"a carnivalesque tale of a clan sticking – and stitching – together in Depression-Era America": the Adams family's latest outing WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS (2023) in NYC, Austin and LA & other US indie theatres from today, for #YellowVeilPictures. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/where-the-devil-roams-review-at-fantasia-a-grotesque-carnivalesque-tale/

"a London comedy of meddling manners, full of boozy nights, poltergeist pranking, workspace satire, and personal development": Gabriel Foster Prior's THE BYSTANDERS at #RioCinema, Dalston + Q&A 6.45pm tonight via #ScreenboundPictures. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/the-bystanders-review-sci-fi-satire-of-modern-life-at-sci-fi-london-film-festival/

“found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world”: Graham Hughes’ HOSTILE DIMENSIONS (+ Q&A) screens 2.15pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hostile-dimensions-review-at-frightfest-scary-funny-sci-fi-on-a-budget/

Victor Danell’s good-natured retro adventure UFO SWEDEN "lets a disparate ensemble of dreamers look to the stars, leap through time and find each other." Screens 4.40pm today at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Capsule for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/inner-and-outer-spaces-sci-fi-london-day-one/

In Junta Yamaguchi’s second looping SF feature RIVER, an inn’s staff and residents, frozen in a recurring two minutes, desperately seek a future. Screens 3pm today at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival, 9.40pm at #ImagineFantasticFilmFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/events/river-review-at-fantasia-2023-looping-sci-fi-adventure/

An old story: Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez's apocalyptic horror THE ELDERLY (VIEJOS, 2022) allegorises our anxieties about the aged and ever-encroaching mortality. On US Blu/VOD from today via #DarkStarPictures. Capsule for #SciFiNow
https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/freak-infestations-strange-elders-and-diseased-strays-in-day-four-of-sci-fi-london/

Cage and Kinnaman drive angry: in Yuval Adler’s noirish road movie SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, "a father-to-be is taken for a wild night ride by a ghost from his past". On Blu-ray/DVD from today via #SignatureEntertainment. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/cinema/sympathy-for-the-devil-review-joel-kinnaman-and-nicolas-cage-star-in-stylish-backroads-noir/

Daniel is an anagram of denial: Quarxx’s “dark and grotesque (divine) comedy” PANDEMONIUM screens 10pm tonight at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/pandemonium-review-at-fantasia-a-dark-and-grotesque-divine-comedy/

“found-footage multiverse mystery sends documentarians on a quest to find a missing woman and a better world”: Graham Hughes' HOSTILE DIMENSIONS screes 9.30pm tonight at #TriesteSciencPlusFictionFestival. Review for #SciFiNow https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hostile-dimensions-review-at-frightfest-scary-funny-sci-fi-on-a-budget/