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Best of Lists
The Best Free Modern Horror Movies on Kanopy Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming free with a library card on Kanopy right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Free Modern Horror Movies on Tubi Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming free on Tubi right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on HBO Max Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on HBO Max right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Hulu Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Hulu right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Netflix right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Paramount+ Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Paramount+ right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Peacock Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Peacock right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Prime Video Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Prime Video right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Modern Horror Movies on Shudder Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A critic’s guide to the best modern horror movies streaming on Shudder right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Disney+ right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on HBO Max Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on HBO Max right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on HBO Max right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on HBO Max right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Hulu Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Hulu right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Kanopy Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming free with a library card on Kanopy right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Netflix right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Paramount+ Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Paramount+ right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Peacock Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Peacock right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Prime Video Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Prime Video right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming on Prime Video right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
The Best Movies on Tubi Right Now (October 2026)
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A Rotten Tomatoes critic’s picks for the best movies streaming free on Tubi right now, updated for October 2026. Every pick is a film rated B- or better, with what’s new on the service this month.
Interviews
The Complete Kubrick producer explains how hard it was to actually make it “complete”
- Excerpt: From putting Stanley Kubrick’s first film into 4K to meticulously restoring Eyes Wide Shut, Michael Chaiken goes deep on Criterion’s landmark set.
Yoon Dan-bi On “The World Before”, First Love, Island Life and Leaving Childhood Behind
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: In this interview, Yoon discusses how the production of “The World Before” differed from “Moving On”, the reasons she chose an island as both setting and production environment, and the casting of Sim Su-bin and Kim Eo-jin. She also talks about reversing familiar gender dynamics in teenage romance, the contradictory intimacy and restrictiveness of small communities, Lee Seong-eun’s cinematography, Won Chang-jae’s editing, and why Jin’s desire and Dujae’s hesitation were essential to the film’s kissing scenes.
Essays
Primer: The clockwork collapses of Stanley Kubrick
- Excerpt: A career-spanning Criterion set means devotees and new converts alike should start picking apart the work of one of film’s greatest control freaks.
Strange New Worlds Is an Unconvincing Cover of 1990s Star Trek
- Excerpt: The Star Trek franchise celebrated its 60th anniversary last month, so this seems like a good time for reflection.
What “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” can teach us about arguing over Black art
Festival Coverage
Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate
Kenji Fujishima @ Book and Film Globe
Two Highlights From the New York Film Festival Main Slate
Kenji Fujishima @ Book and Film Globe
Awards Coverage
2026 Nominations Predictions: October
Can You Can See Everything Become the First Documentary to Win Best Picture?
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary now sits second in Best Picture odds. Here’s whether a nonfiction film can actually win.
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Supporting Actor, 1998
Upcoming Film Previews
Atlas King
Badland Rising
Being Heumann, Updated
Breeder
Christmas at the Kringles, Updated
The Exorcist: Martyrs
The Friend’s House Is Here
Hexed, Updated
Josephine, Updated
London Film Festival 2026: Wildwood Review
Kelechi Ehenulo @ Movie Marker
- Excerpt: It’s LAIKA at its most incredible best with Wildwood serving as a culmination of their groundbreaking work. In setting the bar high, they’ve written another successful chapter for the animation genre, and when the imagination is limitless, it simply soars. Pure art at its finest.
Love Language
The Mosquito Bowl, Updated
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew
Space Cadet
Other Types of Articles
Ace Crawford, Private Eye: Bull Bates
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: How bad does a television show have to be when having female mud wrestling does not make it watchable? It has to be Ace Crawford bad.
I’m Sorry Dave, The Porno Password Is Fidelio (Movie Madness Episode 694)
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: It is a week of cult movies, cable/video era obscurities, a historical Oscar-winner and a tribute to one of the greatest of all filmmakers.
The Take-Up Podcast: Chronovisor
Oscar History: October 16
Oscar History: October 17
Oscar History: October 18
Oscar History: October 19
Oscar History: October 20
Oscar History: October 21
Oscar History: October 22
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Street Fighter”
Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Nov. 2026, Wide)
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Oct. 23-25, 2026)
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