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Fantastic Fest 2015: Remake, Remix, Rip-Off

Ozploitation in Not Quite Hollywood. The Philippine exploitation machine in Machete Maidens Unleashed. Film historians have lavished much celluloid recently on the bizarre corners of global cinema. But Remake, Remix, Rip-Off does more for the Turkish post-war movie machine than just marvel at the weirdness.

11:30AM Sat. Sep. 26, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Green Room

For anyone who thinks of Patrick Stewart as just Star Trek: The Next Generation's smooth-pated and soft-voiced diplomat Jean-Luc Picard, then his portrayal as merciless neo-Nazi leader Darcy in Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room may seem shocking. But in the long arc of his career, it makes perfect sense.

11:00AM Sat. Sep. 26, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Wave

If you were to guess which country might produce the next great disaster movie, you’d probably be guessing for a long time before you arrived at Norway. But Norway it is.

10:15PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

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Fantastic Fest 2015: Untangling the Doglegs

It's not the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog: scrappy underdog. So many sayings about how toughness means more than physical strength. When documentarian Heath Cozens encountered the pro wrestlers featured in his film Doglegs, that wisdom was tested to its extreme, because many of them have profound disabilities.

6:00PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: February

A slow-burn character piece that amps itself up into something completely different than what you thought it was, director Osgood Perkins' feature debut is simultaneously baffling and genuinely creepy.

5:15PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Yakuza Apocalypse

When it comes to weird-ass, batshit-crazy showstoppers, there’s prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike and very few others.

4:50PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Marc Savlov Read More | Comment »

Chronicle Recommends: Teacher Films

Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. September means back to school, so we’ve chosen films centered around the teaching profession (or lack of it, in one case).

2:37PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: Demon

There's a ghost hanging over this film, and it's the tragic and premature death last week of director Marcin Wrona. That fact alone means that this film, rather than being the calling card for an incredibly promising young filmmaker, becomes the poignant note by which international audiences will know his career.

12:05PM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Lobster

Finding a significant other isn't easy, but nobody's single forever in The Lobster – unless they have perfect aim with a tranquilizer gun.

11:45AM Fri. Sep. 25, 2015, Dan Gentile Read More | Comment »

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