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.
MUBI Podcast: Encuentros | “In Praise of the Useless”
The Meltdown – first-look review
Coward – first-look review
Now Playing: SACCHARINE Hunger Horror, TUNER Crime Drama, PASSENGER Stalker Thriller
Everytime – first-look review
The Birthday Party – first-look review
Communism, Sex & Cruelty to Animals: 40 Years of Hail The New Puritan
The Black Ball – first-look review
Rushes | Reports From Cannes, European Film Funding Under Fire, R.I.P. VALIE EXPORT
Cannes Correspondences #2: Intellectual Properties
The hopeful eco-positivity of Bill Mason
A T&M Cannes Film Festival Special #1
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner – first-look review
Low Expectations – first-look review
I’ll Be Gone In June – first-look review
Viva Carmen – first-look review
Titanic Ocean – first-look review
Han-earl Park – uᴉɐƃ∀ ʍǝN sI plO sI ʇɐɥM
Tin Castle – first-look review
Consolidation Crisis: What Paramount Skydance’s Purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery Means, and How to Stop it
The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Hokum | The September Issue (2009)
Steven Soderbergh Special + The Christophers + Ian McKellen
Bitter Christmas – first-look review
Criterion in August 2026: COUP DE TORCHON, LITTLE ODESSA, SAFE
Ben’Imana – first-look review
FRESH KILL Blu-ray Review: A Timeless Queer Punk Eco-Fable
SACCHARINE Review: Ghost Story Bleeds Into Modern Body Horror
The Unknown – first-look review
Her Private Hell – first-look review
STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Review: Rousing B-Movie Adventure
Hope – first-look review
Detention – first-look review
UK Government Accused of Extracting Portion of Grassroots Ticket Levy via VAT Charges
Saint Just Unveil Debut Track
Visible Cloaks – Paradessence
New Order to Release ‘The Best & The Rest Of’ Compilation Featuring Rarities and Unheard Remixes
Red Rocks – first-look review
The Man I Love – first-look review
Eagles of the Republic review – a glossy portrait of a modern screen icon
LENNY 4K Review: Legendary Comic’s Fractured Reality
Victorian Psycho – first-look review
A Man of His Time – first-look review
VICTORIAN PSYCHO Official Teaser: Maika Monroe is Devilishly Delightful in First Look
Hen review – a strange, uniquely compelling film
VAMPIRE CIRCUS and SPELLBINDER Get Slick New 4K Releases from Imprint Films
Avedon – first-look review
Hey Canada! Watch NFB’s GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL Right Now!
Haruomi Hosono Returns with First Album in Seven Years
