10 films you shouldn't miss at Night Visions Maximum Halloween 3026
The traditional Night Visions Halloween edition is upon us, and I've picked 10 features you shouldn't miss this year.
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Phi Phong: The Blood Demon is a brutally effective ghost story
A little too long and a little too much of everything, Phi Phong is nonetheless a gorgeously realized folk horror that delights, disturbs, and surprises at every turn.
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders thoughtfully dissects the intersection between art and reality
A thoughtful and immensely compelling portrait of the good, bad, and downright ugly aspects of William Friedkin's beloved and reviled 80s thriller, Mineshaft is an essential time capsule, a passionate dissection of cinema, and a superlative companion piece to Cruising.
Blaise is brilliantly uncomfortable
As hysterically uncomfortable as it is funny, Blaise is a brilliantly observed satire about all the ways we needlessly complicate our lives.
Body Blow is a stylish queer neo-noir
Defiantly resisting the stereotypes hoisted upon queer cinema, Body Blow is a sleazy, visually intoxicating, and breathlessly sexy neo-noir that isn't for the faint of heart. It carries the torch lit by Paul Verhoeven with grace.
You Are The Film is a wild and unpredictable ride
A delightfully inspired microbudget love letter to cinema and the power of the imagination, You Are The Film warms the heart even as it warps your mind.
Enju is a wild and goofy good time
Packed with fantastic action and an immensely charismatic leading performance from Alice Hirose, Enju is a furiously entertaining thrill in the style of John Wick and Die Hard.
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is an unexpected masterpiece
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is an elegant, old-fashioned plea for decency, and it made me cry more than once with both sorrow and joy. I think it will do the same for anyone who sees it, and everyone should.
After three hours with Stranger Than Heaven, I think it will be a masterpiece
Stranger Than Heaven is an ambitious, deeply moving, and brilliantly realized crime saga that will raise the bar for the genre.
Control Resonant is ambitious, beautiful, but not a lot of fun
For those willing to tolerate its quirks and accept the rough edges, Control Resonant offers much to admire. It's unlike anything else you'll see this year, perhaps even next year and the many more after that, and that counts for something.
Street Fighter is the best adaptation of the material to date
Street Fighter is an aggressively stupid movie that knows it's an aggressively stupid movie. It's also a lot of fun with occasional fleeting glimpses of emotion, and it's the best Street Fighter adaptation to date.
VisionQuest is a messy conclusion to something
Messy and surprisingly dull with flashes of poignancy, VisionQuest is less than the sum of its parts, mostly because of how unwieldy the MCU has become.
