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2 pvSXSW 2026 review roundup
I attended the South by Southwest film festival remotely this year and got a chance to see some truly great films from the lineup. Some of these are already on streaming services (Pretty...Region Free
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8 pvNight Visions Back to Basics 2026 review roundup
Howdy folks, here's a bigger newsletter just in time for Easter!After a whirlwind of a week at Night Visions Back to Basics 2026, I emerge with...Region Free
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8 pvNight Visions: Obex is a wonderfully bizarre ...
The Verdict "Bizarre and poignant, scary and comforting, Obex is a wonderful mix of elements that create a timeless coming-of-age story of the modern...Region Free
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8 pvNight Visions: Dog 51 gets the future right, ...
The Verdict "Dog 51 has a terrifically grounded vision of the future that never quite springs to life in an otherwise dour procedural that's...Region Free
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8 pvNight Visions: Kraken feels like a folktale c...
The Verdict "Deliberately paced but immensely rewarding, Kraken is a haunting modern folk-horror about our relationship with nature that delivers on...Region Free
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8 pvNight Visions: $Positions is a crypto-nightma...
The Verdict "Intense and often a little too mean for its own good, $Positions is still a hell of a ride that's worth taking." Region Free Score...Region Free
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9 pvNight Visions: Fucktoys is as touching as it ...
The Verdict "Acerbic, funny, insightful, sexy, gross, and deeply empathetic, Fucktoys is as messy as its characters, and all the better for it."...Region Free
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13 pvNight Visions interview: Hammer legend Caroli...
When Caroline Munro laughs, it lights up the room. During our conversation, she laughs a lot, and each time her laugh tells a different story. When I...Region Free
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24 pvSXSW: Pretty Lethal is also pretty darn good
The Verdict "Tightly written and directed with impish joy, Pretty Lethal is a blast from beginning to end." Region Free Score...Region Free
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24 pvSXSW: Grind is gross, scary, and very funny
The Verdict "A fantastic heir to Tales from the Crypt, Grind is a modern-day campfire story for everyone who has suffered through gig work in their...Region Free
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26 pvSXSW: The Ascent is an incredible portrait of...
The Verdict "Immensely moving and uplifting, The Ascent is a remarkable portrait of survival against all odds." Region Free Score...Region Free
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29 pvSXSW: Your Attention Please is one of the mos...
The Verdict "Poignant and vitally important, Your Attention Please is a rallying cry for humanity in inhumane times. " Region Free Score...Region Free
06.03.2026
06.03.2026SXSW 2026: Ten films you shouldn't miss this year
I've dreamt of attending South by Southwest for over a decade now. True to form, 2026 makes some dreams come true, but in classic Monkey's...Region Free
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06.02.2026Seven Films from DocPoint 2026
DocPoint is upon us once again as it celebrates 25 glorious years making a difference in the Finnish festival landscape, and once again curates a selection of insightful and profound films...Region Free
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21.11.2025Night Visions: Love is the Monster
Love is the Monster is an ambitious and earnest film that attempts to marry folk horror, drama, and hints of Sam Raimi-ish gore with Finnish...Region Free
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07.11.2025Night Visions: Incomplete Chairs
Incomplete Chairs plays like a mix between Silence of the Lambs and American Psycho yet stands on its own as a gleefully demented oddity well worth...Region Free
05.11.2025
05.11.2025Night Visions: Keep Quiet
Vincent Grashaw directs films with the same efficiency as Walter Hill or Sam Peckinpah. It's all hard stops and full sentences with no extra punctuation in sight. Every scene has a...Region Free
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05.11.2025Night Visions: Flush
Here's a wonderful little French bit of bad taste that plays out like a fever dream. It's neither big nor clever, and it's unlikely to become a perennial rewatch favorite, but at just a little over an...Region Free
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05.11.2025Night Visions: Bulk
Ben Wheatley's impish in-joke is almost too quirky for its own good, but it's also so outlandish and inventive that it's hard not to be swept away by the wild swings.Shot in secret with camcorders,...Region Free
03.10.2025
03.10.2025The complete Toronto International Film Festi...
Grab a drink and some snacks, this is gonna be a large one.Region Free
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03.10.2025TIFF Review: Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson is one of the best American filmmakers working today. His filmography – packed with influences ranging from Dashiell Hammett to Robert Altman, Agatha Christie, Terry...Region Free
03.10.2025
03.10.2025TIFF: Noviembre
Noviembre is based on true events that happened years before I was born, yet they're brought to life with such immediacy and humanity that it feels all too familiar to the present day. It is 1985, the Palace of...Region Free
02.10.2025
02.10.2025TIFF Review: Retreat
Called the world's first non-hearing thriller, Retreat is the feature debut of writer/director Ted Evans, and as those go, it's an ambitious one. After all, it's ambition isn't to just craft an...Region Free
02.10.2025
02.10.2025TIFF Review: 100 Sunset
100 Sunset, the feature debut by promising filmmaker Kunsan Kyirong, is a movie I want to love more than I do. For one, director Kyirong has an impeccable understanding of time and place....Region Free
02.10.2025
02.10.2025TIFF Review: The Christophers
The Christophers, directed by the great Steve Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon, is a film of two halves. The first is an odd miss-step involving awful, awful casting that nearly sinks...Region Free
01.10.2025
01.10.2025TIFF Review: Project Y
Here's a pleasant surprise, an old-school neo noir with smarts to match the style that knows exactly how much is enough. It's not going to revolutionize the genre and it...Region Free
30.09.2025
30.09.2025TIFF Review: New Years Rev
New Years Rev is a film produced by Green Day and ticket Monopoly giant Live Nation that pretends to be punk rock. Instead, it comes across like a two hour version of the Steve Buscemi "how...Region Free
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Harry Hole -sarja (2026)
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