Raw Footage and the Fatal Cost of Neighborhood Feuds.
On September 19, 2025, The Soucouyant made its haunting world premiere at Loft at Congress in Boca Raton, Florida. Presented by Elite Island Resorts and directed by VMA-winning filmmaker Michael Garcia, the six-minute music video short blends Caribbean folklore, film noir, and goth metal, a fusion that redefines how the world views Antigua & Barbuda.
Stepping onto the red carpet at the 2025 New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, I had the opportunity to interview the cast and several members of the creative team behind this year’s Sentimental Value, a film by Joachim Trier.
Forty-two years after audiences first plunged into the shimmering neon circuitry of Tron, and over a decade after Tron: Legacy revived the franchise with sleek, high-gloss bravado, Tron: Ares arrives like a signal from another world — one both hauntingly familiar and thrillingly new. Directed by Joachim Rønning, the film achieves what so few franchise revivals dare: it deepens the mythos without drowning in nostalgia. The result is a stunning, ambitious, and surprisingly emotional continuation that cements Tron as one of Disney’s most visionary science-fiction sagas.
It didn’t take much to get my ass in the seat for this one. Jordan Peele is the preeminent horror director of our time, and even without that caveat, he’s in the upper echelon of Hollywood filmmaking talent, so him producing this film made it frankly unmissable.
The Knockturnal sat down with Kenny Gravillis, the creative mind behind some of today’s most striking film posters, to discuss his long-standing collaboration with Spike Lee and the art of visual storytelling.
Laughter comes in many forms, and in the new feature film “The Naked Gun,” it comes in the shape of internet comedian Liza Koshy.
In the ever-expanding universe of superhero cinema, few franchises have had as tumultuous a journey as the Fantastic Four. After several iterations that struggled to strike the right chord, ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ arrives not only as a much-needed course correction but also as a vibrant, heartfelt reimagining that feels entirely fresh — and refreshingly human.
What do you get when you mix John Cena, Idris Elba, and NATO?
Another Tribeca Film Festival comes to a close.