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Burn, Witch, Burn

Friday's screening of a near-complete cut of the late UK filmmaking provocateur Ken Russell's unspeakably controversial 1971 film The Devils was, as intended, the perfect lead-in to Ben Wheatley's A Field in England.

2:25PM Sun. Sep. 22, 2013, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Arcade Day 3

Easily the most tightly packed day of the Fantastic Arcade, day three found the fest hitting its stride. Highlights from the day included a high-energy panel from Vlambeer, a soothing demo of Panoramical, and an off-the-wall science experiment with Kyle Reimergartin. Read on if you're into John Stamos or death or both.

12:42PM Sun. Sep. 22, 2013, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

'Coherence' Makes a Multiverse Out of Nothing

Necessity is the mother of invention. So when a film deliberately restricts itself to a couple of rooms, one garden, and a small stretch of road, the filmmakers better get pretty damn inventive.

12:00PM Sun. Sep. 22, 2013, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Showgirls

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Summer Storytime at the Blanton at The Blanton Museum of Art

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'Patrick' Is a Solid Little Creepfest

They say a good documentarian should really know their subject so well they could do it themselves. So when Mark Hartley, maker of Ozploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood, turns storyteller for a remake of classic chiller Patrick, expectations are going to be higher than a koala up a eucalyptus tree.

9:00AM Sun. Sep. 22, 2013, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Devil Times Five-ish

First, credit where credit is duly devious: Brit auteur Ben Wheatley's A Field in England managed the unlikely feat of giving me a minor anxiety attack midway through.

8:26PM Sat. Sep. 21, 2013, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

What Did You Shoot on, Keanu Reeves?

Sigh. It happens at every festival screening. Some film format wonk will ask the director, "What did you shoot on?" So, Fantastic Fest attendees, we asked Keanu Reeves, director of Man of Tai Chi, so you don't have to.

12:30PM Sat. Sep. 21, 2013, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Arcade Day 2

Things got a little sexy, a tad embarrassing, and extremely floppy yesterday at the Fantastic Arcade. I'm tempted to leave it at that, but here are a few more details.

10:30AM Sat. Sep. 21, 2013, James Renovitch Read More | Comment »

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

My name is Clay, and my short film at Fantastic Fest this year is the one about erotic Harry Potter fan fiction.

10:15AM Sat. Sep. 21, 2013, Clay Liford Read More | Comment »

The Guerrilla 'Escape'

“People do really weird shit at Disneyland.”

6:01PM Fri. Sep. 20, 2013, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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