The old world is dead and the new one wants to kill us in Benjamin Brewer’s solo feature directing debut, Arcadian. A post-apocalyptic survival horror with strong character work and some incredible monsters, Arcadian packs an emotional punch rarely seen in a creature feature like this. Paul (Nicolas Cage) lives with his sons Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins) in a decaying farmhouse in rural Ireland. It’s some time after an apocalyptic event that wiped out the majority of the human race, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves with no structure in place to keep them safe. Once the sun goes down, the beasts come out, and they have only one goal: destruction. When Thomas sneaks off to see his crush, Charlotte (Sadie...

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