Film-Forward

Horror

Leviticus

Director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut stands out for the way it translates its ideas both visually and narratively, further confirming 2026 as an exceptional year for new voices in horror.

Backrooms

Because of its overwhelming visual and sensory labyrinth, Backrooms is a fortunate marriage of an attractive concept and compelling execution.

Saccharine

You probably won’t lose your lunch watching Saccharine, but you might just get uncomfortable looking at your next meal.

Obsession

The horror-romance perfectly plays with a nightmare scenario for those obsessed with keeping it cool: Love will make you look cringe.

Hokum

What happens when you have three half-baked premises stacked together to form something only marginally coherent?

undertone

A somewhat spare film visually and narratively, undertone primarily runs on its masterful sonic design.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Its meditative, melancholic tone continues the franchise’s tradition of attending intelligently to the human dimension as much as to the eruptions of violence and jump scares.

Good Boy

Not since Benji has a dog actor—or dogter, if you will—managed such a range of emotion and vulnerability.

The Long Walk

The first novel by Stephen King finally reaches the big screen. The premise remains intact, as does its ambiguous setting.