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FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Tuesday, April 28, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

REVIEW
Hardcore Trailer for ‘HARDCORE’

Hardcore Trailer for ‘HARDCORE’

Like The Raid redefined modern martial arts movie, Hardcore seeks to redefine what a POV action movie can be. Russian director Ilya Naishuller, who earned internet stardom for his band’s, Biting Elbow, music video “Bad Motherfucker” (which attracted almost 30 million Youtube views), sought out to make a full-length feature in the same style and...

FESTIVAL
TIFF ’15 Review: ‘MAGALLANES’

TIFF ’15 Review: ‘MAGALLANES’

Primary Peruvian exports include non-monetary gold powder, cooper ores, concentrates, cathodes and non-crude oil. You can now add to the list supremely compelling cinema as Magallanes, the product of first-time Peruvian director Salvador del Solar, is a true festival stunner. Soaked in a gleeful amount of real world suspense and intensified by rich dramatic character...

REVIEW
DVD Review: ‘THE SEVEN FIVE’

DVD Review: ‘THE SEVEN FIVE’

Synopsis: “In the late 1980s and early ‘90s Brooklyn, New York was the murder capital of America and ground zero for the crack cocaine epidemic. One man, Michael Dowd, led his crew on a rampage through the streets of East New York, robbing dope dealers at gunpoint, burglarizing homes and becoming involved in the biggest...

FESTIVAL
TIFF ’15 Review: ‘DER NACHTMAHR’ (The Nightmare)

TIFF ’15 Review: ‘DER NACHTMAHR’ (The Nightmare)

If you wiggle a pencil fast enough, it appears soft. Rubbery. Made of flesh. It’s only when you reach out and touch the pencil that you realize it’s made of hard wood. In a film, we cannot reach out, we cannot exert force or physical contact, so we rely on cues that the filmmaker plants...

INTERVIEW
Talking With Leslye Headland of ‘SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’

Talking With Leslye Headland of ‘SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’

Lesyle Headland couldn’t give a lumpy shit what bad things you have to say about female directors and she won’t stop herself from telling you so. The verbose talent provided some nasty good times when we sat down to discuss her latest film, the truly hysterical Sleeping With Other People [review here]. Leslye proved not...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’

Out in Theaters: ‘SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’

Natural chemistry between Brie and Sudeikis makes their jabs  and mounting affection land all the more. As the third act runs, Headland proves a storytelling tease; her will-they-or-won't-they battleground threatens…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘THE VISIT’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE VISIT’

The Visit takes a trip to the grandparents that’s positively loaded with laughs and an overwhelming willingness to be weird. Turns out that the twist was that Shyamalan’s career wasn’t…

FESTIVAL
Bumbershoot 2015: 1 Reel Short Film Festival Reviews

Bumbershoot 2015: 1 Reel Short Film Festival Reviews

Seattle was in shape to party this Labor Day weekend and the fiercest of lightning storms proved unable to stop the rabid fun at Bumbershoot 2015. Though this year’s lineup seemed short on musical prowess (excluding Cake who absolutely blew the top off their set) and big name comedians, their carefully curated One Reel Short...

REVIEW
‘KRAMPUS’ Trailer Promises Holiday Frights

‘KRAMPUS’ Trailer Promises Holiday Frights

The idea of a haunted Christmas is no novelty in 2015 though prior attempts to make a great “evil Santa Claus” movie (see Silent Night, Deadly Night and Santa’s Slay ) have landed with a dull thumpety thump thump. Krampus, with its stand-out indie cast that includes Adam Scott, Toni Collette, Allison Tolman and David...

REVIEW
‘DEATHGASM’ Trailer Turns Up the Heavy Metal

‘DEATHGASM’ Trailer Turns Up the Heavy Metal

The last film I saw at SXSW 2015 was a New Zealand splatter-horror by the name of Deathgasm, a righteous romp through the rolling hills of heavy metal and hell-freed demons. Deathgasm’s trailer celebrates both with torrents of viscus, a head-banging soundtrack and enough KISS makeup to coax your tongue from your righteous mouth.