: MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE Exudes Charm and Creativity

March 18, 2023April 25, 2023

SXSW 2023: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES — Sword and Sorcery Gets the Marvel Treatment

March 18, 2023July 23, 2023

SXSW 2023: THE STARLING GIRL, on Religion, Suppression, and Desire

March 16, 2023September 2, 2023

SXSW 2023: RAGING GRACE—A Haunting Damnation of Diaspora

March 15, 2023April 25, 2023

SXSW 2023: PROBLEMISTA is a Hilarious Skewering of Society’s Injustices

March 15, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: UNTIL BRANCHES BEND

March 15, 2023April 25, 2023

SXSW 2023: Love is Hard in PARACHUTE

March 14, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: TALK TO ME

March 13, 2023April 25, 2023

SXSW 2023: Veronica Ngo’s FURIES Is a Must See Action Epic

March 13, 2023September 2, 2023

SXSW 2023: Addiction and Family Collide in YOU SING LOUD, I SING LOUDER

March 13, 2023April 30, 2023

The Tenth Annual Cinapse Awards

March 12, 2023April 28, 2023

SXSW 2023: WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN

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March 12, 2023April 28, 2023

SXSW 2023: THE HERRICANES

March 12, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: Travel Back to the Satanic Seventies in LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

March 12, 2023April 30, 2023

SXSW 2023: FLAMIN’ HOT’s Got Heart

March 12, 2023September 2, 2023

SXSW 2023: WRATH OF BECKY — This Girl Kills Fascists!

March 11, 2023April 28, 2023

SXSW 2023: SATAN WANTS YOU is Shocking and Terrifyingly Relevant Exposé

March 11, 2023April 28, 2023

SXSW 2023: THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER Delivers a Monster of a Metaphor

March 11, 2023April 24, 2023

SXSW 2023: SISTER & SISTER

elizabeth stoddard

March 11, 2023April 28, 2023

Ghostface takes Manhattan in SCREAM VI

March 9, 2023April 25, 2023

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS. Shout! Factory 4K-Steelbook Review

March 8, 2023April 28, 2023

SXSW 2023: The Cinapse Team’s ‘Most Anticipated’ Films

March 8, 2023April 28, 2023

The Tender Story of ONE FINE MORNING

elizabeth stoddard

March 6, 2023April 28, 2023

Exclusive: A Chat with Thomas Negovan About CALIGULA MMXX

March 3, 2023April 30, 2023

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a Horrific Visual Feast on 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

March 3, 2023August 27, 2023

4K/Blu-Ray Review: THE BOXTROLLS Delivers Stellar Stop-Motion Animation and Layered Storytelling

March 3, 2023April 19, 2023

OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE, A Time-Waster By Any Other Name

March 2, 2023April 28, 2023

FP 4EVZ Returns Us to the Weird Wonderful World of The FP

March 2, 2023April 30, 2023

Living With Miyazaki, Part 3— CASTLE IN THE SKY

February 28, 2023June 29, 2023

It’s Always Noirvember with Kino Lorber

February 25, 2023April 30, 2023

Criterion Review: LARS VON TRIER’S EUROPE TRILOGY (1984/1987/1991)

Julian Singleton

February 24, 2023August 27, 2023

COCAINE BEAR Fully Delivers on its Comically Absurd Premise

February 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Spinema Issue 68: Talking Film and TV with Composer and Cinephile Yoav Goren

February 21, 2023April 28, 2023

4K/Blu-Ray Review: THE FABELMANS Shine on Physical Media

February 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Frank’s Top 5 Kino Releases of 2022

February 17, 2023April 30, 2023

Neeson, Jordan Bring a Classic Detective Back to Life with MARLOWE

February 17, 2023April 30, 2023

SHARPER is a Promising Thriller That Ends Up Dull

February 17, 2023April 30, 2023

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA: Justice for Kang

February 17, 2023April 28, 2023

QUANTUMANIA Shows How Lost the MCU has Become

February 17, 2023April 30, 2023

BUBBA-HO-TEP. Hail to the [4K] King

February 17, 2023April 25, 2023

Venturing into the THE OUTWATERS with Star/Director Robbie Banfitch

February 17, 2023April 28, 2023

The Psychedelic Intimacy of ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA

February 15, 2023April 30, 2023

Discussing Faith, Film, and CONSECRATION with Writer/Director Christopher Smith and Star Jena Malone

February 14, 2023April 30, 2023

Blue Underground Debuts a Marquis de Sade/Jess Franco Double Bill of JUSTINE and EUGENIE on 4K UHD

February 14, 2023April 30, 2023

MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE, Truth in Advertising (Hopefully)

February 11, 2023April 30, 2023

In CONSECRATION, Sympathy For the Devil

February 10, 2023May 6, 2023

CRITERION REVIEW: Michael Haneke — Trilogy (1989/1992/1994)

Julian Singleton

February 10, 2023August 27, 2023

Dan Tabor’s Sundance 2023 Wrap Up and Favorites

February 7, 2023April 28, 2023

Criterion Review: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN [4K-UHD]

February 3, 2023April 25, 2023

Spinema Issue 67: Paul Lewis Talks His Favorite Movies, Romeo Rage, and Composing Music for Film

February 2, 2023April 28, 2023

KNOCK AT THE CABIN — M. Night gives Us a Delightfully Atmospheric Fun House Mirror

February 2, 2023May 2, 2023

2022: 25 Films

Julian Singleton

February 2, 2023August 27, 2023

Sundance 2023: MAGAZINE DREAMS is a Daring Tour de Force for Majors

February 2, 2023April 28, 2023

In KNOCK AT THE CABIN, M. Night Shyamalan Delivers a Master Class in Suspense

February 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Sundance 2023: VICTIM/SUSPECT

elizabeth stoddard

February 1, 2023April 28, 2023

INFINITY POOL Takes an Unflinching Look at Humanity’s Ugliness

January 31, 2023April 30, 2023

Sundance 2023: GOING VARSITY IN MARIACHI

elizabeth stoddard

January 26, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV

elizabeth stoddard

January 25, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: KIM’S VIDEO Documents The Hunt for the Lost Collection

January 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING is a Melancholic, Moving Character Piece for Ridley

January 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: JUDY BLUME FOREVER

elizabeth stoddard

January 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: BIRTH/REBIRTH is a Feminist Horror Masterwork

January 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: Brandon Cronenberg’s INFINITY POOL is a Phantasmagorical Descent into Madness

January 24, 2023April 28, 2023

Living With Miyazaki — THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO

January 24, 2023June 29, 2023

Sundance 2023: FANCY DANCE

elizabeth stoddard

January 23, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE

elizabeth stoddard

January 23, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: MY ANIMAL Offers up a Queer Sexual Awakening through the Prism of Lycanthropy

January 23, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: ONYX THE FORTUITOUS AND THE TALISMAN OF SOULS is a Hell of a good time!

January 22, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL

elizabeth stoddard

January 22, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: SLOW

elizabeth stoddard

January 21, 2023April 28, 2023

Sundance 2023: ALIENS ABDUCTED BY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT — Come for the Title, Stay…

January 20, 2023April 28, 2023

ALICE, DARLING, No Adventures in Wonderland

January 20, 2023

MISSING Sets Up The Clues, But Can’t Quite Crack the Case

January 17, 2023April 30, 2023

An Ode to the Insane Brawls in THALLUMAALA

January 17, 2023May 2, 2023

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER is the Future of Comic Book Cinema

January 14, 2023

SKINAMARINK Delivers Unforgettable Experiential Horror

January 13, 2023

Delving into SKINAMARINK with Director Kyle Edward Ball

January 12, 2023May 8, 2023

The Greatest Trick THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY’s Trailer Pulled Was Convincing the World the Movie Was…

January 12, 2023

The Austin Film Critics Association Announce their 2022 Award Winners

January 10, 2023April 25, 2023

Cinapse @ Sundance 2023: The Cinapse Crew’s Picks

January 10, 2023April 28, 2023

Westworld Season 4: The Final Season Hits 4K UHD

January 9, 2023

Top 10 Action Films of 2022

January 8, 2023September 2, 2023

M3GAN, Multi-Layered Family Drama Wrapped Around A Cautionary Sci-Fi/Horror Tale

January 6, 2023May 6, 2023

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Sheds the Cynicism of Shrek

January 4, 2023April 30, 2023

Dan Tabor’s Top 10% of 2022

January 3, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 12: Season Finale — Requiem For Dream

December 30, 2022

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Delivers High Style, Verve, and Vibes to Spare

December 27, 2022

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 11: Threats on Both Sides

December 21, 2022

Chatting with the Artisans Behind RRR

December 21, 2022May 8, 2023

GHOSTWATCH: The British Godfather of Found Footage Horror Finally Comes to America

Julian Singleton

December 20, 2022August 27, 2023

STAR TREK DISCOVERY Season 4 [Blu-review]

December 20, 2022April 25, 2023

ELVIS: Baz Luhrmann’s Rhinestone-Studded Remix of Americana on Show-Stopping 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

December 20, 2022August 27, 2023

What Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO Has To Do With Kubrick, Scorsese, and Death

December 19, 2022May 2, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 10: Lost in Translation

December 19, 2022

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE: A Q&A with “The Daniels”, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan

December 19, 2022May 8, 2023

It Doesn’t Take Long for BABYLON to Fall

December 16, 2022April 30, 2023

SPOILER ALERT: This is One of the Year’s Best

December 16, 2022April 30, 2023

Criterion Review: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE [4K-UHD]

December 15, 2022April 25, 2023

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER is a Lush Action Spectacle that only James Cameron Can Deliver

December 13, 2022

Sheldon Lettich: Talking Tough Guy Movies with the Man Behind Van Damme

December 11, 2022May 8, 2023

EMANCIPATION, Will Smith Delivers a Powerful, Moving Performance in Civil War Drama

December 9, 2022

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 9: Battle On!

December 9, 2022

CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS is a Bloody Good Time!

December 8, 2022

WOMEN TALKING: Sarah Polley Delivers One of This Year’s Best

December 4, 2022

VIOLENT NIGHT is the Greatest Christmas Action Movie of All Time!

December 1, 2022

NR. 10 is High Melodrama with an Extremely Satisfying Absurdist Twist

November 30, 2022

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 8: Seriously, WTF?

November 30, 2022

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 7: Do these episodes keep getting shorter or is it me?

November 30, 2022

POLTERGEIST Packs a Paranormal Punch on 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

November 29, 2022August 27, 2023

THE FABELMANS or Portrait of a Filmmaker as a Young Man

November 27, 2022

HALO Shows Promise with Season One

November 23, 2022April 25, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 6: The Heart of CHAINSAW MAN

November 18, 2022April 12, 2023

THE MENU Delivers Epicurean Delights and Horrors in Equal Measure

November 18, 2022

Criterion Review: THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021) 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

November 18, 2022August 27, 2023

UK’s 101 Films Serves up an AGFA Double Bill of “Smut Without Smut” on Blu-ray

November 15, 2022February 27, 2023

UK’s 101 Films Serves up an AGFA Double Bill of “Smut Without Smut” on Blu-ray

November 15, 2022

Criterion Review: Czech Masterpiece DAISIES

November 14, 2022February 27, 2023

TWO WITCHES is an Engaging Exploration of Witchcraft and Power

November 11, 2022February 27, 2023

Austin Film Festival 2022: THE WHALE Marks the Revelatory Return of Brendan Fraser

Julian Singleton

November 11, 2022August 27, 2023

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER is a Soulful Blockbuster Burdened by Loss and a Burgeoning MCU

November 10, 2022April 27, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 5: It’s a Trap!

November 9, 2022February 27, 2023

Tokusatsu Talk: KAMEN RIDER BLACK SUN

November 3, 2022January 3, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 4: Kinda a Bridge

November 3, 2022January 3, 2023

DRIVE (not that one!) is a Blast on 4K UHD!

November 3, 2022January 3, 2023

REAL GENIUS: The iconic ‘80s Comedy Hits 4K UHD!

November 1, 2022January 3, 2023

The Gleeful Nihilism of THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD Hits 4K UHD

October 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Jordan Peele’s NOPE Still Astounds on 4K UHD

October 31, 2022January 3, 2023

ORPHAN FIRST KILL is an Unhinged Horror Sequel Masterwork

October 31, 2022January 3, 2023

HALLOWEEN H20 and HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION the Rebirth and Death of a Franchise

October 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Hail to the King. ARMY OF DARKNESS Marches onto 4K UHD

October 28, 2022April 25, 2023

CAUSEWAY Examines the Raw Wounds of Recovery

Julian Singleton

October 28, 2022August 27, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 3: Denji did it all for the Meowy

October 27, 2022January 3, 2023

The Two Faces of HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS

October 22, 2022January 3, 2023

Criterion Review: CURE (1997)

Julian Singleton

October 22, 2022August 27, 2023

Catching Up with the Class of V/H/S/99 — Hitting Shudder TODAY!

October 21, 2022January 3, 2023

The Gothic Grandeur of Bram Stoker’s DRACULA in 4K-UHD

October 21, 2022April 25, 2023

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS

elizabeth stoddard

October 20, 2022April 28, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap — Episode 2: Let’s go to Work

October 20, 2022January 3, 2023

MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH is the Proto-HEATHERS You Didn’t Know You Needed to See

October 19, 2022January 3, 2023

Criterion Review: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD [4K-UHD]

October 19, 2022April 25, 2023

Vinegar Syndrome Unleashes THE BIRDS 2: LAND’S END on Blu-ray

October 17, 2022January 3, 2023

NO ESCAPE (1994): A Classic Ray Liotta Action Film B-Side is Resurrected

October 15, 2022August 21, 2023

The Original STAR TREK Movies Complete their 4K-UHD Series

October 14, 2022April 25, 2023

HALLOWEEN ENDS the Deconstruction of Evil

October 13, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: Digging into VESPER with Co-Director/Co-Writer Bruno Samper

October 13, 2022January 3, 2023

CHAINSAW MAN Recap— Episode 1: Worth the Wait

October 13, 2022January 3, 2023

ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY is an Action-Packed Sequel Done Right!

October 12, 2022May 8, 2023

Criterion Review: BLOW OUT on 4K UHD

October 6, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: Never Give Up, Never Surrender — Chatting with the Director and Cast of…

October 5, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: Talking Kaiju and Ultraman with Director Shinji Higuchi

October 5, 2022January 3, 2023

SPIRIT HALLOWEEN is Hauntingly Wholesome Good Time!

October 4, 2022January 3, 2023

Blu-Ray/4K Double Pack: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

October 4, 2022

Fantastic Fest 2022 Ranked! Cinapse’s Top 5 Films

October 4, 2022May 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: ATTACHMENT is an Insightful Blend of Queer and Religious Horror

Julian Singleton

October 3, 2022August 27, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: H4Z4RD is a Fast and Frenetic Thrill-Ride

October 3, 2022April 25, 2023

Criterion Review: EXOTICA

September 30, 2022

Supernatural Horror SMILE Shocks, Scares, and Disturbs

September 30, 2022May 6, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: HELLRAISER Has Such Sights to Show You!

September 29, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: BONES AND ALL is a Lush Romantic Epic About the Hunger to Belong

Julian Singleton

September 29, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: LYNCH/OZ Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Lynchian Inspiration

September 29, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: THE FIVE DEVILS is a Sensuous Time-Travel Fable

Julian Singleton

September 29, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: Shark Movie Sidebar Extravaganza!

September 29, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Teases a Return to Bruckheimer-Era Action But Takes a Hard Left

September 28, 2022May 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: VENUS Executes Multiple Genres Deftly

September 28, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: PROJECT WOLF HUNTING is a Disturbingly Fun Genre Supernova

Julian Singleton

September 28, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS is an Uneasy Surreal Snapshot of Addiction

September 27, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: HUESERA Delivers the Haunting Specter of Motherhood

September 27, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: THE ANTARES PARADOX Looks to the Stars and Into Our Souls

September 27, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: UNICORN WARS Embraces Cuddly Carnage

Julian Singleton

September 27, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: VESPER: Seeds of Hope in a Poisoned Planet

September 27, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: V/H/S/99 — It’s a Shower, Not a Grower!

September 26, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: BIRDEMIC 3: SEA EAGLE the Birds are BACK!

September 26, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: SOLOMON KING Rediscovered, Restored, Righteous

September 26, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: LIVING WITH CHUCKY is Heartwarming Look at the Slasher Franchise

September 25, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: A WOUNDED FAWN is an Enthralling Descent into Mysticism and Madness

September 25, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: BAD CITY, a Yakuza Street Brawling Extravaganza

September 25, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: A Chat with Kyra Elise Gardner, Director of LIVING WITH CHUCKY

September 25, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING is Quentin Dupieux’s Funniest Since RUBBER

September 24, 2022May 3, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: HUNT is an Explosive Korean Action Thriller

Julian Singleton

September 24, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest 2022: KIDS VS.

September 24, 2022August 21, 2023

4K/Blu-Ray Review: THE LOST BOYS Has Never Looked Better

September 23, 2022

Believe the Kids: This GOODNIGHT MOMMY is an Imposter

Julian Singleton

September 21, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantastic Fest Returns for 2022 — The Cinapse Team’s ‘Most Anticipated’

September 21, 2022April 25, 2023

BLONDE tears Marilyn Monroe Apart

Julian Singleton

September 19, 2022August 28, 2023

THE WOMAN KING: Oscar-Winner Viola Davis’s Powerful Performance Elevates Historical Epic

September 16, 2022

PEARL: Ti West, Mia Goth, and a Slasher Origin Story for the Ages

September 16, 2022

DOG SOLDIERS Gets a 4K-UHD Promotion from Shout! Factory

September 16, 2022April 25, 2023

Arrowheads #104: FLATLINERS [4K-UHD]

September 16, 2022April 25, 2023

PEARL delivers an Audacious and Unflinching Character Study

September 14, 2022January 3, 2023

A Chat with Jeremy Richey, Author of ‘Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol’

September 14, 2022May 8, 2023

Criterion Review: LE CORBEAU (1943)

Julian Singleton

September 13, 2022August 28, 2023

Chucky’s Back! CHILD’S PLAY 1, 2 & 3 Come to 4K-UHD

September 9, 2022May 2, 2023

Criterion Review: RAGING BULL [4K-UHD]

September 6, 2022April 25, 2023

What American Blockbusters Can Learn From RRR

September 6, 2022April 30, 2023

BELLE Gets a Beast of a 4K Collector’s Edition

Julian Singleton

August 30, 2022August 28, 2023

Spinema Order 66: Mondo’s STAR WARS ROGUE ONE Expanded Edition

August 30, 2022April 25, 2023

Criterion Review: HÔTEL DU NORD

elizabeth stoddard

August 29, 2022April 28, 2023

NY’s Metrograph Announces Sylvia Kristel Retrospective in September

August 24, 2022January 3, 2023

Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol – The Rosetta Stone for Sylvia’s Career (Review/Unboxing…

August 19, 2022May 2, 2023

MACK & RITA Makes a Millennial Out of Diane Keaton

August 19, 2022May 2, 2023

EMERGENCY DECLARATION, South Korean Disaster-In-The-Sky Delivers the Genre Goods

August 19, 2022

NAKED OVER THE FENCE is a Charming Comedic Noir that Deserves to Be Seen

August 19, 2022January 3, 2023

SPIN ME ROUND Fails to Disarm its Thorny Premise

August 19, 2022January 3, 2023

The Sandman: What Got Changed, and What Comes Next — Part 3

August 18, 2022April 30, 2023

The Sandman: What Got Changed, and What Comes Next — Part 2

August 17, 2022April 30, 2023

The Sandman: What Got Changed, and What Comes Next — Part 1

August 16, 2022April 30, 2023

BATTLE OF THE WORLDS: A Cranky Claude Rain Saves the World From Idiocy, Ignorance, and Aliens

August 12, 2022

BODIES BODIES BODIES, Savage Gen Z Satire Hits Far More Than It Misses

August 5, 2022May 6, 2023

PREY, A Return to Form for the Once Floundering PREDATOR Franchise

Criterion Review: THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

August 5, 2022April 25, 2023

BULLET TRAIN. A Rickety Ride, Eased by the Charms of Brad Pitt

August 4, 2022April 25, 2023

Criterion Review: SUMMERTIME

elizabeth stoddard

August 1, 2022April 28, 2023

Kino Unleashes ANTS! on Blu-ray

July 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: POPRAN is a Heartfelt, Bizarrely Satirical Look at Toxic Masculinity

July 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: LEGIONS is Bloody Wholesome Folk Horror

July 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: Chatting with Writer/Director Carter Smith about SWALLOWED

July 31, 2022January 3, 2023

Arrow Heads #103: TRUE ROMANCE [4K-UHD]

July 30, 2022April 25, 2023

Fantasia 2022: MEGALOMANIAC Making a Monster

July 29, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: THE ARTIFICE GIRL — a Very Human Story of Artificial Intelligence

July 29, 2022January 3, 2023

STEELE JUSTICE (1987): Martin Kove Strikes Hard With This Post-Vietnam Super Soldier Fantasy

July 24, 2022August 21, 2023

Fantasia 2022: DEADSTREAM — the EVIL DEAD 2 of Found Footage Movies

July 24, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: SHIN ULTRAMAN is a Faithful and Fantastic Update on the Japanese Icon

July 22, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022: SHIN ULTRAMAN’s Director Shinji Higuchi talks Kaiju, Bureaucracy and Updating an…

July 22, 2022January 3, 2023

NOPE, Jordan Peele Delivers the Blockbuster Entertainment We Didn’t Know We Needed

Arrow Heads #102: ONE ARMED BOXER Unboxing & Review

July 22, 2022August 21, 2023

Criterion Review: Double Indemnity (1944)

Julian Singleton

July 19, 2022August 28, 2023

Fantasia 2022: SWALLOWED – EASY RIDER through a Cronenbergian Lens

July 16, 2022January 3, 2023

GOOD MADAM, Provocative Slow-Burn Horror

THE GRAY MAN, Netflix’s $200M Gamble, Fails to Pay Off

NEON LIGHTS: Losing the Plot, Descending into Madness and/or Tedium

Criterion Review: OKJA 4K (2017)

Julian Singleton

July 13, 2022August 28, 2023

PINK FLAMINGOS Triumphantly Returns to the Criterion Collection

July 8, 2022January 3, 2023

Fantasia 2022 Hits Next Week and Here’s Our Most Anticipated!

July 7, 2022January 3, 2023

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is All Filling, No Donut

July 5, 2022January 3, 2023

Arrow Heads #101: WILD THINGS [4K-UHD]

July 5, 2022April 25, 2023

THE FORGIVEN, Morocco-Set Anti-Colonialist Satire Soars Then Stumbles

RUBIKON, Where Everyone Has Gone Before and Will Again

The Archivist #143: Two Musicals for Judy Garland’s Centennial [ZIEGFELD GIRL & FOR ME AND MY GAL]

elizabeth stoddard

June 28, 2022April 28, 2023

CFF 2022: THE ATTACHMENT DIARIES — A Relevant and Subversive Take on the Right to Choice

June 27, 2022January 3, 2023

CFF 2022: THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN is an Atmospheric Slice of Folk Horror

June 27, 2022January 3, 2023

CFF 2022: THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART 5&1 is an Impressive Love Letter to the Slasher Genre

June 27, 2022May 2, 2023

CFF 2022: CRYO is a Razor Sharp Sci-fi Whodunnit

June 27, 2022January 3, 2023

EVERY TIME WE MEET FOR ICE CREAM YOUR WHOLE FUCKING FACE EXPLODES

June 27, 2022January 3, 2023

Screen Comparisons: Synapse’s new THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE Disc vs 2009 Blu-ray

June 24, 2022January 3, 2023

STUNT ROCK — Rocks Out on Blu-ray!

June 24, 2022January 3, 2023

THE BLACK PHONE, Nightmare Fuel From Two of the Best Horror Filmmakers Working Today

Michael Bay Takes Us on a Thrill-Ride in AMBULANCE [Blu-Review]

June 24, 2022April 25, 2023

Screen Comparisons: THRILLER on New Vinegar Syndrome Disc vs. Earlier Synapse Films Blu-ray

June 23, 2022January 3, 2023

Arrow Heads #100: ROBOCOP 4K UHD [Review/Unboxing]

June 22, 2022January 3, 2023

THE NORTHMAN is a Valhöll-Worthy 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

June 21, 2022August 28, 2023

NEPTUNE FROST: Music as Protest

elizabeth stoddard

June 20, 2022April 28, 2023

Revisit RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK on 4K-UHD Steelbook

June 17, 2022April 25, 2023

Kino’s DR. FU MANCHU Double Feature Offers a Look Back into a Far Less Enlightened Past

Criterion Review: THE TALES OF HOFFMAN (1951)

Julian Singleton

June 15, 2022August 28, 2023

Tribeca 2022: NEXT EXIT is a Deftly Executed Debut

June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE Blasts its Way onto 4K UHD

Julian Singleton

June 13, 2022August 28, 2023

The Archivist #142: Spencer Tracy Shines in a Dual, Dueling Role: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

THE BATMAN on 4K UHD Showcases the Details in the Darkness

June 10, 2022April 25, 2023

JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION Delivers More of the Same, Just Slightly Different

Criterion Review: THE FUNERAL

June 9, 2022April 25, 2023

THE CONTRACTOR: Top Notch Thriller Exposes Stark Reality for Former Soldiers

June 5, 2022August 21, 2023

THE UNTOUCHABLES Go Toe-To-Toe With Al Capone in 4K UHD

June 4, 2022August 26, 2023

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE Delivers Classic Cronenberg

June 4, 2022April 25, 2023

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, Meet the New Flesh, Same as the Old (New) Flesh

June 2, 2022May 6, 2023

Criterion Review: CHAN IS MISSING Is Ready To Be Found

June 2, 2022April 30, 2023

OBI-WAN KENOBI, Chilling With Everybody’s Favorite Jedi Master

Carol Kane Shines in HESTER STREET

elizabeth stoddard

May 31, 2022April 28, 2023

Spinema Issue 64: TV and Movie Composer Frank Cogliano Talks Collaboration and Love of Film

May 31, 2022April 28, 2023

Criterion Collection Review: MR. KLEIN, a Brilliant Kafkaesque Character Study

GIVEAWAY: Win a 4K Digital Copy of Michael Bay’s AMBULANCE

May 27, 2022April 26, 2023

Arrow Heads #99: MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN Lives Again on 4K

May 27, 2022April 27, 2023

DASHCAM is a Divisive Endurance Test Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen

Julian Singleton

May 26, 2022August 28, 2023

MEN Delivers Deliriously Grotesque Body Horror Mixed with Metaphysical, Metaphorical Themes

VIOLENT CITY (1970) Blu Review: A Grimy Charles Bronson Eurocrime Hitman Tale

May 19, 2022August 26, 2023

Alex Garland’s MEN is a Gnarly but Nebulous Folk Horror

May 19, 2022April 27, 2023

WE NEED TO TALK is a Surprisingly Charming Indie Romcom

May 18, 2022January 3, 2023

CHIP ‘N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS is an Entertaining, IP filled take on Nostalgia and Friendship

May 17, 2022January 3, 2023

Blu-ray Review: Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE

May 17, 2022April 30, 2023

HAPPENING: A Timely, Urgent Call to Political Activism

OPERATION MINCEMEAT, An Old-School, World War II Drama

Criterion Review: WALKER

May 16, 2022April 27, 2023

Arrow Heads #98: THE 8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER: A Kung-Fu Masterwork Hits Blu-ray [Review/Unboxing]

May 15, 2022January 3, 2023

SHAWSCOPE VOL. 1: DIRTY HO Cinapse Roundtable Reviews

May 14, 2022August 26, 2023

TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS is a 3D Funhouse (Review/Unboxing)

May 13, 2022January 3, 2023

The Chattanooga Film Festival Unleashes the First Wave for 2022!

May 11, 2022January 3, 2023

HATCHING, A Bizarrely Mesmerizing Coming-of-Age Tale

Criterion Review: FOR ALL MANKIND (1989)

Julian Singleton

May 9, 2022August 29, 2023

SHAWSCOPE VOL. 1: HEROES OF THE EAST Cinapse Roundtable Reviews

May 8, 2022August 26, 2023

Scream Factory Unleashes ALLIGATOR in 4K UHD(Review/Unboxing)

May 5, 2022January 3, 2023

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Goes Boldly Back to the Future

HEAVY METAL: Louder and Nastier Than Ever on 4K UHD! (Review/Unboxing)

May 4, 2022January 3, 2023

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Gives the Master of the Mystical Arts the Film He’s…

Criterion Review: love jones (1997)

elizabeth stoddard

May 2, 2022April 28, 2023

Criterion Review: LE CERCLE ROUGE [4K-UHD]

April 29, 2022April 27, 2023

Spinema Issue 63: Heavenly Trip to Hell Open Up About ROAD DOGS Doc, Horror Film, and More

April 27, 2022April 28, 2023

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary in Spectacular Fashion (4K/Blu-Ray)

SHAWSCOPE VOL. 1: CRIPPLED AVENGERS Cinapse Roundtable Reviews

April 26, 2022August 26, 2023

VIRUS-32 Delivers Over Familiar Horror Thrills, Chills, and Spills

April 26, 2022May 2, 2023

WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR… or Are We?

April 24, 2022April 28, 2023

THE PIZZAGATE MASSACRE Embeds You in an American Horror Show