Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
It’s a film that owes equal debts to “Sunset Blvd.” and “Jason X,” which means it’s pretty special.
Festivals & Awards
Fantasia 2026: Wrapping Up
Reflections on this year’s genre festival, and some highlights we haven’t mentioned yet.
Live Long and Prosper: A Personal Journey through the 2026 San Diego Comic-Con
Star Trek, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Air Bud Returns – there’s nothing quite like Comic-Con.
Fantasia 2026: Ferine, The Eyes, The Mutation
Tales of identity and becoming take both gory and gossamer forms in this latest dispatch from the fest.
Colony
It’s gloopy, gory, and greasy, which is all you might want from a zombie movie. But it feels like it wants to do more, and comes up short in the bargain.
Fantasia 2026: Permanent Damage, Godhead, Sour Minnows
On three bad-vibes movies from this year’s festival.
Everything for Someone: San Diego Comic-Con 2026 Part 2
Ebenezer, spaceships, and Leonard Maltin mark our latest dispatch from San Diego Comic-Con.
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
Our first report from SDCC 2026 on the stories that aren’t being covered everywhere else.
Hot Spot
Feels content to cycle through its hallucinogenic, albeit stylish, beats with the hazy remembrance of a dream.
Fantasia 2026: You Are the Film, Someone’s Daughter, Los Vampires
The lines between cinema, survival, and truth are blurred in three entries from this year’s festival.
Fantasia 2026: Our Effed Up World, Zsazsa Zaturnnah, Dance Freak
Aliens, gay superheroes, and alt-comic rug-cutters stud our first dispatch from the festival.
MUBI Fest 2026: Better Together
A personal recounting of one of the coolest Chicago film events of the year.
Freaks, Samurais, and Vampires: Our 10 Most Anticipated of Fantasia 2026
A breakdown of our most anticipated films of this year’s Fantasia Festival.
He’s Just That Guy: Jeffrey Wright on “Basquiat”
An interview with the Oscar nominee about the film role that changed everything for him.
KVIFF 2026: Rose, Black Money for White Nights, Paris Paris
On three films from Karlovy Vary, including another ace Sandra Huller performance.
You Have to Commit: Robert Richardson on “Robert Richardson: The White Devil”
An interview with one of the best cinematographers of all time.
