CLASSIC PICKS AND NEW RELEASES
FILM ROOM
Welcome to the Film Room, home to TwilightRoom’s film reviews, rankings, and articles, from new releases and festival discoveries to Criterion Tuesday and Throwback Thursday classics. New here? Start with reader favorites like our 12 Best Films Set in New York.
FILM FEATURE
La Bola Negra
La Bola Negra is a beautiful queer Spanish epic unlike anything before it, and the ambition on display is complemented by the intricacy needed to place it among the greats of the genre.
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
The Furious
The Furious, despite occasionally lacking deeper emotional development or realism within its combat, excels massively as one of the most entertaining and brutally choreographed films released in a while, and the best action flick of the year so far...
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu
The Mandalorian & Grogu is best when it leans into practical action, world building, creature effects, and the chemistry between Din and Grogu, but many parts of the story feel like an extended television arc than anything fully fledged out or...
Passenger
Passenger succeeds most through atmosphere. Jump-scare execution, lighting, and psychological tension, creating a modern horror film that feels heavily inspired by modern horror while struggling in many of the more narrative and lore based aspects of the film...
Articles
Criterion Tuesday
Coup De Torchon
Coup de Torchon reworks the noir into something far more uncontrollable and ironic of a story, using its setting, tone, and character descent to expose violence and moral decay in a way that feels both detached and deeply...
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 – A Criterion Tuesday Article
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 is a deeply varied and culturally rich collection within the criterion brand that showcases four films unified by their commitment to identity and survival, each using distinct cinematic styles to create experiences that feel both historically grounded and artistically timeless, in...
The Dead
Huston’s The Dead is a beautifully constructed, dialogue-heavy film that captures the quiet weight of reflection, love, and insignificance, culminating in one of the most powerful and understated cinematic endings in film history. ...
Throwback Thursday
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a quietly devastating and visually masterful epic revisionist Western that, through its gorgeous cinematography, intelligent performances, and unconventional Altman storytelling, established itself as one of the greats films in the western genre...
Spawn
Spawn (1997) captures the look and ambition of the 90s comic book era, but ultimately fails to translate its darker source material into a compelling or well-executed film being its design and a few isolated...
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is not just another film noir like the rest, it is the definition of what the noir film stands for. Fritz Lang shows the viewer how a detective thriller should be made, with his use of shadow, camera movement, and pure, direct dialogue to capture an audience from the 1950s and current day...
