CLASSIC PICKS AND NEW RELEASES
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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 top 2026 release.
Throwback Thursdya
Memories (1995)
Memories thrives on its bold creativity and distinct visual identity, delivering three uniquely compelling stories that vary in execution yet collectively showcase the power of animation as a medium for psychological and thematic exploration in ways live action simply cannot match.
New Reviews
Pizza Movie
Pizza Movie is a shockingly fun and chaotic new Hulu dorm room comedy that fully commits to its ridiculous premise, throwing everything at the audience and, despite its limitations as a basic comedy, succeeds by delivering exactly what it sets out to...
The Drama
The Drama is an incredibly well-shot and performance driven dark romance that takes a bold and wildly uncomfortable premise and turns it into a psychologically engaging experience, even if its tone and structure make it a divisive and at times difficult to sit with film...
Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Super Mario Galaxy is a visually exciting and occasionally fun animated blockbuster that delivers for avid fans and children, but lacks the narrative coherence and depth needed to elevate the film beyond what it was meant to be a high-budget brain off entertainment piece...
Articles
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...
A 2026 SXSW Experience – Ranked & Reviewed
A full TwilightRoom SXSW experience, ranking every film seen and speaking on the massive event as a whole...
Criterion Tuesday
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. ...
Captain Blood
Captain Blood succeeds as a classic pirate adventure through its timeless and engaging story, with its main actor Errol Flynn’s charismatic performance and Michael Curtiz’s impressive naval battle sequences the almost 90 year old film certainly deserves its spot in the criterion col...
Yi Yi
Yi Yi is a deeply reflective 3 hour journey about how people move through life, regret the past, and try to understand the world around them through ordinary...
Throwback Thursday
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...
Aftersun
Aftersun is a masterclass in subtle filmmaking and creative camera work, using the idea of memories, absence and ordinary atmosphere to quietly devastate an audience and comment on mental...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy
For the first throwback Thursday on Twilight Room, we jump 36 years back to 1990s New York, for the campy, satire, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy. Through three vastly different directors, the films jump from absolute 90s relic classics, to a time traveling mess of genres that loses the plot. Highlighting...