The Indonesian action film gives the Mahabharata the superhero treatment in this Hi-Yah! Original on physical media. — Well Go USA is releasing Hanung Bramantyo’s latest film, Legend of Gatotkaca or, Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca, onto DVD and Blu-Ray later this month. It’s an action-adventure epic that takes its cues from the giant superhero films of late, spinning Indonesian mythology from the Mahabharata into its core DNA. The film…

The indie comedy arrives in theaters for a limited engagement starting 2/3 at select Alamo Drafthouse locations. — The Civil Dead is an irreverent comedy from writer, director, and actor Clay Tatum. It follows Clay, an out-of-work photographer with quite a bit of free time on his hands. When his partner leaves home for a couple days on a business trip, Clay is tasked with relatively mundane…

The hyper-violent action horror/thriller has been anticipated for some time from Well Go USA’s home video line. — Ultra-violent genre fare has always come in waves, and judging from what films like Project Wolf Hunting has to offer there seems to be an attitude of wanting to usher in another one. The moviegoing climate has warmed up to movies like…

Found footage horror is, as some say, outdated in today’s advent of technology. Camera lenses are more prominent than ever before, and you’re guaranteed to be filmed by a number of sources just walking down the street of any city. …

Gaspar Noé releases his Straight Cut of 2002’s Irreversible theatrically on February 10th, 2023. — You don’t have to have seen any of Gaspar Noé’s films to recognize him as one of the most transgressive voices in modern film working today. Irreversible, his second feature, opened to some controversy at Cannes when approximately 250 audience members walked out as it played. Critics could parse that…

Radiance Films presents the restoration of the recently unearthed French genre-intersectional underground film from director Jean-Denis Bonan. — During the late 1960s the French New Wave movement hit an apex. Directors like Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Agnès Varda, and Jacques Demy (to name a few) emerged as titans of their respective, iconoclastic techniques in…

Waking Karma, Carlos Montaner & Liz Fania Werner’s first feature-length film starring Michael Madsen, Hannah Christine Shetler, and Kimberly Alexander saw a release on multiple VOD platforms Friday, January 27th. The film centers around Karma and her mother Sunny adjusting to a life without…

Coming to Shudder — The world is vastly deprived of original Jewish horror and director Gabriel Bier Gislason works to remedy that in his debut feature Attachment. The film does well for its respectful depictions of Jewish mysticism, which is established rather firmly. By allowing the fantastical elements of the Kabbalah to flourish in…

If you ever found yourself aching for a horror retelling of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (this one specifically, which is arguably already partially in the horror spectrum — although this version) then you have something to look forward to this holiday season. Steven LaMorte directs a script from…