Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Part of the reason we love film festivals so much is that they enable us to catch things we never heard of. Such is the case with the latest foreign horror entry to make its way to our shores, Modus ...

There are many venomous scorpions in Indonesia's forests, and that's what Modus Anomali is: a black-hearted and blood-lusting thriller with a vicious sting in its twisted tail. That's a lesson John ...

Monday is here, and it’s the same thing every damned week. Wake up. Shower. Head to work. Log on to Dread Central. The last part is the good bit though, and here’s your reward for doing so! Check out ...

I don’t know what kind of magical mind muddling substances were dissolved into the water coolers during SXSW Festival Programming, but after last night’s World Premiere of Joko Anwar’s Indonesian ...

Joko Anwar says the slums of Indonesia’s North Sumatera are “really not a good place to grow up,” but so it was. He began watching movies at a local theater, usually through a ventilation window, when ...

Want another reason why you should plan your family vacation for anyplace but at a remote cabin in the woods? “Modus Anomali” should motivate viewers to go right ahead and book that trip to Walt ...

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A brainteaser that’s intriguing and frustrating by equal measure, “Modus Anomali” sends auds into the woods with a man whose family vacation appears to have become a nightmare. Indonesian helmer Joko ...

A brainteaser that's intriguing and frustrating by equal measure, "Modus Anomali" sends auds into the woods with a man whose family vacation appears to have become a nightmare. A brainteaser that’s ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...