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Best of Lists
25 Best Movies of the 2020’s You Probably Haven’t Seen
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: While big franchise I.P. garbage continues to dominate the cultural conversation, there’s been a steady stream of bold, bizarre, and beautiful films flying under the radar. Whether they had a tiny theatrical run, got buried on streaming, or just never hit your watchlist, these are 25 films from this chaotic half-decade that you probably haven’t seen — but absolutely should.
Interviews
From Fantasia: Alice Maio Mackay, Alexandra McVicker & Avalon Fast dissect ‘The Serpent’s Skin’
Road to FrightFest: Crispin Glover on ‘A Blind Bargain’, the power of shooting on film and his forthcoming tour with his third directorial feature
Essays
Cult Of Criterion: A Confucian Confusion
- Excerpt: Taiwanese New Wave staple Edward Yang’s first comedy is as sharp and urban as the rest of his brief filmography, with a snarky, vicious cynicism aimed at a group of flailing yuppies.
Festival Coverage
[Fantasia 2025] A Troubled Man’s Lonely Horrors in A Grand Mockery
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: A Grand Mockery is at times comical, yet never not bleak—a manifesto of loneliness, screaming out into the world’s darkness to no response.
[Fantasia 2025] Becca Kozak’s Sugar Rot: Punk Rock Cinema for Sickos
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Kozak confronts the commodification and consumption of women and their bodies through Candy’s grotesque bodily journey that lies somewhere between vomit inducing and finger licking good.
[Fantasia 2025] Mother of Flies: Dark Spaces of Hope Between Death & Life
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: The Adams Family—John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams—have returned to Fantasia 2025 with a personal, soulful rendition of witchcraft horror in Mother of Flies.
[Fantasia 2025] The Insidious Powers of Whiteness in Foreigner
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Foreigner is a smart exploration of the pressures many immigrants, specifically those who aren’t white, face when coming to Canada, amplified to horrific proportions.
[Fantasia 2025] The Powers of Belief in Brock Bodell’s Hellcat
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Bodell rarely lets up to give the viewer time to breathe; however, when the time comes to draw one in, Hellcat is a fresh breath of horror air.
The Balconettes
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: It’s a thoroughly engaging mix—buoyed by excellent performances—Merlant’s penchant for hitting us over the head with the obvious notwithstanding. These “balconettes” say what they mean and mean what they say.
Flush
Foreigner
Awards Coverage
Calendar Preview: August 2025
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: At the Sea
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Die, My Love
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Klara and the Sun
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Contender: Late Fame
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Contender: The Quiet Son
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Contenders 25: August Update
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2015
Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #40
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Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #40
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #40
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #40
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Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #39
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #39
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #39
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Upcoming Film Previews
Animale
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Blue Moon
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The History of Sound
The Long Walk, Updated
The Lost Bus
Night Always Comes
One Battle After Another, Updated
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Updated
Strange Harvest
Train Dreams
Twinless
Zootopia 2, Updated
Reviews of Short Films
Brief Somebodies
- Excerpt: How porn is made: one take at a time
Cinders
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: While “Cinders” may not push boundaries stylistically or thematically, it remains a thoughtfully crafted, well-acted work that articulates honest, quietly devastating observations on the slow erosion of a relationship.
The Professional Parent
- Excerpt: If only this was fiction
Shrimp Fried Rice
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Though “Shrimp Fried Rice” may at times feel a bit too on-the-nose, it remains a smart, absurdly funny, and thoroughly entertaining piece of work.
The Stranger I Love
- Excerpt: “He’s my son too”
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 584: Are You Ready For Your Close-Up?
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: It is a light week for physical media but that does not mean there aren’t some heavy hitters.
Box Office History (Week 31, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 1
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 2
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 3
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 4
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 5
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 7
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Poll: Best of Aug. 2024, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “The Bad Guys 2”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Aug. 8-10, 2025)
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