A Ghost Waits
Despite being denied theatrical release, Adam Stovall’s striking debut feature gets an amazing Blu-ray release from Arrow Video.
Screen Reviews
Our writers scour the globe, rewind endless tapes, and press pause as many times as it takes to bring you the ultimate collection of film, broadcast, and streaming visual content to feed your endless appetite for movies.
Les Notres (Our Own)
Teen pregnancy and small town politics nearly tear a family apart.
Death Has Blue Eyes
The early Nico Mastorakis giallo/sci-fi/comedy hybrid cult classic Death Has Blue Eyes looks great on Blu-ray.
Florida Film Festival: Documentaries Part 1
The Florida Film Festival is a hotbed of documentaries. Let’s visit three of them!
Switchblade Sisters
Jack Hill’s girl-gang classic Switchblade Sisters gets an overdue deluxe Blu-ray release.
My Wonderful Wanda
A young Polish woman working in Switzerland becomes romantically involved with her employer.
The Truffle Hunters
Old men and their dogs supply the world with delicious white truffles.
A Dark, Dark Man
After several orphaned children are found murdered in a remote Kazakh village, and the suspects mysteriously die in custody, a reporter is sent in to investigate potential police corruption in director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s impressive neo-noir, A Dark, Dark Man.
Filmage: The Story of the Descendents
The story of the rise and fall of an important South Bay punk band.
Yawning Man “Live at Giant Rock”
Psychedelic music filmed live in the Coachella Valley.
Shogun’s Joy of Torture
Teruo Ishii’s first torture film gets the love from Arrow Video on a lush new Blu-ray.
Mandibles
The latest feature from the surrealist comedy mind of Quentin Dupieux, Mandibles is that timeless story of two clueless lifelong friends who toil relentlessly to train their giant house fly Dominique to rob banks for them.
Music from Hurley Mountain
Folk music and history from Hurley County, NY.
Bad Girls
A sex, drugs and guns make this low budget film a classic American road trip.
The Bloodhound
Modern update of Fall of the House of Usher where all may not be as it seems.
Lake Michigan Monster
A low budget nautical adventure filled with high concept effects.
The Invisible Man Appears/The Invisible Man Vs the Human Fly
A pair of Japanese takes on The Invisible Man make their first appearance in the U.S.
Keep An Eye Out
Opening on VOD through independent theaters on March 5th, Keep An Eye Out is director Quentin Dupieux’s (Rubber, Deerskin) deviously surreal and comedic take on the police procedural.
Burst City
A low budget Japanese art film about punks, drag racing and teenage rebellion.
Le Choc Du Futur (The Shock of the Future)
A day in the life a French woman as she invents electronica and rescues France from boring rock and roll.
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