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This year’s Overlook Film Festival was filled with bold movies, many of which broadened the definition of traditional horror. From a tense two-hander and a teen heist movie to a Nsfw alien tale and a philosophical road trip from Hell, these titles played well on the big screen and deserve releases to serve the masses. Distributors, reach into your pocketbooks and pick up these five great movies that haven’t sold yet.

“Hallow Road”

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys are magnificent in this two-hander set largely in an increasingly claustrophobic car. The pair play a married couple going through a rough patch who receive a call in the middle of the night from their daughter (Megan McDonnell), saying she had a car accident on a deserted back road and may have hit another young woman. The bulk of the action takes place in the cab of the family vehicle,...

Earlier this month, a new film debuted at SXSW alongside a host of new and impressive movies. This one stood out in a major way, however, as Lifehack, the cyber-heist thriller "told entirely through the digital lens of our hyper-connected world" emerged from the festival with a stunning 100% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed and penned by the Irish newcomer Ronan Corrigan, and produced by the master of "screenlife" movies Timur Bekmambetov, the reviews suggest that Lifehack might be the best film yet from the genre. In the wake of the film's success, Collider is thrilled to exclusively present a sneak peek at the film, in which our team of intrepid, young techno thiefs put their plan into motion with a snappy, propulsive dialogue about how to snare their target.

As for the plot of the film, well, it revolves around the group's ringleader Kyle (Georgie Farmer), coding guru Petey...

As if the upcoming edition of the Overlook Film Festival , taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana, wasn’t stacked enough, the festival announced today the full schedule, including some surprise new films and live events.

The full festival schedule can be found at overlookfilmfest.com/schedule.

The new additions to the lineup bring the festival total to 56 films (34 features and 22 shorts) from 15 countries, as well as twelve live events and four immersive experiences, making this the largest Overlook lineup in the festival’s nine year history.

“This year’s giant lineup brings into focus all of the ways we love to be scared, regardless of what flavor of spooky is your jam” said Sheryl Santacruz, festival director of The Overlook Film Festival. “We can’t wait to join with the greatest, most dedicated genre fans in the world to celebrate this sensation that we all love in ways that we never imagined possible,...

Screenlife movies and producer Timur Bekmambetov go together like wine and cheese. An off-shoot of found footage, films in this category take place entirely on computer and/or phone screens, a formal premise that, in its brief history — since the 2002 experiment “The Collingswood Story” — has evolved in remarkable ways. Bekmambetov has produced horror (“Unfriended”), dramatic thrillers (“Searching”) and even Shakespeare (“R#J”) in this mode, and with the Ronan Corrigan-directed “LifeHack,” the genre now moves dauntlessly into heist movie territory. Your mileage may vary, but for fans of the format, it’s an absolute treat.

Traditionally, heist films involve slick, seasoned professionals moving through space, towards one defined target, like the vault in “Ocean’s 11.” However, the age of cryptocurrency and digital wallets allows the debuting Corrigan to flip these expectations on their head, via a tale of four lonely teenagers with something to prove. There’s a remarkable...

Watching Ronan Corrigan’s LifeHack transported me back to South by Southwest 2015, where I saw the premiere of Leo Gabriadze’s Unfriended. I sat there enamored by what would become a landmark kickstart for the screenlife horror movement, hypnotized by its organic application of screen-locked cinematography. Corrigan’s devotion to authenticity feels similarly meticulous, a testament to the reported five years it took to produce his feature debut, LifeHack, which shot in a breakneck 10 days. The next generation of filmmakers emerges, wooing audiences with a screen-locked heist thriller that reminds of The Perfect Score but with graver stakes.

Screenlife filmmaking, the process of telling a cinematic story entirely through characters’ computer screens, is the kind of gimmick that’s usually bad in theory and is worse in practice. There are smart exceptions, but the pandemic year we spent watching mediocre television produced over Zoom and the amount of time many of us are still professionally obligated to spend on video calls is enough to make watching them for pleasure sound like a daunting proposition.

The format is best known for the films “Unfriended” and “Searching,” both of which were produced by Timur Bekmambetov, who has gone all in on Screenlife storytelling. The niche mogul is also behind “LifeHack,” Ronan Corrigan’s directorial debut that tries to give FaceTime screens and Discord servers the “Ocean’s 11” treatment.

For Kyle (Georgie Farmer), the Internet is the ultimate playground. Smarter and savvier about digital spaces then virtually anyone else he encounters online,...

Firmly established in the digital age as its own genre, Screenlife comprises movies taking place in their entirety on computer screens. A real pioneer in this medium is filmmaker-producer Timur Bekmambetov, who has shepherded some of the best-known and better films in the format including 2015’s horror film Unfriended, 2018’s suspense-driven Searching and its 2023 sequel Missing). Now in the age of cryptocurrency, Bekmambetov and his company are behind LifeHack, a digital cousin of the Ocean’s 11 concept and a heist film born out of a new generation never having to leave their bedrooms to pull off the big steal and — hopefully — elude capture. For my money, this is hands down the best Screenlife movie yet, a dazzling marriage of online skill, clever storytelling, brilliant editing and acting within the confines of your computer screen that rivals the best of any heist film in recent years. This format is an ideal...

The Motion Picture Association is heading to SXSW this year to host industry-centric sessions on global location shooting, digital piracy and a conversation on the future of filmmaking with MPA chief Charles Rivkin and Amazon MGM’s Jennifer Salke and Courtenay Valenti.

“The MPA is excited to spotlight key issues around policy, production, and piracy at a festival filled with people who love movies, believe in their power, and want to learn about the next big things coming their way,” said Rivkin, MPA’s chairman and CEO.

As the festival kicks off in Austin, Texas on March 7, the MPA will host “Location, Location, Location: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Real-World Production.” The panel is scheduled to feature:

Bryan Abrams, editor-in-chief of The Credits, MPA Adriana Cruz, executive director of the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office Paul Jensen, producer at Lucky Number 8 Productions Steve Joyner, production designer

Rivkin’s conversation with Salke,...