"Let me take care of you..." Independent Film Company has unveiled the official trailer for a peculiar indie film titled Night Nurse, a provocative and unsettling dark thriller taking us into the world of retirement home scammers. The film gets even more icky when a new nurse is seduced by one of the sneaky residents, who uses mind games to get into her head. This premiered at the 2026 Sundance…

"We really need you to tell us the whole story..." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for the indie dark comedy I Want Your Sex, the latest one-of-a-kind creation from provocative indie mastermind Gregg Araki, his 12th feature film so far. This first premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mostly positive reviews, praising how kinky and weird and bold…

"Too many things don't add up in this story. Oscilloscope Labs has revealed their official US trailer for an indie film from Italy titled The Kidnapping of Arabella, the latest distinct cinematic story from Italian filmmaker Carolina Cavalli after her last film Amanda. It first premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival last year, and it also played at the London & Chicago Film Festivals as well.…

"Whatever happens, you always have us." Umbrella Entertainment has unveiled the official Kiwi trailer for I, Object, a coming-of-age indie drama from New Zealand opening this winter down there. It's opening in July but it doesn't have any US release set yet - hopefully sometime not too long after this opening. I, Object is written and directed by acclaimed sci-fi filmmaker Andrew Niccol, director…

"Are you panicked yet?" Giant Pictures has revealed their full official trailer for a documentary film called Mockbuster, a clever meta comedy from Australian filmmaker Anthony Frith. This is not a faux doc, it's a real doc film about the infamous studio known as The Asylum. A look at what it's actually like to make a bonafide B-movie. Formed in 1997, The Asylum has been creating rip-off B-movie…

"I don't need help... I'm a frickin' boss!" Madman Films revealed the first official trailer for the Australian indie comedy called Boss Cat, a bright and exuberant coming-of-age film about a young woman with Down Syndrome. Starring Olivia Hargroder in the lead role as Sonja. This is premiering this month at the 2026 Sydney Film Festival this winter in Australia, then opens in cinemas there in…

"It's us, you know, it's always been us." Cineverse has unveiled their official trailer for a romantic comedy called Let's Love, arriving to watch on VOD next week. Despite the impressive cast in here, this is getting dumped on VOD right way and looks like a fairly lackluster meta comedy creation. In Let's Love, the cast and filmmakers of a hit romance film (titled Don't Delete the Kisses)…

"We got invited here because Hollywood screwed us. So let's screw it back!" Good luck. Quiver Distribution has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy called Above the Line, a wacky comedy crime thriller mashup arriving on VOD later this month. It looks like extra goofy, weird fun but not sure it'll be worth the VOD rental price. Here's the setup: Six struggling Hollywood hopefuls team…

"Their first equinox party! So let's hope they survive." Vertigo Releasing has unveield the full official trailer for the indie horror comedy titled Hold the Fort, made by filmmaker William Bagley. This first premiered at the 2025 Fantasia Film Festival last year, where it picked up tons of great reviews. It also went on to play at Beyond Fest, FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and other…

"Our planet is on fire. People who thought that they were untouchable – but they're not." Get a load of this. Vertical released an official US trailer for the intriguing dark thriller titled Rich Flu, an apocalyptic virus movie from Spain and the UK. You might not be surprised to learn that Rich Flu is from the same director as The Platform and The Platform 2 - the famous Spanish films…

"The world is very good at making people feel small. You're not afraid to be yourself." 🐴 Sumerian has debuted an official trailer for an indie film titled Horsegirls, a coming-of-age dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Lauren Meyering. This first premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival last summer, and it's opening in limited theaters starting in July this summer.…

"How could this have happened to our family?" Get a first look at an official trailer for this acclaimed Czech indie film titled Summer School, 2001, a coming-of-age drama following a fractured Vietnamese family living in Czechia. This initially debuted at last year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czechia as a major local premiere - I caught it there and wrote a strong review of it. It was…

"Do that once more and see what happens." 🇲🇽 Mubi has unveiled the first official trailer for the acclaimed Mexican indie film titled simply Flies, the latest from Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke (also of Duck Season, Lake Tahoe, Club Sandwich, Olmo). This originally premiered at the 2026 Berlin Film Fest earlier this year with some strong reviews out of that fest. It's next playing at the…

"Was I mad?" Tribeca has debuted the first official trailer for a documentary film titled Humpty Dumpty X, premiering at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival coming up in June this summer in New York City. The film is an autobiographical look back at filmmaker Tony Kaye's experiences and troubles making the iconic 90s film American History X. 23 years in the making, Tony Kaye's deeply personal doc…

Are film festivals still important? How relevant are they nowadays? Is there something strange going on with film festivals worldwide that no one is talking about? These are some of the prominent questions on my mind in 2026 as the year rattles on. From Sundance to Berlinale to SXSW to Cannes and eventually right to Telluride/TIFF/Venice in the fall, there's always another edition of each…

"Mr. Mann, which side are you on? Stalin or Mickey Mouse?" Mubi has unveiled the official trailer for the film Fatherland, the latest from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski. This just premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, where it won the Best Director prize (in a tie) at the end. Our critic wrote an excellent review of it at the festival - one of the best in…

"Great books are supposed to make you feel uneasy, and make you question what you take for granted." Greenwich Entertainment & Kanopy have revealed the official US trailer for the film Reading Lolita in Tehran, a story about Iranian resistance now releasing in July this summer. This originally premiered in 2024 at the Rome Film Fest, where it won the Audience Award as well as Special Jury Prize.…

"She's clearly the same person from Miasma 1, the final girl. But she's so much more...!" Mubi has unveiled full official trailer for the indie slasher horror film titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the latest feature made by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun of the indie hit I Saw the TV Glow previously. It's now ready for release in theaters this August. This just premiered at the 2026 Cannes…

"You'll have to put your work on hold for some time." Vertical has revealed the new official US trailer for the film titled simply Couture, an indie drama from France starring Angelina Jolie as a filmmaker who gets sick. This premiered at a few film festivals last fall and already opened in Europe earlier in 2026 (view the the international trailer). Unfortunately the reviews have been harsh on…

"Why all these years we were silent?" Film Movement has revealed an official trailer for an experimental documentary crossed with an animated film titled Bouchra, a meta creation featuring a "queer Moroccan jackal" as the main character. This first premiered at the 2025 Toronto & New York Film Festivals last fall, picking up some good reviews. The pitch: Moroccan filmmaker Bouchra is writing an…

Get a look at one of the most talked about films of the festival this year. Movistar has revealed the first look teaser trailer for La Bola Negra, one of the biggest surprise hits from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. The title La Bola Negra means The Black Ball in English, a reference to an actual event and story that the film is inspired by (and tells within the story in the film as well). The…

"Can you feel it rolling around inside you – squeezing, squeezing hard." Bleecker Street has revealed their first look teaser trailer for Victorian Psycho, a kick ass horror comedy thriller from filmmaker Zachary Wigon arriving to watch in theaters this fall. The film premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival today (I saw it there - and it's fantastic!) which is why this teaser is dropping at…

"We need to make a movie that doesn't play on the little screen. It plays on the big screen." Panavision + neon have revealed a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the making of Boots Riley's colorful & extra fun new film I Love Boosters. It's hitting theaters soon and looks like a must watch event. Another featurette about the cinematography choices and filmmaking style: "Writer & director Boots…

"I am made of stardust... The moment you forget that, is the moment you disappear..." Um sure, okay? Neon has revealed the first look teaser trailer for the brand new neon-drench Nicolas Winding Refn film titled Her Private Hell – his first feature film in 10 years since he last made The Neon Demon. This just premiered today at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in France, playing in the Midnight…

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"So what brought you back to the studio?" Sony Pictures Classics has revealed a ravishing first look teaser trailer for the acclaimed indie sensation called Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, which first premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It earned numerous rave reviews, then was picked up by SPC for a release this year - highly recommend catching it. No final date is set…

"We all have to adapt..." Mubi has unveiled the first official UK trailer for a Scottish film titled The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Seán Dunn. This already premiered at the 2026 Rotterdam Film Festival earlier in the year, and it also showed at the Göteborg and San Francisco Film Festivals this year. BAFTA nominated Scottish screen legend…

"It's a real mess... but also beautiful, in a way." It's almost time to find out what's inside... A24 has debuted one final promo trailer for Backrooms, a feature film version of the web series made by YouTuber Kane Parsons aka "Kane Pixels". Opening in theaters in a few weeks – this is going to be a major sleeper hit. Created by one of the youngest filmmakers ever directing a movie for A24.…

"I've tried my best with you. That's the end now." MetFilm Distribution has revealed the first official trailer for a Welsh-language indie drama titled Effi o Blaenau, adapted from Gary Owen's acclaimed monodrama play Iphigenia in Splott – a modern theatrical classic staged extensively across Wales, England, and around the world. This cinematic version is a re-imagining for the big screen, and it…

"I know the weather, I know the bees. I know the point where anyone else would give up & I won't." Black Bear Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for The Rivals of Amziah King, an acclaimed indie thriller set in the backwoods of rural Oklahoma. The latest film from The Vast of Night director Andrew Patterson - it first premiered at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival last year to rave reviews. Set…