In Exit 8, a young man is trapped in a surreal landscape: a never-ending subway corridor. He can only get out by following specific rules in the incredibly engaging video game adaptation from director Genki Kawamura. Presented as part of the Overlook Film Festival and in limited release otherwise.
Short Film For You! [Action Packed April 2026]
By now you know the drill, check below for a short film that needs to find its public
Never Back Down (2008) [Action Packed April]
When a troubled teen switches schools to escape his troubled past, he’s quickly pulled back into a world of conflict by his peers who involve him in an underground fight club.
Short Film For You! [Action Packed April 2026]
By now you know the drill, check below for a short film that needs to find its public
Mārama [2026] [Overlook Film Festival]
A Māori woman travels to England to find her family, instead finding a job as a governess. The beautiful, affecting, and often horrific Mārama, from director Taratoa Stappard, uses the Victorian Gothic to tell a tale of the horrors of colonialism. Presented as part of the Overlook Film Festival.
Faces of Death [2026] [Overlook Film Festival 2026]
An online content monitor stumbles onto a serial killer using the infamous Faces of Death as a basis for his spree. Daniel Goldhaber’s film is a nasty gem, giving the audience exactly what they want in Faces of Death. Faces of Death premieres at the Overlook Film Festival this weekend.
The Bootleg Files: Gugusse and the Automaton
BOOTLEG FILES 935: “Gugusse and the Automaton” (1897 short film by Georges Méliès).
LAST SEEN: On the Library of Congress website.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It was one of many films from the late 19th century that were bootlegged.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Maybe someday in an anthology of rediscovered lost films.
During the height of his film production career, the pioneering French producer/director Georges Méliès fought a losing battle against miscreants who made bootlegged copies of his films and profited in selling these unauthorized prints. The bootlegging was particularly acute in the American market, where Méliès was forced to set up a sales office to fight against the characters who were pirating his work.
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