It only makes sense that Suicide Club (2001) came from the mind of Japanese cult director Sion Sono – a man who allegedly spent part of his life in a pseudo-Christian communist cult. One of Sono’s earlier films (spurring his explosion into the underground scene), Suicide Club is a meditation on isolation and loneliness, and the aimlessness of Japanese youth culture.

The film opens on a dark note, as 54 schoolgirls throw themselves in front of a train. It is…

This Friday, Michael Polish’s small-scale action thriller Alarum hit streaming services and was not well-received, to say the least. Jeanette Catsoulis from The New York Times wrote that “given the finale of Michael Polish’s spies-on-the-lam thriller, Alarum, teases the unwelcome possibility of a sequel, please consider this review a mercy killing,” (The New York Times, 2025).

Joe Travers (Scott Eastwood) is living off the grid with his wife (Willa Fitzgerald), but they are unfortunately thrust back into action when they…

In 2019, American filmmaker Robert Eggers’ film The Lighthouse received critical acclaim upon its debut, distributed from A24 – which was on a hot streak that year, also releasing the popular favourites Uncut Gems and Midsommar. Eggers’ brother Max had worked on the script for The Lighthouse with him, but had not worked otherwise in the industry since. After the success of The Northman in 2022 and Eggers’ blowup in Hollywood, it only makes sense that his brothers Max and…

Dubbed by many as “the year’s greatest animated film,” Flow has impressed audiences consistently since its 2024 debut at Cannes Film Festival. The second feature film from Latvian-Australian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, Flow follows a lone cat who is displaced by a flood, who must work with other species to survive. The viewer follows this cat, along with a dog, a capybara, and a lemur. The animation is simple but captivating, and the rhythm of the film will keep you interested…