Berlinale 2026: 'At the Sea' is an Entirely Useless Waste of Amy Adams

Every once a while a film comes along that is so miserably boring and uninteresting, there is nothing more that you'll wish for than to get those 2 hours back. No matter which great actor pops up in this film, none of them are able to provide any kind of worthwhile performance to make it any better. It's a complete waste of time and a waste of talent. At the Sea is the latest film from Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó, following up his previous films Pieces of a Woman (2020) and Evolution (2021). Unfortunately it's probably his worst one yet – an especially dour, meandering, tedious mess of a film about an alcoholic woman who returns to her family after finishing a stint rehab. But it's not really about that as much as it is about a group of stuck up, wealthy, dysfunctional people living in a big, fancy house on Cape Cod. Every day they wake up and go to the beach and then yell at each other and fight and that's about it. And this just happens on repeat for nearly two hours. Amy Adams tries to make amends and show her family that she's better, but they don't really care. And neither do we, the audience, as none of these characters are worth knowing or interesting in any realistic way. Harsh to say but I was surprised by how every single person in the film is a proper a-hole. // Continue Reading ›

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Official Trailer for 'D is for Distance' Documentary Film About Epilepsy

"Time future contained in time past. The same old story..." BFI has revealed the main official trailer for an acclaimed indie documentary film titled D is for Distance, made by two filmmakers telling their own story as parents of a boy with epilepsy. Made in the UK, this experimental doc film is opening in UK cinemas starting in April. It premiered at the 2025 Rotterdam Film Festival and played at Thessaloniki, London, and Vienna Film Festivals as well. A meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships, D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers' son Louis, and his debilitating experiences living with epilepsy, through an extraordinary archive of personal footage. Narrated by English actress Jodhi May. Louis, who is now 22, is also an emerging artist working in London. The experiences of his condition have vividly influenced his paintings, drawings and etchings, exhibited during last year's London Film Festival and seen throughout the film as well. D is for Distance is also a celebration of music, including songs from Holger Czukay, The Everly Brothers, Ennio Morricone, King Krule, and others. Certainly seems like a unique cinematic creation. // Continue Reading ›

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2026 Indie Spirit Awards - Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams' Takes Home 3

The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring all of the indie films which deserve honor and recognition - celebrating their 41st year. The 2026 winners of the Spirit Awards were announced Sunday evening - switching things up taking place a whole month before the Oscars (in the past it's just the day before). The big winner this year is the beloved favorite Train Dreams, which took him 3 top prizes just like Anora last year. The film won Best Feature, Best Director, and the very deserving Best Cinematography prize. And more awards went to other important indie hits like Sorry, Baby, The Secret Agent, The Plague, Lurker, and Rose Byrne winning for her incredible performance in the underseen If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. The Best Documentary prize went to the excellent The Perfect Neighbor (which is now on Netflix and it's also a must watch). The other nominations from 2025 included many smaller indie films most cinephiles have been talking about, including: Twinless, Peter Hujar's Day, Lucky Lu, One of Them Days, Eephus, Splitsville, and others. I'm very happy about Train Dreams winning! I love this film. All of these films are worth watching whenever you find the time. Full list of winners below. // Continue Reading ›

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New Olympics TV Trailer for 'Project Hail Mary' Ryan Gosling in Space

"You are the only scientist who might know what this is." One month to go! Amazon MGM Studios + Sony debuted a new 60-second promo spot on TV during the Olympics this past weekend for the epic sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary. This was debuted during one of their sports promos involving the athletes - and this final TV trailer aired right after. It's more of a featurette with footage of Gosling explaining what's going on in the movie. Adapted from Andy Weir's acclaimed novel of the same name, this is the story of an astronaut who tries to save Earth while alone in outer space. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spacecraft at Tau Ceti with no memory of himself or his mission. But he then figures out he was sent here to help save Earth and must now figure out what to do entirely on his own – until he meets another creature. Co-starring Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt, Ryland's superior, and Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina, his other Russian crewmate. This third trailer (view the other two) features tons of footage with Rocky, his alien friend (an on-set real puppet not CGI) who helps him figure out how to save the stars. After the final trailer that launched during the Super Bowl I don't need to see more - I cannot wait to watch. // Continue Reading ›

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First Look at 'Something Very Bad is Going to Happen' Wedding Horror

"Are you sure he's the one?" And what if he isn't?! Netflix has unveiled their teaser trailer for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, an eerie new horror thriller series about getting married. Freaky! Set for release starting in late March, this i being promoted as "from [one of] the director[s] of Baby Reindeer." Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen is an atmospheric horror series set at a wedding, following a bride and groom in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials. That’s not a spoiler - just read the title. Rachel and Nicky are engaged to be married in a week... Before they can tie the knot, though, something very bad happens to get in the way. So will something actually happen? Or is it all just her fears? Maybe something worse? Starring Camila Morrone as the bride, Rachel, with Adam DiMarco as her fiance, Nicky, plus Jeff Wilbusch, Karla Crome, Gus Birney, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ted Levine, and Sawyer Fraser. This is an eerie teaser, so many ominous shots. The veiled bride POV is cool - keep an eye out for this series. // Continue Reading ›

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New US Trailer for Sergei Loznitsa's 'Two Prosecutors' Corruption Film

"They need innocent people to incriminate themselves, in order to justify their actions... They fear being unmasked." Janus Films has unveiled the official US trailer for the indie film titled Two Prosecutors, the latest work from the Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa (also director of My Joy, In the Fog, A Gentle Creature, Donbass). This premiered at last year's 2025 Cannes Film Festival and it also played at Karlovy Vary, Toronto, New York, London, and many other major fests worldwide. Set in the USSR back in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous. The new film from great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa is a scalpel-precise tale of the horrors of totalitarian bureaucracy. With Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anatoliy Beliy, Andris Keišs, Vytautas Kaniušonis, Valentin Novopolskij. The film is described in many positive reviews as "a Kafkaesque tale that is laced with bitter irony, exploring ideas of justice and legacy." This one is for die-hard cinephiles and fans of Loznitsa already. // Continue Reading ›

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Haunted House POV Movie 'The House Was Not Hungry Then' Trailer

"He does not love the house. He hurts the house." Chroma has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The House Was Not Hungry Then, made by Scottish-American filmmaker Harry Aspinwall. This premiered last year at the Cinquest Film Festival and is out to watch now on VOD at home anytime. An intriguing new indie horror that's based around the POV of the haunted house itself. While searching for her estranged father, a young woman breaks into an empty house in the Scottish countryside where every visitor disappears. Now she must avoid the man posing as a real estate agent who lures victims inside to feed the hungry house. Starring Bobby Rainsbury, Clive Russell, and Bill Paterson. In you go, and have a look around... This reminds me of the POV horror film In a Violent Nature from Canada, as well as Soderbergh's Presence film also from the perspective of the ghost in a home. Very eerie vibes in this... with all these wide shots of the house itself and the people looking around in it. Worth a look if you're into experimental horror. // Continue Reading ›

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