Author: Alex Billington

"Where am I now? Where am I now?" Quiver has unveiled an official trailer for Creep Box, an indie horror sci-fi thriller from filmmaker Patrick Biesemans. This first premiered at the 2023 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival in Italy, and it also played at the 2024 Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival last year. After his wife's death, a scientist tries to use ground-breaking technology to determine if there is life after death, but once he is through the looking glass, there is no turning back. He investigates both a murder case and a suicide looking for answers. As his mind begins to slip, he slowly starts to descend into obsession... The film stars Geoffrey Cantor, Sean Mahon, Ian Lithgow, Katie Kuang, and Adam David Thompson. This funky little sci-fi film is about the "sense of isolation" that technology creates nowadays, as well as processing grief and the many ways someone can navigate it. It looks a bit like a fresh spin on Primer with a few dark twists & turns. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Patrick Biesemans' sci-fi film Creep Box, direct from YouTube: A technician for a shadowy tech firm whose devices allow for communication with the dead investigates a […]

"We really need to be able to harness the intelligence and creativity of everybody - art is the way we do that." Film First has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary film called simply Eno, a creative biopic doc about music artist Brian Eno. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival last year and it will be getting an online premiere exactly one year from its original debut. If you want to watch it online during this time on January 24th, click here ($24 for 24 hours). The doc film is showing as a "24 Hours of Eno" event, because it features generative elements and always-changing footage, making it "unique" every single time anyone watches it - including during this 24 hour period. In the first career-spanning doc about the legendary artist, filmmaker Gary Hustwit set out to decode Eno's creative strategies and to reject the hagiographic impulses of the music doc genre. The result is a "generative documentary about artist Brian Eno, with 52 quintillion possible iterations, so that no viewing is the same twice." Sound cool? Have a look. Here's the official "24 Hours" trailer for Gary Hustwit's music biopic doc Eno, direct from YouTube: […]

"A mesmerizing piece of rhythmical film-making." BFI in the UK has unveiled a brand new trailer for the 50th anniversary re-release of a Belgian cinema classic - Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman. The full title of the film is Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a reference to her address in the city. The film caused a huge stir when it was listed at #1 on the most recent Sight and Sound "Greatest Films of All-Time" poll in 2022 - taking the top spot in the first time despite never showing up above #35 in the past. In the film, a lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns tricks to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine and her life begins to unravel. Starring Delphine Seyrig as the titular Jeanne Dielman, along with Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Yves Bical. It's always good to see highly regarded classics in the cinema on the big screen, and this one has such modern acclaim now is the perfect time to play it. Hopefully it'll show again in US art house theaters […]

"There is something weird going on here." Brainstorm Media has revealed the funny official trailer for an indie comedy called Daniel's Gotta Die, made by filmmaker Jeremy Lalonde. This initially premiered back in 2022 at the Austin Film Festival and has played at a number of other film festivals but is only now getting an official release this year - including on VOD this February. Daniel Powell's plan to reconnect with his siblings hits a snag when he discovers they all want to kill him for his inheritance. As the brothers and sisters are forced to spend the weekend together at the family beach house on the Cayman Islands, one thing becomes painfully clear: Daniel's going to find out what family means, even if it kills him. The cast includes comedian Bob Saget in his final role before he passed away, plus Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carly Chaikin, Jason Jones, Chantel Riley, with Joel David Moore as the unfortunate Daniel and rock legend Iggy Pop as the recently departed rich patriarch. This great cast of comedians makes it look like a funny watch. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jeremy Lalonde's comedy Daniel's Gotta Die, from YouTube: In the comedy […]

"I told you, you gotta put those videos behind you..." Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film called Freelance, about a freelance video editor who starts to work on snuff films. This indie film will debut on VOD at the end of this month. This is one of those scary concepts that is so obviously based on generic fears from filmmakers and gets turned into a very generic horror film. Just go watch Cronenberg's Videodrome instead - it's still damn good. When a down-on-her luck video editor takes a mysterious, well-paying job cutting snuff films, she finds herself seemingly haunted by the people in her videos... Starring Nicole Pastor, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg, and Hannah Brook. At least this looks good and looks unsettling - all the close-up shots of the computer & harddrive are quite cool. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for John Balazs' horror film Freelance, direct from YouTube: Katie, a freelance video editor in desperate need of work, receives a high-paying offer to edit a cryptic and bizarre video from an anonymous employer. Strapped for cash and facing eviction, Katie eagerly accepts the gig. The video depicts people being tortured […]

"This was old school fraud." Remember NFTs? Neither do we. People's Television & Sequence Creative have revealed an official trailer for Minted, a new documentary film from filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman. This is a comprehensive look at the NFT craze - the rise & fall of this crypto meets digital art madness. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now available to watch via Independent Lens. Described as a smart look at the intersection of art, commerce, and digital ownership through the rise and crash of the NFT market. A renegade group of outsider artists are thrust into the global limelight when they embrace a powerful new technology, but they must reckon with controversies that will collapse the wild world of NFTs. Apparently it doesn't shy away from the criticisms of NFTs - which in my opinion are entirely valid because it was just a gold rush fad that has already burned out. If you're curious it looks like a a fascinating doc to watch anyway. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Nicholas Bruckman's doc Minted, direct from YouTube: When the artist known as Beeple shatters records by selling a digital artwork for $69 million, it ignites a […]

Even though we may have moved on from 2024, it's still worthwhile to look back at the many excellent films from last year. Yet another new video countdown has debuted - this one is created by a young film critic named Will Bjarnar. This video featuring his 25 Best Films of 2024 is inspired by David Ehrlich's usual Top 25 Countdown (which will be out next week) and follows the same kind of editing. Bjarnar counts down his favorites from 2024, featuring tons of our own favorites as well. I'm so glad to see Furiosa, Hit Man, Bird, The Room Next Door, Close Your Eyes, and Challengers showing up on best of the year lists. These are some of the best of last year along with all the usual: Nickel Boys, Anora, The Brutalist, No Other Land, and Dune: Part Two. We've also featured a few other great 2024 video countdowns: Clementine's 2024 in Film, Patrick & Kyle's 25 Best Films of 2024, Little White Lies' 30 Best Films of 2024 Video Recap. Cinema rocks. Thanks to Twitter for the tip on this video countdown. Posted on Vimeo. This video countdown is created and edited by the young film critic […]

"Are you content?" Well, are you? Vertical has released another new official US trailer for an indie sci-fi romantic thriller called Turn Me On set in an emotionless dystopian future. It premiered at the 2024 San Sebastian Film Festival and already opened in the UK last fall (view that one here). In a lifeless world, one couple will find their spark again in this dystopian romcom. In a world where the inconvenience of human emotion has been eradicated by a government-imposed daily vitamin, one young couple skips their dose and discovers love, joy, sex and all the baggage that comes with it. A young couple (named Joy and William) discover many new feelings, but realize they come with more challenges as well. Starring Bel Powley, Nick Robinson, Justin H. Min, Griffin Newman, Nesta Cooper, Patti Harrison, and D'Arcy Carden. This is the same concept as the sci-fi romance film Equals (2015) with Kristen Stewart from a few years ago. It doesn't seem like it has anything new to offer or much to say about emotions that we don't already know. Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Michael Tyburski's film Turn Me On, direct from YouTube: You can rewatch […]

"There's something off... it just doesn't quite add up.." Doppelgänger Releasing has unveiled a new official trailer for an indie horror film called Rounding, which is finally getting a small theatrical + VOD release starting in February 2025. This one first premiered in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival and despite a solid festival run, it was never released. In the meantime, director Alex Thompson went on to make Ghostlight which was a big hit from last year's Sundance. After a traumatic incident, a driven young medical resident named Dr. James Hayman transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start, but the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a patient with mysterious symptoms. Described as a "humanist and unconventional genre vision." The film stars Namir Smallwood as Dr. Hayman, with Sidney Flanigan, Michael Potts, Rebecca Spence. This trailer gets really scary in the last few seconds. And the poster for it is gorgeous - mysterious & eerie & eye-catching (see it below). Keep an eye out for this. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Alex Thompson's horror film Rounding, direct from YouTube: After a traumatic incident […]

"The rules are simple: family comes first." Netflix has revealed a final trailer for the Japanese anime series Sakamoto Days, ready for streaming on Netflix in a few days. This is based on the already beloved manga of the same name, produced by TMS Entertainment & publisher Shueisha, with Masaki Watanabe (of "Battle Spirits") directing. An ex-hitman named Taro Sakamoto turned shopkeeper juggles dad duties while dodging bullets like a pro. Weekly episodes drop Saturdays starting January 11th. Taro ends up becoming a "plus sized" man living in a small town. Many of his former rivals & partners do not believe that he has truly left the business and show up in hopes of taking him out. Barred from killing, Sakamoto must find creative ways to subdue his enemies and prevent them from bringing harm to his family, his store, and the small town he resides in. The series features Tomokazu Sugita as the voice of Taro, along with Nao Tôyama, Ayane Sakura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Hina Kino, and Miyari Nemoto. This final trailer features the English dub cast speaking instead of the original Japanese voicecast - with Matthew Mercer voicing Taro. Here's the final official trailer (+ poster) for Masaki […]