CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
Movies
Movies at Catastrophe Ballet covers European auteur cinema, intelligent genre film and underground works that share the site’s fascination with the dark and the strange. Coverage tracks reviews, festival news and releases drawn from a curated network of film press.
Tribeca 2026 Review: CROOKS, Film Noir Pastiche Finds Its Footing in Melora Walters’ Feral Performance
KRAKEN Review: A Beast Burdened By Clichés
FIND YOUR FRIENDS Review: Girls’ Trip Fractures Into a Fight for Their Lives
Nordic Genre Lab 2026: Eight Projects Announced For Inaugural Genre Film Development Programme
MANCAVE Trailer: One of Our Favorite Norwegians, Fredrik S. Hana, Has a New Short!
Time and Water review – a lament for a disappearing world
Scott Z Burns | Erupcja + Pete Ohs | Enzo
Always Proceed and Go Forward: Koji Yakusho Reflects on His Career at 70
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK Interview: Harry Dodge and Silas Howard Look Back on Their Landmark Film in Advance of Restoration Tour
FIVE EASY PIECES 4K Review: Jack Nicholson Self-Destructs
Disclosure Day review – distinctly lacking in patented Spielberg magic
Tribeca 2026 Review: BREEDER Wants to Make You Really Uncomfortable, and It Probably Will Succeed
The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes – first-look review
Tribeca 2026 Review: COLORS OF WHITE ROCK Documents Struggles of Mongolian Truck Driver
An Argentine Spin-Off of Joe Begos’ JIMMY AND STIGGS is Underway
Toronto After Dark 2026: Passes on Sale Thursday, Festival Expands Venues And Programming
Tribeca 2026 Review: THE HAUNTING OF PENNHURST Once Again Proves the Most Relevant Horror Comes in Documentary Form
Cannes 2026 Review: SPECIES (SANGUINE) Is THE SUBSTANCE for the Burnout Generation
Sensory Pleasures and Queer Realities: A Queer East Confessional
In the Hand of Dante review – a high-minded mess
Savage House – first-look review
Feast or Famine – first-look review
The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford review – disappointingly flat
Tribeca 2026 Review: CAITY, Haunted House Coming of Age Story
Tribeca 2026 Review: In SUMMER WAR, The War Games Continue
Tribeca 2026 Review: THE REVISIONIST Sets Out to Explore the Process of Creating Plots, but Loses Its Own
Hiding Out in the Open: Marianne Jean-Baptiste in “Secrets & Lies”
Tribeca 2026 Review: TURN IT UP!, Valiant Attempt at Old-Fashioned Comedy Sci-Fi That Doesn’t Fully Land
Opening This Week: THE FURIOUS Fight Against Kidnappers, DISCLOSURE DAY Reveals We Are Not Alone, KRAKEN Brings a Norwegian Monster
Tribeca 2026 Review: COTTON FEVER, Familiar Addiction Story, Yet Vastly Different
Define Auteur: In defence of Under the Cherry Moon
Times and Tides: Tsui Hark Discusses His Career
Enzo review – gorgeous portrait of teenage growing pains
Mare’s Nest review – a burnished gem from a British master
Scary Movie review – belated return of the gag-light horror parody series
Frontières 2026: Full Lineup Announcement
Tribeca 2026: Kicking Off
MUBI Podcast: Encuentros | “Not Putting Cinema Before Life”
CROOKS: Check Out The Teaser and Poster Debut For Mickey Keating’s Pulpy Crime Thriller (Exclusive)
CAMP: A First Look Clip And New Poster For Witchy Coming-of-Age Horror (Exclusive)
UNDERLAND Review: A Sensorial and Philosophical Experience
ICE CREAM MAN: Do You Want One or Two Scoops of The Official Trailer For Eli Roth’s New Horror Flick?
HOLD THE FORT: The HOA ‘in’ Hell Horror Comedy is Coming to Digital on June 23rd
ANOTHER WORLD Review: Reincarnation Is Never Easy. Neither Is Untying Knots.
THE DEAD PLACE Review: Micro-Budget Horror With Big Ideas
ONSLAUGHT Trailer: Adam Wingard And Simon Barrett Are Back With Military Themed Slasher
A T&M Cannes Film Festival Special #2
CHUM Review: Shark Horror and Serial Killer Thriller Mash-Up Sinks to the Bottom
