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.
TUNER Review: Crime Does Not Play (Piano)

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning – first-look review
MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED Review: Manipulating Tension Can Irritate

Rewind Barcelona – first-look review

Low Culture Essay: Mary Chiney on Stanley Okorie’s Nollywood Soundtracks

Living Twice, Dying Thrice – first-look review

Summer Drift – first-look review
WHITE: Kate Beckinsale, Katherine McNamara Star in Jake West’s Shark Actioner
DECORADO Review: Everything Is Strange Here
IN THE GREY Review: Guy Ritchie’s Heist Thriller Talks Itself Into Tedium
New York Asian 2026: COLONY Set to Open
Now Playing: OBSESSION, IS GOD IS, IN THE GREY
Friday One Sheet: SKIN OF YOUTH
THE HEALER: Eddie Peng And Ewan Mitchell Star in Upcoming International Actioner
THE PUNISHER: ONE LAST KILL Review: Grossly Irresponsible Slaughterfest Sets Up Family-Friendly Future
Sam Raimi to Direct New Adaptation of 1978 Horror Flick MAGIC
Check Out FERINE’s Meaty Teaser Poster, New Italian Genre Picture to Premiere at Fantasia
IS GOD IS Review: Playwright-Turned-Filmmaker Aleshea Harris’ Remarkably Assured Debut Dazzles, Shocks, Impresses
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: Canadian Premiere to Happen at Fantasia International Film Festival
A SILENT DEATH: Myriad Pictures Takes US/NA Rights For Argentine Thriller
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN Review: Threading a Needle Through Russian Chaos
THE DEAD PLACE: TERRIFIER’s David Howard Thornton Stars, Arrives on BloodStreamTV on June 1st!
San Francisco 2026 Review: EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE, Poignant, Thoughtful Cine-Essay
OBSESSION Review: Cringeworthy and Terrifying

The Diary Of A Chambermaid – first-look review

Paper Tiger – first-look review
Exclusive: BROKEN LAND Trailer, Poster, Release Date Announced
Laika Is Back with WILDWOOD: Watch New Trailer

Atonement – first-look review

Colony – first-look review

Visions du Réel 2026: The Human Touch

A Girl’s Story – first-look review

Movie Poster of the Week | The Posters of the First Cannes Film Festival

Deeper and Darker than Mere Hokum: The New Generation of Irish Horror

MUBI Podcast: Encuentros | “Anything Can Happen”
DUTTON RANCH Review: Trouble Is Coming. They Can Handle It.

MUBI Podcast: Encuentros | “A Way of Loving”

Club Kid – first-look review

Paint the Legend: Behind the scenes on The Christophers

Table of Contents | Notebook Special 2026

La Libertad Doble – first-look review

All of a Sudden – first-look review

Shana – first-look review

Pixies Unveil ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97’ Reissue

Le Guess Who?’s 2026 Edition to Feature 24-Hour Dub Marathon

Show Me The Body Return with New Album, ‘Alone Together’

Eartheater Reveals New Album, ‘Heavenly Body: If I’m The Bottle You’re The Message’

The Avalanches Share New Single, ‘Together’
