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September has arrived, bringing with it an onslaught of library titles to ensure your Halloween horror watchlists will remain packed through November. Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Shudder, and Tubi have announced their September 2025 lineups, so we’re compiling them all into a handy horror guide for your watchlists.

Be sure to catch up on Screambox’s lineup this month, too.

Check out the September 2025 horror streaming lineup below.

HBO Max

‘Splinter’

September 1

Evil Dead II (1987)

Misery

Prometheus

Se7en

Splinter (2008)

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Hulu

‘Trap’

September 1

Devil’s Due

Donnie Darko (Theatrical Cut)

Evil Dead Rise

Jennifer’s Body

The Meg

The Meg 2: The Trench

The Nun II...

There is so much to question all the time, but once again we must ask: where is the time going? September is almost here and, with fall right around the corner, along come countless new shows and movies to help usher in the season.

Of course, that extends to streaming in general and to the Hulu/Disney+ bundle specifically, which next month will include various Hulu originals, feature films, and reality TV coming to both platforms. Look out for the streaming premiere of “Lilo & Stitch,” a Lego Star Wars adventure, and “Marvel Zombies” on Disney, and the Hulu debuts of “FX’s The Lowdown,” “The Tempest,” and new episodes of “Project Runway” and “Dancing With the Stars.”

Top Pick: “Only Murders in the Building” Season 5 (Hulu)

After the death of the Arconia’s doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca), the trio of Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez...

Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has revealed 30 titles selected for the 2025 Asian Project Market (Apm), including upcoming features produced by Indian star Alia Bhatt, All We Imagine As Light director Payal Kapadia and Twilight Of The Warriors filmmaker Soi Cheang.

The co-production and financing market, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market (Acfm), is set to take place from September 20-23 in Busan, South Korea. This year’s Apm received a record-breaking 455 submissions from 44 countries.

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The selection spans a broad range of themes, including social inequality, family love,...

Fast & Furious and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin will offer audiences something different after his upcoming docudrama, Last Days, comes to theaters on October 24, courtesy of Vertical.

Last Days, based on the Outside magazine article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau” by Alex Perry, focuses on the 26-year-old missionary John Allen Chau (Sky Yang), who journeys to the remote North Sentinel Island, determined to convert an isolated tribe. At the same time, authorities attempt to intervene before potential harm occurs. Sister Midnight’s Radhika Apte leads the chase, playing a detective from the Andaman Islands, determined to halt John’s mission before he can upset a natural balance.

Justin Lin directs Last Days from a script by Ben Ripley (Flatliners). The film also stars Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Marny Kennedy, and Ciara Bravo.

Last Days premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where our Editor-in-Chief, Chris Bumbray,...

It’s that time again; we’ve reached the halfway point of the year. What a strange year it’s been so far, with the box office making it clear that audiences aren’t willing to venture out for anything and everything these days. With wallets tightening, it’s event films that are proving to be the biggest draw – the zeitgeist releases that get everyone talking.

For 2025, so far, that means that only a few horror movies have reached massive, runaway box office success. The Final Destination franchise sprung back to life with Final Destination Bloodlines, giving Tony Todd a heartwarming and proper send-off with a touching final appearance and an impressive franchise milestone: it’s the first to reach a $200 million. As impressive as its theatrical run has been, Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic Sinners smashed box office records, outpacing Bloodlines and earning horror a historic first ‘A’ Cinemascore.

This week’s streaming premieres are a wide, diverse mix of new movies and TV shows, both big and small. Max boasts the long-awaited streaming service debut of one of the year’s biggest and most acclaimed films, while Netflix has both the second season of a major TV show and the sequel to one of its past film originals coming this week.

Elsewhere, Marvel’s best film effort in years has finally become available on demand, and the same happens to be true of one of 2025’s most underrated independent movies. Here are the eight best new movies and shows that you can stream this weekend.

Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Credit: Warner Bros. “Sinners” (Max)

The biggest original movie of 2025 is finally making its way to streaming this week. Writer-director Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed vampire thriller “Sinners” makes its long-awaited premiere on Max on Friday. Coogler’s first...

Exclusive: Ben Coren, former Film4 and Misfits executive, has joined UK production company Jeva Films as head of development.

Coren will oversee an expansion for the London-based company, known for films such as The Lesson, Nina Forever and 7 Keys, following a £90,000investment from the BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund in support of a new growth strategy.

This strategy will include collaborating with more Scandinavian and Indian diaspora talent and working towards co-productions with these territories.

Coren worked for 11 years at Film4, and was head of development from 2019, before becoming head of scripted at UK McQueen producer Misfits in 2024.

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Acclaimed dark comedy Sister Midnight, starring Radhika Apte, is set to arrive on VOD and digital streaming platforms later this month. Produced by Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing, the film premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2024 and launched in U.S. theaters on May 16, 2025. It’s scheduled to debut digitally next week.

What is Sister Midnight About?

Written and directed by Karan Kandhari in his feature debut, the film follows Uma (Radhika Apte), a rebellious small-town misfit who arrives in Mumbai and finds herself ill-suited to the pressures of suburban housewife life. Battling prying neighbours, stifling heat, and mounting domestic expectations, Uma rebels against conformity and carves her own unpredictable—and often darkly comedic—path forward

Where to Watch Sister Midnight Online?

The film will be available for purchase and rental on major digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu, beginning on June 30, 2025.

When and Where Will Sister Midnight Stream?...

The feature-length directorial debut of British short filmmaker and cinematographer Karan Kandhari, “Sister Midnight” (2025), on the surface reads like textbook international festival bait—exactly the kind of India-set film global audiences love to indulge in. Nominated for the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 2024 and winner of the Next Wave Best Feature at Fantastic Fest, the film is steeped in exactly the kind of issues we’re right to scrutinize in works of this nature.

The dialogues feel like they were piped through Google Translate, and it’s baffling that seasoned performers like Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, and Chhaya Kadam didn’t seem to flinch. The laborious attempt to orchestrate a black-comedic ballad leads to a third act that drags itself out. What we get is a half-westernised film unable to hold the full cultural weight of the country it so desperately wants to embody.

Yet, what pulls it all...

Can You Stream Radhika Apte’s Sister Midnight In India?(Photo Credit –YouTube)

Radhika Apte’s critically acclaimed and award-winning black comedy Sister Midnight is available to rent, but not in India. Currently, it is accessible in the United Kingdom on several platforms, including Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Sky Store. All platforms offer similar rental pricing, between £4 to £5 ($5 to $6 Usd), and the purchase price is the same across all platforms at £9.99 ($13.47 usd).

OTTPlay also reported that the film is available on Tubi, and Indian viewers can stream a censored version on the platform. However, Tubi is not currently available in India, and even in the US, Sister Midnight is not available for streaming. So, for now, those reports appear to be just rumors. The portal also reported that Prime Video is expected to acquire the film officially. If that happens, the uncensored version may be available for streaming by the end of the year.

I will be honest. I hated Sister Midnight. It is one of the most seriously loathsome films on slum-life, injected with heavy doses of sickening surrealism, and of course there is Radhika Apte, every Smita Patil fanboy-director’s favourite whacked dream.

I am tired of watching Ms Apte’s strong-woman-in-a-sticky-situation act (admittedly very competently staged) . There are weak women out there who also need a voice, as Apte’s actor-sisters Tillotama Shome and Amruta Subhash have recently showed us articulately .

Radhika Apte in Sister Midnight is choked with rage. She is like the pipe in washbasin, clogged with filth. She plays Uma, a fact that I didn’t know until we were much into morbid loose-motion picture. For lengthy patches writer-director Karan Kandhari doesn’t allow his characters to speak. Or is it that the characters don’t allow the director to have a say? They seem to take over...

Karan Kandhari’s debut feature film, Sister Midnight, starring Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak, is an absurd black comedy with unpredictable twists and turns that will keep you on edge. The film is quite the visual treat; from the very first frame, you can determine that the filmmaker is not interested in grounded portrayal—instead, the interpretation of reality is deadpan, comical, synchronized, and at times poetic. The Wes Anderson style of storytelling— hyperbolic characters, a storybook-like narrative, balanced frames—has also been an obvious influence. Cinematographer Sverre Sørdal captures the essence, or rather the chaos, of Mumbai aptly. It is pretty evident that Kandhari intended the film to be consumed by a global audience in the way he blends the very spatially rooted visuals with a broad range of music (Everything from Cambodian ballads to Iggy Pop and The Stooges). The usual narrative framework is disregarded, and what we witness is pure experimentation,...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during AFI Fest 2024. Magnet Releasing opens “Sister Midnight” in theaters Friday, May 23, 2025.

A woman sits alone in a dark room, staring at the wall in front of her. Days go by; the paltry sunlight shifts here and there, her outfit changes, yet her dull demeanor remains. She spills some rice, adds some plants, eventually makes space for a mop and bucket. On and on and on.

This is an accurate summary of Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight,” but one that’s also woefully incomplete. The rest should be saved for seeing it yourself, to gain some context for what keeps the woman in that room, for the many birds (and the goat), and for where Chhaya Kadam from “Laapataa Ladies” fits in.

Kandhari wrote and directed the film about Uma (Radhika Apte), a woman who moves to Mumbai after marrying husband Gopal...

Ranbir & Yash Allegedly Share Less Screen In Ramayana, Here’s Why(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana is one of the most awaited films in India. With Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram and Yash as Raavan, fans expected some powerful scenes between the two stars. But new reports say that Ranbir and Yash will not appear together for most of the movie. The makers have closely followed the original Valmiki Ramayana, where Ram and Raavan do not meet until the final battle. This choice adds more emotional impact to the story.

Ram & Raavan’s Stories Will Run Separately

According to Zee News, a source close to production revealed, “The makers have chosen to stay true to the original Valmiki text, where Lord Ram and Raavan do not encounter each other through most of the epic. Their worlds remain apart, their stories unfolding in parallel until destiny brings them face-to-face in the climactic battle.

Radhika Apte’s Sister Midnight Bags Commendable Rt Score! ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

The upcoming dark comedy film Sister Midnight, starring the immensely talented actress Radhika Apte in the lead role, is all geared up for its theatrical release in India. One year after its Cannes world premiere, followed by screenings at various film festivals across the globe, the internationally acclaimed movie will be running in Indian theatres on May 23, 2025. Ahead of its theatrical release, read on to learn more about the film’s plot and critical feedback!

Sister Midnight: Plot & Cast

Helmed by Karan Kandhari in his feature directorial debut, Sister Midnight narrates the story of a newly married woman named Uma (played by Radhika Apte), who arrives in a small one-room home in Mumbai with her timid and polite husband Gopal (played by Ashok Pathak of Panchayat fame).

She resents doing regular household chores and other domestic duties...

When the movies became talkies nearly 100 years ago, it all but spelled the end for the popular silent comedian. But that talent still walks among us, largely untapped. Radhika Apte, who became one of India’s first Netflix stars with titles like the series “Sacred Games” and crime comedy “Monica, O My Darling,” gets to unleash those slapstick skills in “Sister Midnight,” now opening in New York before expanding to Los Angeles and other cities. As the disgruntled newlywed Uma, Apte has hardly anyone to even talk to at the start of the film. Uma hates cleaning. She can’t cook. And her husband (Ashok Pathak) doesn’t even have the character to be disagreeable, stumbling back to their one-room Mumbai abode each night, drunk and defeated.

What begins as a satire on arranged marriage then dashes off into amusing, far-flung territories, with Uma’s gloomy disposition becoming infused with a more surreal,...

After a stellar limited opening last weekend, A24’s Friendship jumps from 6 to 60 screens in top ten markets plus Detroit, the hometown of star Tim Robinson. The comedy bromance with Robinson and Paul Rudd soared to $451k on screens in New York and L.A., the top limited opening of 2025, with a per screen average of over $75k. Written and directed by Andrew DeYoung. With Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer. Robinson, the former SNL performer and writer is the face of his popular Netflix sketch comedy I Think You Should Leave.

Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing opens Sister Midnight, the debut feature of London-based Indian artist and writer-director Karan Kandhari starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam and Smita Tambe, at the Angelika Film Center in NYC. A rebellious small-town misfit Uma (acclaimed Indian actress Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife.

In Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, Radhika Apte plays a woman who gets married to a childhood crush only to realize married life isn’t everything she’d dreamed of. Early on in the film, you’re made to realize there’s nothing typical about this couple, even though this is the ideal of domesticity in the Indian context. Get married, move into whatever one-room house you can find, cook food for your hard-working husband, and live on. But Sister Midnight is an ambitious dark comedy that will make you have a visceral reaction to the plot that’s playing out in front of you. Or maybe you’ll be left wondering, “What the…” have I just watched?” I think either reaction is a success story for Karan, who’s made a profound film in the most comedic way possible.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you...

It’s a full eight-and-half minutes into Sister Midnight before newlyweds Uma (Radhika Apte) and Gopal (Ashok Pathak) even say a word to each other; conflict immediately ensues. Confined to a cramped, one-room apartment after moving to Mumbai, the spitfire Uma finds herself ill-suited to the rigid traditional roles expected of Indian brides. Her bashful husband, on the other hand, rebuffs her attempts to seduce him with a polite handshake. In this lonely arranged marriage of stifled desires and out-of-sync conversations, even bangles soon begin to feel like shackles. Despite this, Karan Kandhari’s Hindi-language directorial debut unfolds as a domestic drama […]

The post “I’m Not Interested in Horror Films”: Karan Kandhari on Sister Midnight first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

It’s a full eight-and-half minutes into Sister Midnight before newlyweds Uma (Radhika Apte) and Gopal (Ashok Pathak) even say a word to each other; conflict immediately ensues. Confined to a cramped, one-room apartment after moving to Mumbai, the spitfire Uma finds herself ill-suited to the rigid traditional roles expected of Indian brides. Her bashful husband, on the other hand, rebuffs her attempts to seduce him with a polite handshake. In this lonely arranged marriage of stifled desires and out-of-sync conversations, even bangles soon begin to feel like shackles. Despite this, Karan Kandhari’s Hindi-language directorial debut unfolds as a domestic drama […]

The post “I’m Not Interested in Horror Films”: Karan Kandhari on Sister Midnight first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Ever since Turn on the Bright Lights debuted in the summer of 2002, Interpol frontman Paul Banks has been the epicenter of cool. Trying his hand at a variety of musical projects––from solo albums to instrumental experimentations to, even, collaborations with RZA––he’s never not been trying new things. He now has one more item to add to his resume: film composer, making his Ost debut on the 2024 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight hit Sister Midnight. Karan Kandhari’s debut feature, opening in theaters this Friday, follows Radhika Apte as Uma, a wife who finds her own creative ways to rebel in the early days of an arranged marriage.

In Devan Suber’s review of the film, he said, “Sister Midnight unfolds with a particularly deadpan style in both humor and performance. Kandhari favors simple gags, like the aforementioned handshake or a bit where Uma flees from the beach after being...

Written and Directed by Karan Kandhari Starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, Smita Tambe In Sister Midnight, the audacious debut feature from London based Indian artist and filmmaker Karan Kandhari, rebellious small-town misfit Uma (acclaimed Indian actress Radhika Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds …

The post Sister Midnight Starring Radhika Apte, Directed by Karan Kandhari | Opening in NY Next Week on 5/16, in LA on 5/23 appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness

It’s been nearly twenty years since director Karan Kandhari’s 2005 debut Bye Bye Miss Goodnight (since then working on short films and music videos, including Franz Ferdinand’s “Stand on the Horizon”). He’s back with the pseudo sinister Sister Midnight, a film which partially castigates the continued tradition of arranged marriage while also moonlighting as a portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. A plum role for celebrated Indian actress Radhika Apte finds the performer digging into this characterization with relish, however, the jarring tonal shifts tend to undermine her prowess.…...

Recent times have been a boon for films by or about Indian women. On top of Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light, 2024 also saw the premiere or release of Suchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, and Kiran Rao’s controversial Best International Feature pick Laapataa Ladies. Into that mix comes Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, an offbeat black comedy partly about the difficulty of being a modern Indian woman.

The woman in question is Uma (Radhika Apte), a newlywed first seen on the train as she makes her way to her husband Gopal’s (Ashok Pathak) home. From the start, Kandhari is perfectly willing to let us sit in the silence of our main characters––until the day begins and both Uma and the viewer are thrown headfirst into the chaos of Mumbai. As a heroine, Uma is rather, shall we say,...

There’s a primordial power to swear words, and you can feel it every time that Uma (Radhika Apte), the ferocious protagonist of Sister Midnight, unleashes an expletive. She swears so emphatically that non-Hindi speakers can feel the full force of the words even if they’ve got the subtitles turned off. Bong Joon-ho once urged us to overcome that “one-inch tall” language barrier, but Uma blasts right through it. And, frankly, she has plenty to swear about.

Writer-director Karan Kandhari’s black comedy begins with Uma being shipped off to live in a dingy, single-room apartment in a strange new city with her new husband, Gopal (Ashok Pathak). Their marriage was arranged by relatives who wanted the pair out of sight and mind, and their life together doesn’t look promising. Uma doesn’t know the first thing about running a household, while Gopal flees in terror whenever she threatens to undress.

Written and Directed by Karan Kandhari Starring Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam, Smita Tambe Composer Paul Banks (Interpol) In Sister Midnight, the audacious debut feature from London based Indian artist and filmmaker Karan Kandhari, rebellious small-town misfit Uma (acclaimed Indian actress Radhika Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. …

The post Check Out Sister Midnight’s New Taxi Driver-Inspired Poster...

Another month means another IP deluge. MCU. Karate Kid. Mission: Impossible. Final Destination. Even A Simple Favor. It just goes to show how many films get released every year that I can now pretty much ignore all the Hollywood Photoshop jobs and still be able to populate the below article without any trouble.

While they all worry about scheduling conflicts on the nation’s finite number of IMAX screens, we’re focusing on the bespoke poster art that seeks to catch those blockbuster patrons’ eyes and cajole them into a return visit for the road less-traveled.

Portraiture

A surefire way to stand apart: illustration. You can still be glossy and photo realistic, but a little character with a personal touch goes a long way.

That’s what Mocean delivers with The Surfer (May 2). It’s still just Nicolas Cage front and center, but the artistic style of his painted portrait...

If you’ve already scoured through our massive summer movie preview, then you’re already aware the season’s kick-off is one of the most eclectic months in some time, featuring high-wire blockbusters, the return of beloved auteurs, the year’s finest comedy, and more gems to discover.

16. The Surfer (Lorcan Finnegan; May 2)

After one of the most successful films of his career with last year’s Longlegs, Nicolas Cage returns this year with The Surfer, a beach-set psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Rory O’Connor said in his review, “In The Surfer, an exploitation film set to pressure-cook, a mild-mannered man is pitted against a group who even Andrew Tate might find a touch extreme. It’s set in South Australia on fictional Luna Bay, the kind of place where if the heat doesn’t get you, something else probably will. The water shines turquoise-blue but the beaches look like scorched earth.

“Sister Midnight” (2024) is a sharp and darkly humorous satire that explores the entrapment of women within the institution of arranged marriages in India, carried by Radhika Apte with her insanely brilliant performance. The film follows Uma (Apte), a boisterous young woman who arrives in a new city after her arranged marriage, stepping into unfamiliar ground filled with a judgmental environment. The opening sequence, with Uma on a train at night, haunted by a frightening dream waiting for her, sets the tone for her journey—one filled with isolation and disillusionment. By the film’s end, she departs again, but this time in daylight, carrying all her delusions on a different train.

Uma struggles to connect with her husband, Gopal, who is indifferent to her presence. He prioritizes work and drinking, showing no interest in intimacy. Uma, eager to forge a connection, even signals her willingness to start their marital life,...

A film for all the misfits who have also misplaced their instruction manuals for life and a filmmaker who first appeared on the Directors Notes pocast back in 2012 with his short film at the time, we sit down for an interview with Dn alum Karan Kandhari, writer/director of possibly the strangest film you’ll see this year ‘Sister Midnight’, to chat about following his characters’ lead in the writing process, the pushback he faced trying to make the film 10 years ago and why if Radhika Apte hadn’t accepted the role that could well have been the end of the project.

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A remarkable performance from Bollywood star Radhika Apte as an unhappy new bride drives Karan Kandhari’s wildly audacious feature debut

This chewy, macabre, deliciously odd feature from British director Karan Kandhari is quite the palate cleanser. A UK-financed, India-set comedy that’s as sticky and dark as congealed blood, Sister Midnight is a bold, defiantly feral and immensely entertaining portrait of a newlywed bride who finds herself singularly ill-suited to her arranged marriage. The central character, Uma, is brought to angular, abrasive life by a sublime turn from Radhika Apte, a star in mainstream Bollywood cinema who co-starred with Dev Patel in Michael Winterbottom’s The Wedding Guest (2018).

Sister Midnight is a movie with a big personality; film-making that doesn’t just break the rules, it seems blissfully oblivious to the fact that there even are any. I have no idea how it got through the meat-grinder, low-budget production...

The look on Uma’s (Radhika Apte) face, as she raises her wedding veil to glimpse the noisy, litter-strewn city she will now call home, is one of abject horror. The failings of the marriage market have long proven artistically fertile but, unlike the Emma Bovarys before her, the combative Uma directly, and repeatedly, berates her bumbling husband, Gopal (Ashok Pathak). Anger radiates off her with such intensity that even her chewing seems defiant. The oppressive shack where she’s confined, absorbing the sounds and smells of Mumbai at all hours, only emphasises the excitement just out of reach. For Uma, sleeping rough (which she does on two occasions) is preferable to being there.

You’ve got to applaud Kandhari for having the guts to crack open his movie and reshape it.

Sister Midnight, writer-director Karan Kandhari’s BAFTA-nominated feature debut,initially plays like a marriage comedy. Much is made...

The director talks about his genre-trampling film Sister Midnight, the hilarious and gory story of a female force of nature stifled in an arranged marriage

One of the most powerful scenes in Sister Midnight is also a quiet and unexpected one. The protagonist, Uma, sits idly with her neighbour Sheetal outside their adjoining homes in Mumbai. To pass the time, the bored housewives pretend to be divorcing one another. Amid the role play, Uma turns to her confidant and says: “I’m tainted goods, I’m a divorcee. But it’s Ok. I’ll wear this like a badge and go forth to the hills, form a manless nation and build a monolithic altar to the pussy.”

The statement captures what is so provocative about the film – it turns societal norms on their head and dares to ask: what if we did things differently? At its core, the film feels quite feminist.

Radhika Apte is terrific as a woman preparing to settle down with a shiftless husband she barely knows when her world goes awry

British-Indian film-maker Karan Kandhari makes a stylish and offbeat feature debut with a black-comic horror set in Mumbai, elegantly shot by Sverre Sørdal and designed by Shruti Gupte – and if it runs out of road a bit before the end, and can’t quite decide what the point of everything has been … well, we’ve had a lot of laugh-lines, shocks and ingenious sight gags along the way. With its deadpan drollery and rectilinear tableau scenes, Sister Midnight takes something from Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch and also – at its most alarming – something more from Polanski’s Repulsion.

The movie’s satirical theme is the horror of arranged marriage, or maybe the intimate horror of marriage full stop – the feeling of being trapped, of suddenly and mysteriously...

Sister Midnight

Indian artist and filmmaker Karan Kandhari's feature début, Sister Midnight, is a wildly imaginative and unpredictable black comedy. The story begins after the misanthropic Uma's (Rhadika Apte) arranged marriage to Gopal (Ashok Pathak). They set out to make a home in a small and claustrophobic Mumbai shack that offers little privacy. Lacking basic domestic skills, Uma has to seek advice from a neighbour, who she surprisingly befriends. Meanwhile, her half-witted husband tests her patience. Together, they share the misery of their awkward marriage, which takes an unexpected turn when Uma connects with the nocturnal city, and begins to exhibit strange behaviour.

Karan Kandhari

Born in the Middle East before relocating to London in 1999, where he predominantly lives, Kandhari's previous credits include the short films Hard Hat, Flight of the Pompadour and Sidney. These form the United Howl trilogy, which revolves around the theme of misfits. He has also.

Warner Bros.’ “Mickey 17” claimed the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, earning £2.1 million ($2.7 million), according to Comscore.

The sci-fi thriller from director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson, made a solid debut, though it faced strong competition from holdover hit “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.”

Universal’s “Bridget Jones” sequel continued its remarkable run, landing in second place with $2.6 million in its fourth weekend. The film has now amassed $52.2 million, making it one of the biggest releases of the year so far.

True Brit Entertainment’s “Marching Powder” opened in third with $1.3 million. The film marks the long-anticipated reunion of director Nick Love and lead Danny Dyer after 2007’s “Outlaw.” The filmmakers indicate that the film – a comedy-drama about addiction, violence and happy endings told through individuals with real lived experience – is on track to gross the equivalent of is...

The Boston Underground Film Festival returns for its 25th annual celebration of all things weird, wicked, and wonderful, running from March 19–23 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Ma.

The festival will host the world premieres of the new Re-Animator 4K restoration with horror legend Barbara Crampton in attendance and Alma & The Wolf with director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous).

There are also regional premieres of The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage, Irish folk-horror Fréwaka, hallucinogenic odyssey Fucktoys, twisted Cinderella story The Ugly Stepsister, absurdist sci-fi comedy Escape from the 21st Century, and the new Texas Chain Saw Massacre documentary Chain Reactions, among others.

Whether you want premieres, genre-bending insanity, or the sheer joy of descending into the darkness with fellow weirdos, Buff 2025 promises a high-voltage lineup of films, special guests, and late-night delirium.

Feature Film Line Up

The Surfer – East Coast Premiere (Opening Night Film)

Director: Lorcan Finnegan

Australia, Ireland,...

The second edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival (Ciff) has unveiled its CinéV-chd Market lineup featuring 22 diverse projects from established and emerging filmmakers, with more than half being women-oriented ventures.

The curated selection, which will run alongside the festival from March 20-23, in Chandigarh, spotlights creative forces who have made significant contributions to Indian cinema, spanning languages including Chinese, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Gujarati, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada.

“Sister Midnight” actor Radhika Apte steps into the director’s chair for “Koyta” (Sickle), produced by acclaimed filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane (“Black Warrant”). The Hindi/Marathi action-fantasy follows a young migrant sugarcane cutter who gains superpowers after a forced medical procedure and uses them to free her family from debt.

Veteran director Hansal Mehta, known for “Shahid” and “Scam 1992,” produces “Hanere De Panchi” (Birds in the Dark), a drama in the Punjabi, Urdu and Kashmiri languages, from emerging director Shashank Walia,...

Altitude Film Distribution and documentary-specialist distributor Dogwoof are among the latest recipients of awards from the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Audience Projects Fund.

Altitude received £78,000 to assist in its upcoming release of Karan Kandhari’s Indian comedy Sister Midnight, with a focus on reaching underrepresentedsouth Asian audiences. The film, which follows an oddball couple in a newly arranged marriage, premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight and is UK-produced via Wellington Films.

Dogwoof was awarded £58,000 to help engage young and Black UK audiences with Raoul Peck’s documentary Ernest Cole: Lost And Found through previews, recorded Q&As and increased marketing outside of London.

Sister Midnight, the BAFTA nominated debut film from writer and director Karan Kandhari, featuring a stand-out performance by acclaimed actress Radhika Apte, will release the 14th March in the UK and Ireland.

A newly arranged marriage. An oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are awkward and alone-together. Unpredictable Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her total lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her bumbling spouse until the nocturnal world of the city and its inhabitants lead her to face her own strange behaviours.

Nominated for Outstanding British Debut at this year’s BAFTA Awards, Sister Midnight was a hot ticket at the Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Camera award and in Director’s Fortnight. Also nominated for four BIFA awards, Sister Midnight won Best Picture in the Next Wave Award at Austin’s Fantastic...

The BAFTA 2025 winners have been announced, and it was an exciting night celebrating the best in British and international cinema. From Edward Berger’s Conclave sweeping multiple categories to The Brutalist making a late surge with wins for Best Director and Best Actor, the evening was filled with surprises and emotional speeches. Mikey Madison’s unexpected win for Anora had everyone talking, while Emilia Perez and Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl continued their strong awards season run. Hosted by David Tennant at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the ceremony honored industry legends and rising talents, making the BAFTA Awards 2025 a night to remember.

Best Film Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Emilia Pérez Leading Actress Cynthia Erivo – Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths Mikey Madison – Anora Demi Moore – The Substance Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun Leading Actor Adrien Brody – The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet...

Conclave and The Brutalist shared out the major prizes at the 2025 Bafta Film Awards, with four awards each.

Scroll down for full list of winners

Edward Berger’s Conclave won best film, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay for Peter Straughan and editing.Berger paid tribute to Tessa Ross in his speech, calling her “the best producer I know”.

The momentum seemed to be withThe Brutalist in the closing stretch after Brady Corbet won best director and Adrien Brody collected best actor.Lol Crawley also won for his Cinematography and Daniel Blumberg was rewarded for original score.

In his speech, Brody...

The Ee BAFTA Film Awards happened this evening at the Royal Festival Hall in London, hosted once more by David Tennant.

Poking fun at Trump during his monologue, Tennant also offered the usual celebrity gags and had several stars singing part of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".

Cautioning audience members that there would not be an intermission as with nominated epic The Brutalist, Tennant also admonished winners to "keep your speeches the opposite of your films: nice and short."

A somewhat surprising addition to the night (though perhaps not given their presence on the soundtracks for both Better Man and Anora) was a performance of "Greatest Day" by Take That.

As for the winners, it was a good night for Conclave, which won Best Film, another Adapted Screenplay trophy for writer Peter Straughan, Best British Film and Editing and A Real Pain, which went home with Original Screenplay for...

The 2025 BAFTAs are here!

The annual celebration of film is taking place Sunday (February 16) at Royal Festival Hall in London, England. Doctor Who actor David Tennant is hosting for the second year in a row.

This year, Conclave scored the most nominations with 12 total. Emilia Pérez is in second place, with 11 nominations this year.

Just Jared will be live updating with all the winners throughout the event, so stay tuned!

Keep reading to find out more…

See the full list of nominees and winners…

Best Film

“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

“The Brutalist”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Conclave” - Winner!

“Emilia Pérez”

Outstanding British Film

“Bird” — Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge

“Blitz” — Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland

“Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan - Winner!

“Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa,...

“Conclave” won Best Film at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, leading the pack with four BAFTAs overall. The British equivalent of the Oscars took place February 16 from the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London, honoring the best in film for its 78th annual edition.

Edward Berger’s “Conclave” led all films with 12 BAFTA nominations, and it won Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, and Best Editing. It’s an upset after “Anora” swept all three of the DGAs, PGAs, and WGAs. The last film to win those three prizes, but not Best Picture at the Oscars was “Brokeback Mountain,” but then again, it did win the BAFTA for Best Film.

“Anora” did have a strong showing though, with Mikey Madison pulling off an upset and winning Leading Actress over Demi Moore for “The Substance.” “Anora” also won Best Casting, though Madison lost...

The 2025 Bafta Film Awards ceremony are taking place today (February 16) at London’s Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank.

Screen is posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).

Winners in bold, as they are announced, below (latest award first).

Full list of nominations

Director

Sean Baker -Anora Brady Corbet -The Brutalist Edward Berger -Conclave Denis Villeneuve -Dune: Part Two Jacques Audiard -Emilia Pérez Coralie Fargeat -The Substance

Outstanding British Film

Bird Blitz Conclave Gladiator II Hard Truths Kneecap Lee Love Lies Bleeding The...

"Rebellion must come from within, like a viper hidden in a sock drawer." Magnolia Pictures has revealed a new trailer for an indie dark comedy titled Sister Midnight, from Indian filmmaker Karan Kandhari. This premiered in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and also showed at the London, Denver, and Sitges Film Festivals. A woman is transformed into a disturbing & ruthless figure after entering an arranged marriage. An oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are awkward & alone-together. Unpredictable Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her bumbling spouse until the nocturnal world of Bombay and its inhabitants lead her to face her own strange behaviors. Featuring an eclectic soundtrack (Interpol frontman Paul Banks is the film's composer) and a singular visual aesthetic. Starring Radhika Apte as Uma, with Ashok Pathak,...

Jonathan Kent’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris will make its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival as the full line-up is confirmed.

Adapted from Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning play, the film marks Kent’s directorial debut and also stars Ben Foster. Filming took place in County Wicklow before wrapping in 2022 and facing several delays.

Both Lange and Harris will attend the festival where they will be honoured with the Volta Award, which recognises filmmakers and actors who have had an “extraordinary impact” on world cinema.

The festival will open with...

1. Documentary Review: Kamay (2024) by Ilyas Yourish

As a symbol of resilience, Ilyas Yourish, as part of the diaspora, offers us not just a documentary, but a poem where the immutability of time and the magnificence of nature stand still, despite the hardships, marginalization, and injustice. This was just before Afghanistan was handed over again to the Taliban. (Jean Claude)

2. Film Review: Sister Midnight (2024) by Karan Kandhari

Full of strong contrasts and static shots, the cinematography by Sverre Sørdal is nicely complemented by hard-cut editing by Napoleon Stratogiannakis. Sudden changes in the setting leave the viewer as confused as the heroine herself. The soundtrack by Paul Banks, best known for being a member of the American rock band Interpol, largely consists of songs reminiscent of American Westerns, which in the end, feels like an inadequate choice as they don’t fit the atmosphere of India. However, the picture is nicely rounded...

Almost 20 years after his student film, “Bye Bye Miss Goodnight” (2005), Karan Kandhari makes another comedy-drama. “Sister Midnight” gathered 8 nominations in total, at such events as the British Independent Film Awards and the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

Sister Midnight is screening at Black Movie

Set in Mumbai, one of the most congested urban areas of India, the narrative follows Uma (Radhika Apte) and her attempts to find herself in a new reality, as she just moved in with her new husband, Gopal (Ashok Pathak), after an arranged marriage. They stay in a tiny one-room house, but Gopal, preferring to drink with friends after work, is rarely there. Her sole companion is the neighbour, Sheetal (Chhaya Kadam). Bored and disregarded, Uma becomes more and more frustrated. However, out of this frustration comes determination to change her situation.

At the beginning, due to a lot of exposition with very sparse dialogue, the movie does not offer much information.