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Fantastic Fest Review: The Spirit of Halloweentown

When you don't have much, you make do with what you have. That's the message of The Spirit of Halloweentown, the Fantastic Fest-selected documentary about how a nothing-happening burg keeps borrowing some shine from Hollywood.

10:35PM Mon. Sep. 30, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Interview: A New Invite to The Birthday

Ladies and gentlemen, actor Corey Feldman and filmmaker Eugenio Mira would like you to receive the gift of their film, The Birthday. Sorry it’s taken 20 years, but it was not their fault.

2:57PM Mon. Sep. 30, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: The Apprentice

There's something easy about a story of seduction by evil. It's almost always the same: a good person has a flaw that sinister forces use to corrupt them. What's more challenging is what The Apprentice, director Ali Abbasi's recounting of the rise of Donald Trump, does: It shows a bad man becoming a monster.

1:22PM Mon. Sep. 30, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

No Kings, Kick Out the Clowns

Texas State Capitol

Babestock Day 1 w/ Kayristin, Jenny Voss, Black Daria, DJ La Moon, more [outside]; Baby Kush, CLINK!, Bunny G, more [inside] at Cheer Up Charlies

Body Rock ATX (Prince tribute) w/ DJ Chorizo Funk & Riders Against the Storm at Parish

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Fantastic Fest Review: The Severed Sun

Kier-la Janisse's 2021 documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched proved that folk horror is global. Yet the roots of that bloody tree will always grow deepest in Britain.

5:14PM Thu. Sep. 26, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Better Man

There’s a core image in Better Man, the biopic of British pop icon Robbie Williams. It’s the brash young singer, bouncing and giggling, but on his hat are embroidered the words “Northern Scum.”

10:58AM Thu. Sep. 26, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: The Rule of Jenny Pen

Dementia rules the roost in The Rule of Jenny Pen, the opening night film of Fantastic Fest 2024. This New Zealand flick is utterly demented in concept and execution. It earned both best director for James Ashcroft and best actor for star Geoffrey Rush from this year's jury.

5:04PM Wed. Sep. 25, 2024, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Award Winners

A big showing for The Rule of Jenny Pen in the Fantastic Fest awards, as the upcoming psychological thriller took two prizes, while Irish drama Bring Them Down took the main competition award for best picture.

3:16PM Tue. Sep. 24, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: AJ Goes to the Dog Park

There’s something deeply satisfying about seeing an artist go back to a muse solely because the end result will be so gosh-darned pleasing. That’s the feeling you’ll get from AJ Goes to the Dog Park, the latest collaboration between writer/director Toby Jones and lead actor AJ Thompson. Well, less collaboration, more playdate.

6:30PM Mon. Sep. 23, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Zénithal

Let’s just cut to the chase. Penises are funny. They are inherently kind of hilarious both in design and in how much male self-worth is tied up in an organ with a thousand nicknames, none of them complimentary.

1:30AM Mon. Sep. 23, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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