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FILM FEATURE
Clayface
Clayface is lean, bloody and proud of both. DC Studios’ body-horror origin story trades sequel setups for a standalone film told with conviction, and it proves the best thing DC can do right now is think small.
Throwback Thursday
Spirited Away
Spirited Away is the pinnacle of what Miyazaki and his animators were capable of, a beautiful, nostalgic fantasy built on visuals carrying a sense of wonder that remains genuinely unmatched twenty-five years later.
Spooktober 2026
31 Nights of Frights Through Horror Cinema
TwilightRoom’s Spooktober Marathon for 2026 is a journey through horror cinema history from 1910 to 2026, reviewing 31 of the most influential horror movies ever made, with new entries added each week.
New Film Reviews
La Bola Negra
La Bola Negra is a beautiful queer Spanish epic unlike anything ever made before it, and the ambition on display is complemented with the intricacy needed to place the film among the greats of the film epic...
Clayface
Clayface is lean, bloody and proud of both. DC Studios' body-horror origin story trades sequel setups for a standalone film told with conviction, and it proves the best thing DC can do right now is think...
Behemoth!
Behemoth! Is Gilroy writing and directing at his most polarizing, but also his most creative, writing a character that fits well with the strengths of Pascal as an actor, and it confirms the slow build of Andor was not a one-off but a sign of sharpened instincts and complex storytelling that really paid off in this quiet...
Articles
Film Monthly – October 2026
The best movies of October 2026 were defined by their extremes, a month where the top of the list reached heights almost nothing this year has touched and the bottom sank about as low as film gets. Few months this year have had a stronger ceiling or a lower...
TwilightRoom’s AFI FEST 2026 Watches Ranked & Reviewed
Our AFI FEST 2026 reviews, ranked, from Laika's Wildwood and Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! to new work from Werner Herzog, Brad Bird, Radu Jude, Céline Sciamma and Peter...
TwilightRoom’s Laika Studios Films Ranked
TwilightRoom's full ranking of all six Laika Studios films, including its most recent project, Wildwood, from one of the best animation companies in the history of...
Criterion Tuesday
First Man Into Space
First Man Into Space delivered an entertaining film that was rather impressive in its commentary, which is the correct expectation to carry into a film of this size and reputation from MGM, and the final ten minutes do enough heavy lifting to make the film worth checking out as a short 80 minute throwback...
Rififi
Rififi resembles not only the best traditional heist we have every received, but a framework, and standout all in one that has taken me far too long to watch and even longer to truly...
The Irishman
The Irishman is Martin Scorsese at his most meditative and his most intelligent, his final entry in the gangster genre that he so intricately redefined, and the final act following De Niro’s Frank alone justifies every slow stretch that precedes i...
Throwback Thursday
Spirited Away
Spirited Away is the pinnacle of what Miyazaki and his animators were capable of, a beautiful, nostalgic fantasy built on visuals carrying a sense of wonder that remains genuinely unmatched twenty-five years...
Red Sonja
Red Sonja is watchable, frequently striking as a throwback and consistently entertaining, but it's ultimately a film whose ambitions live almost entirely inside its art...
The Mask
The Mask will forever stand as a showcase for one of Jim Carrey’s greatest comedic performances, a film that belongs permanently in the canon of 90s comedy no matter how the critical conversation around him shifts from one decade to the n...
Festival Coverage
Behemoth!
Behemoth! Is Gilroy writing and directing at his most polarizing, but also his most creative, writing a character that fits well with the strengths of Pascal as an actor, and it confirms the slow build of Andor was not a one-off but a sign of sharpened instincts and complex storytelling that really paid off in this quiet...
TwilightRoom’s AFI FEST 2026 Watches Ranked & Reviewed
Our AFI FEST 2026 reviews, ranked, from Laika's Wildwood and Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! to new work from Werner Herzog, Brad Bird, Radu Jude, Céline Sciamma and Peter...
Bucking Fastard
Bucking Fastard is a film that appeals directly to my prejudices in film, a symmetrical and quirky nature, that never really has a clear destination, and perhaps watching the film with Werner Herzog in the room enhanced this experience, but I couldn’t help but love the charm of this f...
