FOLLOWING FILMS

Following its acclaimed premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received the People’s Choice Award, and a successful nationwide release, Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck is heading back to theaters for a single evening on October 1. This special screening will be accompanied by an exclusive conversation between filmmaker Mike Flanagan and actor Mark Hamill, giving audiences behind-the-scenes insight into the creative process, the film’s emotional themes, and the lasting influence of Stephen King’s short story. Tickets are available beginning September 24 through major ticketing platforms and participating theaters. The film will be shown in Dolby Cinema at AMC locations and on RPX screens at Regal theaters. Based on King’s novella from If It Bleeds, the film follows Charles “Chuck” Krantz, whose story is told backwards—from his death in a collapsing world to his joyful childhood. More contemplative than terrifying, the film reflects on love, memory, and mort...

  If you’ve ever waited for a train in one of London’s older Underground stations, you know how creepy those tunnels can feel late at night. Now imagine something lurking down there, something that isn’t just a drunk commuter. That’s the basic setup of Raw Meat (known as Death Line in the U.K.), a 1972 horror film directed by Gary Sherman. It’s a strange, scrappy little movie that mixes urban decay, cannibalism, and dry British humor. And yes, Christopher Lee shows up, but not in the way you might expect. The film kicks off when a rich civil servant mysteriously vanishes in Russell Square station. Donald Pleasence plays Inspector Calhoun, the cranky cop assigned to figure out what happened. His investigation leads him to rumors about missing people in the Underground. The truth is straight out of a nightmare: decades earlier, workers were trapped in a tunnel collapse. Cut off from the world, they survived by eating the dead, and their descendants have been living down there ever si...

HBO is returning to one of Stephen King’s most terrifying creations with its upcoming series IT: Welcome to Derry, which premieres Sunday, October 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Episodes will also stream on HBO Max, with the eight-part season unfolding weekly until the finale on December 14. The show expands the mythology of King’s novel It and builds on the vision filmmaker Andy Muschietti established in his hit films IT and IT Chapter Two. Developed for television by Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, the series digs deeper into the unsettling history of Derry, Maine—a town cursed by cycles of fear and violence—and promises to explore the roots of Pennywise’s reign of terror. The cast brings together both fresh and familiar faces. Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso all join the ensemble, while Bill Skarsgård reprises his now-iconic role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. His chilling performance defined the recent...

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Jim Carrey first donned the green fur and set out to ruin Christmas for Whoville. Ron Howard’s Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas has been a holiday staple ever since it hit theaters in 2000, and this year Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is giving fans a reason to revisit it in style. On November 11, 2025, the film returns in a newly remastered 4K Ultra HD and Steelbook edition, complete with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for the sharpest, most immersive home viewing experience yet. Even if you’ve watched it every December for the past two decades, this version promises to feel fresh. Carrey’s performance as the grouchy, Christmas-hating Grinch remains one of the most memorable of his career. With Ron Howard directing and producer Brian Grazer behind the scenes, the movie expanded Dr. Seuss’ slim children’s book into a full-scale fantasy filled with elaborate sets, heavy makeup, and a surprising amount of heart thanks to Taylor ...

  Today I’m joined by Waltzing with Brando Cinematographer Garrett O’Brien Waltzing with Brando follows Hollywood legend Marlon Brando (Billy Zane) at the height of his fame as he dreams of leaving Hollywood behind to create the world’s first sustainable ecological retreat on a remote Tahitian island. To bring his vision to life, he enlists Bernard Judge (Jon Heder), an idealistic Los Angeles architect, in an against-the-odds effort to transform Tetiaroa, a challenging twelve-island atoll, into an environmentally conscious retreat. Waltzing with Brando is now playing in theatres everywhere. Now on to my conversation with Garrett, I hope you enjoy the show

Victor Danell’s film Watch the Skies—released in Sweden as UFO Sweden back in 2022 but only arriving internationally in 2025—emerges as a curious hybrid: part adolescent adventure, part heartfelt family drama, and part nostalgic throwback to the era of VHS tapes, synthesizer soundtracks, and Spielberg-inspired encounters. At its core is a story about searching: a teenager scouring for the truth about her missing father, a ragtag community of ufologists chasing evidence of alien contact, and filmmakers experimenting with new technology in the hope of connecting across cultures. The result is uneven but memorable, a picture that dares to mix earnest emotion with sci-fi spectacle and cutting-edge presentation. The narrative orbits around Denise, played with a striking mix of toughness and vulnerability by Inez Dahl Torhaug. Denise has grown up in foster care, hardened by abandonment but still carrying the wound of her father’s disappearance. Her father was not just a parent but a passiona...

  Today, we’re diving into a film that’s as much about cinema history as it is about the raw, unsettling power of horror. Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and permanently altered the landscape of filmmaking, a new documentary is taking a hard, fascinating look at its legacy. It’s called Chain Reactions—winner of the Venice Classics Award for Best Documentary on Cinema and an official selection at festivals like Telluride, Sitges, and BFI London. The film brings together voices like Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama, weaving their personal impressions, memories, and even traumas into a dialogue about how one scrappy, no-budget horror film embedded itself into our collective nightmares—and never left. The documentary is written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, a filmmaker who has carved out his own space as the leading voice in what he calls “cinema essays.” From 78/52 to Memory:...

On October 16, 2025, audiences across North America will have the chance to take part in a rare collective film experience when Wisdom of Happiness screens for one night only, followed by a live panel featuring Golden Globe and SAG Award-winner Richard Gere. Gere will personally introduce the 7 p.m. premiere at AMC Lincoln Square 13 in Manhattan before joining a post-screening discussion, which will be broadcast to theaters nationwide through the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition. For audiences in Alaska, the screening begins at 6 p.m. PST, and for Hawaii, 4 p.m. PST, ensuring that viewers in multiple time zones can share the moment together. The special event precedes the film’s wider release, which begins October 17 at New York City’s QUAD Cinema before expanding across North America. Already qualified for the Best Documentary category at the Oscars, the film arrives in the thick of awards season with considerable momentum, having earned critical and audience acclaim in Europe an...

Celine Song’s second feature, Materialists, arrived with considerable anticipation after the quiet impact of Past Lives. Where that debut leaned into memory, fate, and transnational longing, her new film turns to the glossy, transactional world of contemporary romance in New York City. The story follows Lucy, a professional matchmaker played by Dakota Johnson, whose work involves pairing wealthy clients with ideal partners according to an unspoken calculus of desirability, pedigree, and prestige. Her skill at navigating this terrain is challenged when she finds herself caught between two men: John, an ex-boyfriend (Chris Evans) who represents a more precarious, emotionally raw kind of intimacy, and Harry, a wealthy, polished suitor (Pedro Pascal) who embodies the kind of security and social perfection her business is designed to sell. The conceit allows Song to probe a world where dating often resembles a marketplace more than a personal journey. By choosing a protagonist whose profess...

This Friday, September 19, director Nicolas Ballesteros releases In Whose Name?, a six-year-in-the-making documentary about Ye (formerly Kanye West). The film promises an unfiltered look at Ye’s tumultuous journey—through his billion-dollar empire, his battles with bipolar disorder, his marriage’s collapse, his shifting circle of allies, and the paranoia that increasingly defined his life. Ballesteros, who began filming Ye at just eighteen, embedded himself in the artist’s world, amassing over 3,000 hours of footage. The press materials position the project as more than a portrait of a cultural icon; they suggest it’s a meditation on fame, faith, mental health, and power. The trailer teases rare moments of vulnerability, like Ye walking through his childhood home in Chicago or speaking candidly about his diagnosis. And yet, despite all this, I can’t say I’m particularly interested. The idea of dedicating hours—let alone six years—to “understanding” a man who has proudly flirted with Na...