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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.

Maddie’s Secret

Inspired by a mishmash array of movies, John Early’s picture mixes tones successfully—both lighthearted and dark, a bit snide, but mostly earnest and heartfelt.

Stop! That! Train!

This summer, a movie spoof arrives, riffing on the disaster-film genre, but with a variation never attempted before, or at least not on this scale: Make it gay, make it drag, make it unabashedly queer.

Jinsei

Writer-director Ryuya Suzuki animated the entire film in 18 months via crowdfunding in a flash-art-meets-comic-book style that covers one man’s life across an entire century.

Fiume o Morte!

History buffs and cinephiles will enjoy this witty hybrid documentary that intertwines farce and tragedy.

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Gianfranco Rosi has created a somber, eerie study of Naples in black and white. Sometimes the city looks part crime scene, part modern-day ruin.

Cover-Up

A damning indictment of the past half-century of U.S. involvement in various scandals and cover-ups that continue to this day.