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Backrooms (Film, US, Kane Parsons, 2026) Failed architect Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) phases into an eerie yellow liminal space beside his furniture store\u2019s basement and the creepery commences. Renate Reinsve enlivens a tricky role as Clark\u2019s baggage-laden therapist, and the \u201cfollow these characters\u2019 linear path through a series of increasingly unnerving sets\u201d storyline relies strongly on her and Ejiofor\u2019s sheer believability. You can occasionally sense the script and scope threatening to escape directorial control, but those swerves often bring their own frisson. And hey, it\u2019s Parsons\u2019 first feature film.\u2014KH<\/p>\n
The French Conspiracy<\/a> (Film, France, Yves Boisset, 1972) Burned out activist (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes a pawn in a Deuxieme Bureau scheme to lure an exiled Algerian resistance leader (Gian Maria Volonte) onto French soil. Paranoid spy thriller with a stacked cast and more actual geopolitics than the genre usually admits.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n The Furious (Film, Hong Kong\/US, Kenji Tanigaki, 2026) Mute repairman Wei (Miao Xie) and investigator Navin (Joe Taslim) team up to rescue loved ones from evil human traffickers in not-Bangkok. Although Taslim\u2019s dogged charm remains intact, and up-and-comer Brian Le stuns in a \u201cbiggest henchman\u201d role, the real standout is Tanigaki\u2019s collaboration with action choreographer Kensuke Sonomura. Together, they create a symphony of bone-crunching battles featuring whole new ways to dodge, hit, weave, and climb in combat. Not quite best of breed, but hey, it\u2019s Tanigaki\u2019s first feature film.\u2014KH<\/p>\n The Furious (Film, Hong Kong, Kenji Tanigaki, 2026) In his effort to rescue his preteen daughter from human traffickers, a mute handyman (Miao Xie) teams with an equally fight-capable independent investigator (Joe Taslim) searching for his missing reporter wife. In his first feature as helmer, the most exciting action director working today delivers complex, crunching battles in a style adding MMA moves to restrained wirework. HK cinema fans will remember the lead from his scrappy kung fu kid roles in such 90s classics as My Father Is a Hero and The New Legend of Shaolin.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n