Silver Screen Riot - Matt
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A proud SFCS, OFCS, Tomatometer-approved film critic obsessed with movies that make you go "youch!". Expect luke warm takes and misanthropic cinematic musings.
‘Onslaught’ is a blast - a throwback asskicker that nods to similarly silly survival thrillers of its ilk from the 80s. Adam Wingard is back baby. silverscreenriot.com/onslaught-br...
‘ONSLAUGHT’ Brings Adam Wingard Back to What He Does Best - Silver Screen Riot
Adam Wingard gets back to his lean, nasty genre roots with 'Onslaught', a bloody grindhouse throwback powered by Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, and killer sound design.
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‘Buddy’ is a slasher comedy that turns a children’s kid show into a malevolent kid killer. Definitely recommend for horror comedy fans who don’t mind things getting a little demented. silverscreenriot.com/buddy/
‘BUDDY’ Turns Barney-Style Kids TV Into Slasher Horror - Silver Screen Riot
'Buddy' turns the cheerful weirdness of ’90s children’s TV into a funny, gnarly slasher packed with foam mascots, practical effects, and splattery imagination.
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‘Idiots’ - formerly ‘The Shitheads’ - is a road comedy movie about two shitheads transporting a third shithead to rehab. It has some funny moments and Dave Franco is going for broke here but it never feels like more than the sum of its parts. silverscreenriot.com/idiots-review/
‘IDIOTS’ Is an Anarchic Dumb Comedy Cruising On Dave Franco's Mania - Silver Screen Riot
Macon Blair’s 'Idiots' is a funny anti-buddy road comedy powered by Dave Franco going ape, even if it feels a few big laughs short of a full tank.
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'The Dog Stars' is a beautifully photographed post-apocalyptic thriller with an inspired cast (Jacob Elordi! Margaret Qualley! Josh Brolin! Guy Pearce!) that is rather good until it's semi-undone by a string of bizarre choices. silverscreenriot.com/the-dog-stars/
Ridley Scott’s ‘THE DOG STARS’ Soars Before a Bumpy Landing - Silver Screen Riot
'Ridley Scott’s 'The Dog Stars is a visually stunning post-apocalyptic drama about grief, survival, and the search for something worth living for.
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‘Tony’ may not be the most faithful adaptation of Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Kitchen Confidential’ but it’s nevertheless a fantastic biopic and one of the best films of 2026. Dominic Sessa is great but Antonio Banderas steals the show. silverscreenriot.com/tony-review/
‘TONY’ Cooks - Silver Screen Riot
'Tony' is an intimate, beautifully acted coming-of-age portrait of a young Anthony Bourdain, tracing the transformative summer that shaped the chef, writer, and storyteller he would eventually become.
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ is a deeply meta horror curio whose commentary on the genre and the place of queerness within it eventually overwhelms its plot, stakes, and emotional logic. silverscreenriot.com/teenage-sex-...
'TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA' A Deeply Meta Exploration of Queerness in Slashers - Silver Screen Riot
Jane Schoenbrun’s 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' is a deeply meta queer slasher whose ideas eventually overwhelm its plot and emotional reality.
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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' just shattered box office records to become the biggest opening of all time. Taken after 'The Odyssey's massive success, what does this mean for superhero fatigue and audience tastes? silverscreenriot.com/spider-man-b...
'SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY' Proves That Superhero Fatigue Is Real. It's Just Not What You Think. - Silver Screen Riot
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' shattered box-office records and exposed the truth about superhero fatigue: audiences still show up for craft, scale, and genuine theatrical events.
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My exclusive interview with Gregg Akari: we talk sex, incel culture, Olivia Wilde’s fearless performance, and why 'I Want Your Sex' should spark arguments instead of lectures. silverscreenriot.com/gregg-araki-...
Gregg Araki on 'I WANT YOUR SEX', Prudish Youth, and How Sleeping Together Connects Us - Silver Screen Riot
Gregg Araki talks queer joy, incel culture, Olivia Wilde’s fearless performance, and why I Want Your Sex should spark arguments instead of lectures.
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This is officially the year of Olivia Wilde. She is phenomenal in Gregg Araki's positively raunchy BDSM power dynamic dramedy 'I Want Your Sex'. I also have my exclusive interview with Gregg Araki available and will be dropping the link for that shortly. silverscreenriot.com/i-want-your-...
'I WANT YOUR SEX' Explores the Kinky Spaces Between Desire and Control - Silver Screen Riot
Gregg Araki’s 'I Want Your Sex' is a colorful, provocative erotic thriller about desire, submission, workplace power, and the dangerous line between fantasy and exploitation.
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Although the bar has been impractically low since Avengers: Endgame, the Spider-Man brand remains the MCU’s sturdiest tentpole, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the best thing the studio has delivered since, well, the last Spider-Man sequel. silverscreenriot.com/spider-man-b...
‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ Lets the Spider Eat the Man - Silver Screen Riot
With new powers come new responsibilities in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day', an imperfect but purposeful MCU sequel that lets the spider consume the man.
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Full disclosure: I walked out of Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ around 40 minutes in. Here’s why I still feel compelled to tell you to avoid it…. silverscreenriot.com/i-walked-out...
I Walked Out of Nicolas Winding Refn's 'HER PRIVATE HELL' - Silver Screen Riot
I walked out of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 'Her Private Hell' after 35ish excruciating minutes. Here’s why its stilted, neon-soaked anti-entertainment drove me away.
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Though it occasionally falls victim to Christopher Nolan's familiar habit of over-explaining his film’s central ideas, ‘The Odyssey’ proves that sometimes straightforward, swashbuckling storytelling can be more than enough. silverscreenriot.com/the-odyssey/
Monsters, Myths, and Morality Stand Between a Hero and Home in Christopher Nolan's 'THE ODYSSEY' - Silver Screen Riot
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey transforms Homer's ancient epic into a sweeping, monster-filled adventure, even if the director's tendency to over-explain keeps it from reaching true greatness.
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"No line is left uncrossed. No digit or hole left ungored." Evil Dead is back baby and this one burns as brightly as any. 'Evil Dead Burn' somehow manages to keep up the already ridiculous standard of imaginative cruelty previously established. silverscreenriot.com/evil-dead-bu...
Horror's Meanest Franchise Strikes Again with 'EVIL DEAD BURN' - Silver Screen Riot
'Evil Dead Burn' may be the franchise's meanest installment yet, pairing outrageous gore with a brutal examination of domestic abuse and the violence that families inherit.
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'Night Nurse' is a strange psychosexual midnighter about a caregiver who falls under the spell of her controlling ward. silverscreenriot.com/sundance-26-...
Sundance ‘26: ‘NIGHT NURSE’ Is a Beguiling Wannabe Midnight Cult Classic - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Night Nurse' directed by Georgia Bernstein and starring Camre Paksoy as part of our Sundance 2026 coverage.
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Although Milly Alcock remains inspired casting as Kara Zor-El, ‘Supergirl’ leans too heavily on worn-down sci-fi and superhero tropes to fully capitalize on its strongest asset. silverscreenriot.com/supergirl-is...
'SUPERGIRL' Is Boldly Inessential for the DCU's Sophomore Feature - Silver Screen Riot
Milly Alcock shines as a damaged, universe-weary Kara Zor-El in 'Supergirl' but this second DCU installment too often leans on familiar sci-fi superhero storytelling.
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Finally! My exclusive interview with Olivia Wilde for her razor-sharp swinger comedy 'The Invite' - one of the best films of the year so far - is now live (including the uncut full video on YouTube). silverscreenriot.com/olivia-wilde...
Olivia Wilde on Directing Herself in 'THE INVITE', Listening as a Craft, and Finding the Humanity in ENM - Silver Screen Riot
Olivia Wilde on directing and starring in 'The Invite', ENM relationships , and being talked into the role by Penelope Cruz, Seth Rogen, and Edward Norton.
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'The Death of Robin Hood' is not the movie you think it is. But it might just be all the better for it. A grisly reckoning with the way that violence etches itself on your soul and how the myth of violent men is just that: myth. silverscreenriot.com/the-death-of...
‘THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD’ Is a Lyrical Meditation on the Myth of Violent Heroes - Silver Screen Riot
Michael Sarnoski's 'The Death of Robin Hood' strips away the outlaw's legend to reveal a haunting meditation on violence, redemption, and the stories we tell to survive our sins.
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'Toy Story 5' is a funny, heartbreaking, and insightful meditation on childhood in the digital age, asking what gets lost when screens begin replacing imagination. The gang is all here but it's Jessie - helping Bonnie make a real friend - that this story belongs to. silverscreenriot.com/toy-story-5/
Delightfully Prescient ‘TOY STORY 5’ Dazzles, Charms, and Breaks Your Heart - Silver Screen Riot
'Toy Story 5' is a funny, heartbreaking, and insightful meditation on childhood in the digital age, asking what gets lost when screens begin replacing imagination.
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Queer Australian horror movie 'Leviticus' made a splash at Sundance this year and the hype was well-deserved. Though it closely follows the general blueprint of 'It Follows', this is yet another impressive horror debut with a lot on its mind. silverscreenriot.com/leviticus-is...
'LEVITICUS' Is Australia's Queer Riff on 'It Follows' - Silver Screen Riot
Adrian Chiarella's 'Leviticus' is an unsettling queer horror film that channels 'It Follows' while exploring conversion therapy and budding LGBTQ identity.
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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day' is a surprisingly baffling sci-fi misfire that only occasionally recaptures the sense of awe that made him one of science fiction’s defining filmmakers. Disappointing. silverscreenriot.com/disclosure-d...
Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' Is a Surprisingly Baffling Sci-Fi Misfire - Silver Screen Riot
A movie about proving aliens exist shouldn't be this boring. Despite moments of Spielbergian awe, 'Disclosure Day' struggles under the weight of an overlong and frustrating screenplay.
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You probably haven't even heard of 'Tuner' - a crime drama about a piano tuner who starts cracking safes - but you should seek this hidden gem out in theaters immediately. It's terrific. In theaters today! silverscreenriot.com/exhilarating...
Exhilarating Crime Drama ‘TUNER’ is the Surprise Gem of the Year - Silver Screen Riot
Daniel Roher's 'Tuner' transforms a clever safe-cracking premise into a thrilling, emotionally resonant story about finding purpose in disability.
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‘Backrooms’ feels like it already has a viral following before it’s even hit theaters. This unapologetically surreal, Lynchian nightmare-scape doesn’t care to spoon-feed audiences answers; unsettling tho likely to narratively alienate some viewers. silverscreenriot.com/backrooms-re...
Lynchian Curio ‘BACKROOMS’ Is Like Being Trapped Inside Somebody Else’s Bad Dream - Silver Screen Riot
A24’s 'Backrooms' is a deeply unsettling Lynchian horror film from Kane Parsons that weaponizes liminal spaces and existential dread.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu barely even qualifies as a movie. Bloated, cheap-looking, and entirely devoid of movie qualities like plot, character growth, decent dialogue, this sets a new low bar for the once beloved galaxy far far away. silverscreenriot.com/the-mandalor...
Pointless, Bloated, and Cheap-Looking, 'THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU' Is an Epic Star Wars Crash Out - Silver Screen Riot
'The Mandalorian and Grogu' isn't a movie, it's barely even content. Favreau and Filoni deliver a creatively bankrupt non-event that may have killed my love of Star Wars.
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Another SIFF shorty: 'Mārama' is a Māori Gothic horror movie about the long, dark shadow of colonialism. silverscreenriot.com/marama-review/
SIFF ‘26 Capsule Review: 'MĀRAMA' Scares Off Horrors of Colonialism - Silver Screen Riot
Taratoa Stappard’s 'Mārama' filters familiar gothic horror through a pointed Māori cultural lens, with rage-fueled subtext that cuts deeper than its scares.
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You may have heard the hype building around ‘Obsession’…and you should believe every word of it. That rare scary-black comedy cautionary tale that executes both its horror and hilarity with surgical precision. I loved it. silverscreenriot.com/in-haunting-...
In Haunting, Hilarious ‘OBSESSION’ A “Nice Guy” Wishes His Way Out of the Friend-Zone - Silver Screen Riot
A darkly funny and legitimately chilling horror-comedy, 'Obsession' twists romantic fantasy into a nightmare of control, led by a fantastic Inde Navarrette.
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'Is God Is' is a horrible movie name. But this stylish vengeance-fueled black comedy is more compelling than its terrible title suggests, though not without its flaws. In theaters Friday.
‘IS GOD IS’ Channels Familial Fury into a Vengeful Melodrama - Silver Screen Riot
Is God Is is a terrible movie title, of this I have no doubt. The name implies a religious element that isn’t there, while also sounding like a grammatical nightmare. The debut feature from playwrigh...
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An atmospheric, character-rich glimpse into Iran’s defiant art underground, ‘The Friend’s House is Here‘ mostly rewards patient viewers. It's playing SIFF @ Friday, May 8 @ 8:30, SIFF Cinema Uptown and Saturday, May 9 @ 2:15 PM, SIFF Cinema Uptown silverscreenriot.com/the-friends-...
SIFF ‘26 Capsule Review: 'THE FRIEND'S HOUSE IS HERE' Exhumes Tehran's Underground Art Scene - Silver Screen Riot
'The Friend's House' is an intimate slice-of-life portrait following two close friends navigating defiance, friendship, and censorship in Tehran's underground art world.
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Really enjoyed this documentary about bilateral amputee Mandy Horvath’s attempt to quite literally crawl up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Playing at SIFF: 5/9 @ 2:30 PM, PACCAR IMAX Theater at Pacific Science Center + 5/10 @ 6:00 PM, SIFF Cinema Uptown silverscreenriot.com/siff-26-caps...
SIFF ‘26 Capsule Review: 'THE ASCENT' Scales the Heights of Human Drama and Kilimanjaro...Sans Legs - Silver Screen Riot
The Ascent is a hybrid climbing documentary and true-crime portrait following Mandy Horvath’s harrowing journey up Mount Kilimanjaro and toward reclaiming her identity.
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The Seattle International Film Festival kicks off tonight. Here are the movies I've seen already and the list of those I'm trying to see: silverscreenriot.com/most-anticip...
Most Anticipated Films of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026 - Silver Screen Riot
SIFF 2026 rolls into Seattle next month with its usual sprawling, borderline-unruly lineup — hundreds of films from dozens of countries crammed into Our most anticipated films of SIFF 2026 - from Oliv...
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Sam Raimi's 'Send Help' crash lands on Hulu today. It's a callback to his early horror movies with a survival thriller bent with an excellent leading turn from the inimitable Rachel McAdams. Definitely worth your time. silverscreenriot.com/send-help-re...
'SEND HELP' Is a Desert Island Movie With Loads of Bad Blood - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Send Help' directed by Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien.
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