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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
Hokum
Hokum is a slow-burning psychological horror with a clear feel for how to scare that blends supernatural elements with themes of guilt, trauma, and death all around, delivering a deeply atmospheric and unsettling experience that thrives on tension and concept, solidifying it as the best horror film of the year so far and a...
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a stylish and surprisingly necessary sequel that doesn’t reinvent the wheel but successfully recaptures the energy and character dynamics of the original, even if it struggles to maintain that consistency through its slower middle acts...
Michael
Michael, is a film carried almost entirely by an inspired and studied Jaafar Jackson performance and the strength of its music performance set pieces. However, it is heavily weighed down by lazy writing, weak narrative structure, and an inability to fully capture the true complexity of its huge subject, leaving it feeling...
Articles
Criterion Tuesday
Dead Man
Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is a haunting and perhaps metaphorical western from the 90s, whose slow narrative is elevated by its sound design, philosophical undertones, atmospheric f...
