David Lynch's once-reviled and now largely revered TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME gets a 4K UHD Blu-ray upgrade from The Criterion Collection (criterion.bsky.social). Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews the recent release. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/14/o...

Yorgos Lanthimos's breakout film comes to 4K UHD Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews the recent release of DOGTOOTH. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/14/k...

Kino Lorber collects four largely forgotten TV movies from once-popular producer Dan Curtis in the Blu-ray boxset DAN CURTIS' LATE-NIGHT MYSTERIES. Find Evan Dossey's review of the recent release in the reply. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/14/k...

My Guy — a series rooted in Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) appreciation for and analysis of the works of Guy Pearce — continues with a look at Pearce's thankless turn in the new Netflix thriller, THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/14/m...

Catch Val Kilmer in impeccable comic form on the big screen as Indiana University Cinema (iucinema.bsky.social) screens 1985's REAL GENIUS at 7p Thursday. Find Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the film in the reply, along with a ticket link for the screening.

Alice Cooper & John Carpenter)welcome you to their nightmare in 1987's PRINCE OF DARKNESS, screening Wednesday at your local Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) cinema. (Check local listings for showtimes). Check out Eric Harris's essay on the film. midwestfilmjournal.com/2022/10/17/n...

Don't lose your head. You've got two chances to see HEREDITARY this week — at 7:30p Wednesday at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) & on Friday at your Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) cinema. Find Mitch Ringenberg's review and an Alamo Drafthouse ticket link in the reply.

No Sleep October — Midwest Film Journal's monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Joe Shearer's look at 1987's CREEPSHOW 2. Read Joe's essay and look for more great essays yet to come all month long! midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/13/n...

Only Stephen King could make a high-powered wheelchair essential to killing a werewolf. Check listings for Regal Cinemas (regalmovies.bsky.social) for Monday screenings of SILVER BULLET as part of an October horror showcase. Joe Shearer's essay is below: midwestfilmjournal.com/2022/10/31/n...

Put on your, uh, Tuesday clothes. There's a free movie out there! See WALL-E at 7p Tuesday for free at the Schrott Center for the Arts through the Butler Arts & Events Center. Find Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay in the reply, along with more screening information.

Don't be late. Mr. Babadook doesn't like that. Catch THE BABADOOK at 7p Tuesday at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) as part of its monthlong horror showcase. Find Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) essay on the film in the reply, along with a ticket link.

A documentary about Richard Propes' (richardpropes.bsky.social) journey to eliminate medical debt for Hoosiers is a tremendous success. Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews THE TENDERNESS TOUR — screening at the 34th Heartland International Film Festival & available to stream — in the reply.

No Sleep October—our ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us—continues w/ Joe Shearer's look at 1982's CREEPSHOW. Catch it on the big screen Tuesday as part of Regal's (regalmovies.bsky.social) horror spotlight, and find Joe's essay below. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/10/n...

It was really nice of Disney to spend nearly $200 million helping Nine Inch Nails launch a new album. At least TRON: ARES is a good laser light show for their music. Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews the film, now in theatres. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/10/t...

What could've been a poignant and crowd-pleasing adaptation of a true story comes off as a fakey, disingenuous rationalization of bad behavior. Joe Shearer reviews ROOFMAN, now in theatres. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/10/r...

No Sleep October — Midwest Film Journal's monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Mitch Ringenberg's reflection on how HOSTEL: PART II is the pinnacle & prankster of torture-porn cinema. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/09/n...

The Kan-Kan Cinema & Bar (kankancinema.bsky.social) continues its celebration of iconic entertainer Robert Redford with SNEAKERS, screening at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. In the reply, find Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the film, as well as a ticket link.

At Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social), we all float. Catch 2017's IT at 10p Saturday as part of the Alamo's monthlong horror celebration. In the reply, find Heather Knight's (moriarteas.bsky.social) essay from our No Sleep October series, as well as a ticket link.

LA GLORIA shrewdly & skillfully scales a migration story away from macro monoliths & toward a striking tale of two people navigating a tough situation. Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews the Heartland Film Festival title w/ ticket link in the reply. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/08/h...

Strong work from Chloe Bennet and Phil Dunster makes alien-life tale HELLO OUT THERE! most effective when addressing human concerns. Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews the Heartland Film Festival title (with a ticket link in the reply). midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/08/h...

Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) talks w/ Richard Propes (richardpropes.bsky.social) & Andie Redwine (andieredwine.bsky.social), the respective subject & director / producer of THE TENDERNESS TOUR. The doc will have its world premiere Saturday at the 34th Heartland International Film Festival.

The Kan-Kan Cinema & Bar (kankancinema.bsky.social) is paying tribute to cinema champion & big-screen icon Robert Redford by screening several films. Catch ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN at 1p Friday or 5:10p Sunday. In the reply, find our thoughts on this journalism classic and a ticket link.

You thought seven days wasn't much? You've only got TWO to get tickets to 2002's THE RING at 10p Saturday at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) as part of its monthlong celebration of horror films. In the reply, find Alex Holmes' essay on the film as well as a ticket link.

No Sleep October — our monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Brent Leuthold (awakeinthedark.bsky.social) clearing out his thoughts on 2023's underappreciated COBWEB. Find Brent's essay in the reply and be sure to check out new essays all month long!

Children of the 1990s will have a moment of clarity revisiting SPAWN, the comic-book "classic," now on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Arrow Video (arrowvideo.bsky.social) Here's Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) review of the newly released disc. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/07/a...

Really, they're ALWAYS coming to get you, Barbara. Catch George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD at 7:30p Thursday at the Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (@alamodrafthouse.bsky.social). Find Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) essay on Romero's "Dead" trilogy and a ticket link in the reply.

Cuz Indiana University Cinema's (@iucinema.bsky.social) got a GREAT MOVIE and you got your chance to go ALL THE WAY there to see it on a big screen. See Michael Mann's HEAT at 7p Thursday. In the reply, find Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) 2015 essay on the film as well as a ticket link.

My Guy — a series rooted in Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) appreciation for and analysis of the works of Guy Pearce — continues with a look back at Pearce's work a morally complicated philosophy professor in SPINNING MAN. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/07/m...

Kathryn Bigelow brings her inimitably intense urgency to a nuclear-missile drama. But Noah Oppenheim's script and unusually stiff work by a reliable cast sink it. In the reply, Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE — in theatres Friday and streaming on Netflix on Oct. 24.

Of all things, an animated zombie show spun off from a 2nd-tier 2021 Disney+ series somehow plays like an inexplicably great dispatch from an alternate decade where the world didn't break in quite the same way & Marvel thrived. Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews MARVEL ZOMBIES in the reply.

While this documentary works wonders for Marc Maron (marcmaron.bsky.social) fans, its intimate approach lends it universal appeal. In the reply, find Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) review of ARE WE GOOD? Check local listings for showtimes yet this evening (Monday, Oct. 6) and Oct. 8.

Now on 4K UHD Blu-ray, Lionsgate's attempt to spin off successful John Wick films with separate stories invoking his name betrays the core tenets of the series' success — simplicity & invention. In the reply, see Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) review of FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK: BALLERINA.

Once a quintessential exploitation film, ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS gets a 4K UHD Blu-ray upgrade that mainly makes you consider how we now have our own private grindhouses in our pockets all day. Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) reviews the upcoming release: midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/06/k...

No Sleep October — our ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues w/ Matthew Socey's (matthewsocey.bsky.social) look at Vincent Price's revenge tale THEATRE OF BLOOD. In the replies, find Matthew's essay and a ticket link to a special theatrical presentation! 🧵 1/3

The monthlong fright festival at Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) continues with FROM DUSK TILL DAWN on Wednesday. Check local listings for showtimes, and read Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the off-kilter vampire-crime romp. midwestfilmjournal.com/2016/10/29/c...

Time to break out the swan dress for those celebrating the 25th anniversary of Lars von Trier's DANCER IN THE DARK's stateside release in theatres. Check out Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the film from our Heroes of the Zeroes series: midwestfilmjournal.com/2010/03/19/h...

Still one of the century's most tragically relentless dramas, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM opened in theatres 25 years ago today. Check out Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the film from our Heroes of the Zeroes series: midwestfilmjournal.com/2010/09/11/h...

Operation Koh Samui has been in effect for a quarter-century. Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller's MEET THE PARENTS hit theatres on this day in 2000. Check out Matt Hurt's (obsessiveviewer.bsky.social) essay on the film from our Bobby's World series. midwestfilmjournal.com/2023/08/21/b...

Fritz on Fridays — Joshua Polanski’s (joshuapolanski.bsky.social) monthly look at the work of Austrian “Master of Darkness” Fritz Lang — continues with a dive into Lang’s “secret” films in the American Heritage Center collection at the University of Wyoming. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/03/f...

No Sleep October — our monthlong horror celebration — continues with Eric Harris’s revisit of THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, which will have 20th-anniversary screenings at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) at 7p Monday & Wednesday. In the reply, find Eric’s essay & a ticket link.

There's nothing like a mother's love. Catch the original FRIDAY THE 13th at 7p Tuesday at Landmark's Keystone Art Cinema as part of its Retro Replay series. In the reply, find Evan Dossey's (edossmfj.bsky.social) essay from our 2021 "13 Fridays" series, as well as a ticket link.

Before they started trying to explain everything, the Strangers were just ... THE STRANGERS! Check local showtimes for Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) screenings near you on Monday, and check out Nick Rogers' (nickrogers.bsky.social) essay on the 2008 film. midwestfilmjournal.com/2010/10/11/h...

Lest anyone doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion, get tickets to an Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) screening of DONNIE DARKO at 7:30p Monday. In the reply find Lauren Emily Whalen's (laurenemilywrites.bsky.social) 2020 essay on the film as well as a ticket link.

Our No Sleep October series — a monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us — continues with Bob Bloom's (bobbloom1948.bsky.social) essay on 4D MAN, an underrated slice of sci-fi / horror schlock. Find Bob's essay in the reply and look for new essays all month long!

Outstanding visual effects elevate THE LOST BUS, the latest from director Paul Greengrass, which dramatizes a real-life rescue amid 2018's rampaging Camp Fire in California. Nick Rogers (nickrogers.bsky.social) reviews the film, streaming Friday on Apple TV+. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/02/t...

October has begun and with it, a new cycle of essays for our No Sleep October series — a monthlong ode to horror that terrifies, titillates or transfixes us. In the reply, Andrew Kimmel kicks us off for 2025 w/ the trope-upending antics of PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN. Look for more essays all month long!

Evan Dossey (edossmfj.bsky.social) runs down his cinematic exploits for September 2025. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/10/01/e...

What's your favorite scary movie? If it's the OG SCREAM, your local Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) has you covered Sunday. Check local listings for showtimes & read Heather Knight's (moriarteas.bsky.social) essay on the film from our No Sleep October series. midwestfilmjournal.com/2018/10/17/n...

The Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis's (alamodrafthouse.bsky.social) monthlong celebration of horror continues w/ a 40th anniversary screening of 1985's DAY OF THE DEAD at 7:30p Sunday. Find Eric Harris's essay on the film from our No Sleep October series in the reply, along with a ticket link.

As part of its monthlong horror spotlight, Regal (regalmovies.bsky.social) will screen the original A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET on Saturday. Check local listings for showtimes & check out Sam Watermeier's (sammovieman.bsky.social) essay on the film from our Recurring Nightmares series in the reply.