While Goomba Stomp and Sordid Cinema are relatively small publications, we have made great strides in gaining an increasing audience of readers due to our excellent festival coverage which includes well over thirty film festivals across the globe including TIFF, Toronto After Dark, Hot Docs, Cannes, Sundance, NYFF, Tribeca, Fantastic Fest, SXSW, FNC, Fantasia and so much more.
Here Before stars the great Andrea Riseborough as a mother who becomes obsessed with a neighbor girl with similarities to her dead daughter.
Leah Purcell stars in, writes, and directs an overstuffed adaptation of the classic Australian short story The Drover’s Wife.
See You Then follows a trans woman as she reunites with a girlfriend she abruptly left years ago when she identified as a man.
The Spine of Night it a fantasy epic full of copious nudity and violence, and yet it somehow manages to be incredibly ugly and boring.
The vampire horror–comedy Jakob’s Wife has a fun Barbara Crampton performance going for it, but that’s about all worth seeing here.
Keith Thomas’ debut feature The Vigil sometimes falls victims to horror clichés, but is lifted up by a strong lead performance.
‘Saint Maud’ provides a nuanced look at religious fanaticism with an explosive ending, anchored by a chilling lead performance.
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For the first time in esteemed Japanese auteur Sion Sono’s career, he has made his English-language debut…
“Eight for Silver” finds an intriguing way to advance the werewolf legend that’s surprisingly scary, but it’s lacking in substance.
Ben Wheatley returns to his horror roots with incredible results in his latest film, In The Earth…
Cryptozoo, Dash Shaw’s sophomore feature, is a Jurassic Park–like story of imaginary creatures done in hypnotizing animated style.
In 2017, Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe was ousted from power and tendered his resignation after a military coup…
Documentarian Peter Nicks, over the last few years, has emerged as something of a West Coast, nonfiction…
On the last day on Earth, one woman goes on a journey through LA to make it to her last party before the world ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Christopher Makoto Yogi’s previous film, August at Akiko’s, feels like the perfect companion piece and set up…
Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a feature documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African American music and culture, and promoted Black pride and unity.
“CODA” is filled with compelling scenes about a hearing daughter born to Deaf parents, but it gets bogged down in sentimentality.
Censor is a tribute to the colors and textures of 1980s-era video nasties, but it loses its bite toward the end.