"a carnivalesque tale of a clan sticking – and stitching – together in Depression-Era America": the Adams family's latest outing WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (2023) in NYC, Austin and LA & other US indie theatres from today, for #YellowVeilPictures. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/where-the-devil-roams-review-at-fantasia-a-grotesque-carnivalesque-tale/

"a London comedy of meddling manners, full of boozy nights, poltergeist pranking, workspace satire, and personal development": Gabriel Foster Prior's THE BYSTANDERS at #RioCinema, Dalston + Q&A 6.45pm tonight via #ScreenboundPictures. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/the-bystanders-review-sci-fi-satire-of-modern-life-at-sci-fi-london-film-festival/

“found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world”: Graham Hughes’ HOSTILE DIMENSIONS (+ Q&A) screens 2.15pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hostile-dimensions-review-at-frightfest-scary-funny-sci-fi-on-a-budget/

Victor Danell’s good-natured retro adventure UFO SWEDEN "lets a disparate ensemble of dreamers look to the stars, leap through time and find each other." Screens 4.40pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/inner-and-outer-spaces-sci-fi-london-day-one/

In Junta Yamaguchi’s second looping SF feature RIVER, an inn’s staff and residents, frozen in a recurring two minutes, desperately seek a future. Screens 3pm today at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival, 9.40pm at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/river-review-at-fantasia-2023-looping-sci-fi-adventure/

An old story: Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez's apocalyptic horror THE ELDERLY (VIEJOS, 2022) allegorises our anxieties about the aged and ever-encroaching mortality. On US Blu/VOD from today via #DarkStarPictures. Capsule for #SciFiNow
https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/freak-infestations-strange-elders-and-diseased-strays-in-day-four-of-sci-fi-london/

Cage and Kinnaman drive angry: in Yuval Adler’s noirish road movie SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, "a father-to-be is taken for a wild night ride by a ghost from his past". On Blu-ray/DVD from today via #SignatureEntertainment. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/cinema/sympathy-for-the-devil-review-joel-kinnaman-and-nicolas-cage-star-in-stylish-backroads-noir/

Daniel is an anagram of denial: Quarxx’s “dark and grotesque (divine) comedy” PANDEMONIUM screens 10pm tonight at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/pandemonium-review-at-fantasia-a-dark-and-grotesque-divine-comedy/

“found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world”: Graham Hughes' HOSTILE DIMENSIONS screes 9.30pm tonight at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hostile-dimensions-review-at-frightfest-scary-funny-sci-fi-on-a-budget/

“found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world”: Graham Hughes’ HOSTILE DIMENSIONS (+ Q&A) screens 7.10pm tonight at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow

https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hostile-dimensions-review-at-frightfest-scary-funny-sci-fi-on-a-budget/

Victor Danell’s good-natured retro adventure UFO SWEDEN "lets a disparate ensemble of dreamers look to the stars, leap through time and find each other." Screens 1.20pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/inner-and-outer-spaces-sci-fi-london-day-one/

Victor Danell’s good-natured retro adventure UFO SWEDEN "lets a disparate ensemble of dreamers look to the stars, leap through time and find each other." Screens 8pm tonight at #TriesteSciencePlusFictionFestival. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/inner-and-outer-spaces-sci-fi-london-day-one/

"lovingly batshit resurrection of Stuart Gordon’s Lovecraftian spirit": Joe Lynch's SUITABLE FLESH "finds sensational new forms to keep the old ones alive". Now in UK cinemas via #VertigoReleasing & US cinemas/VOD via #RLJEFilms. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/suitable-flesh-review-a-lovingly-batsht-resurrection-of-stuart-gordons-lovecraftian-spirit/

You can't step into the same river twice: in Junta Yamaguchi’s second looping SF feature RIVER, an inn’s staff and residents, frozen in a recurring two minutes, desperately seek a future. Screens 4.45pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/river-review-at-fantasia-2023-looping-sci-fi-adventure/

Handheld horror: Danny & Michael Philippou's TALK TO ME (2022) "mediates adolescent angst and alienation through a terrifying rite of passage." Essential. Now on 2-disc 4k/Blu steelbook, 4K, Blu or DVD in UK via #Altitude Films. Full review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/cinema/talk-to-me-review-one-hell-of-a-strong-calling-card/

"a contemporary tale – with retrospective stylings – of American tourists entrapped in local ritual": Austin Jennings' 'heady love letter to 70s exploitation cinema' EIGHT EYES, 7.20pm tonight at #TheQuayTheatre for #DeadAndSudBuried. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/eight-eyes-review-at-fantasia-a-heady-love-letter-to-70s-exploitation-cinema/

Daniel is an anagram of denial: Quarxx’s “dark and grotesque (divine) comedy” PANDEMONIUM screens 10am this morning at #CelluloidScreams. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/pandemonium-review-at-fantasia-a-dark-and-grotesque-divine-comedy/

"both an allegorical story of a trans woman gaining self-confidence and learning to fight for who she is, and a B-movie... full of aliens and arse-kicking": Alice Maio Mackay's T BLOCKERS screens midnight tonight at #CelluloidScreams. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/t-blockers-review-at-fantasia-monstrous-metamovie-explores-trans-experience/

"a carnivalesque tale of a clan sticking – and stitching – together in Depression-Era America": the Poser/Adams family’s latest outing WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (2023) screens 3.30pm at #CelluloidScreams. A tremendous, transgressive trip. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/where-the-devil-roams-review-at-fantasia-a-grotesque-carnivalesque-tale/

"serves up a darkly comic allegory of the moral iniquities of global economics": Nicholas Tomnay's taut culinary thriller WHAT YOU WISH FOR screens 12.30pm today at #CelluloidScreams. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/what-you-wish-for-review-a-generous-serving-of-social-allegory-fantasia/