Fantastic Fest Flashback: Nacho Vigalondo's "7-35 In the Morning"

Nacho Vigalondo's Oscar-nominated 2006 short

"...anticipatory horror. With just 14 days to go until Fantastic Fest 2010 engulfs the Alamo Drafthouse, we thought it'd..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...There's just no way to play it cool with Fantastic Fest, not when they're dropping bombs about the Cormans..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2014: I Am a Knife With Legs

This low-budget masterwork is a bizarre comedy manifesto

"...year’s Rubber.” As in Quentin Dupieux’s audience fave from Fantastic Fest 2010. Dada-esque, non-sequitur comedy is alive, wild, and..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...Fantastic Fest has always been as much a family as..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...Fantastic Fest may be taking a year off due to..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Wave Two

Alumni Adam Wingard, Nacho Vigalondo, Ti West return, and more

"...Fantastic Fest loves its alumni: The second wave for 2011..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Location, Location, Location: Question Mark Over Fantastic Fest

Leading genre festival challenged over South Lamar construction

"...film community: Will it be open in time for Fantastic Fest 2013? Now fans are getting worried over a..."

March 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Inappropriate

Bumper competition launched

"...Calling all film makers: Fantastic Fest needs a bump. And if that sounds inappropriate,..."

Sept. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest

Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets

"...It's day eight of Fantastic Fest, and Simon Barrett may be the only person..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...to nerve-jangling terror, the first wave of films for Fantastic Fest 2017 (Sept. 21-28) announced this morning has it..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...fill out the final list of announced titles for Fantastic Fest 2015. Today's list adds 21 new titles and..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...Fantastic Fest has just dropped the first wave of programming..."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...Fantastic Fest could have just dropped Frankenweenie on us and..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: Tim League Speaks!

Hot tips and the inside spill, plus Kurt Russell!

"...With Fantastic Fest bearing down on us like a flame-throwing, kipper-juggling,..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Adds Terry Gilliam And Metallica

Final round of films includes surprise big names

"...It's a packed day for genre festival fans: First Housecore Horror released their initial film lineup,..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...If it's September, it must be Fantastic Fest. And, with the home release schedules of independent..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Short Compilations

Getting lively and animated in short bursts

"...acorns, mighty oaks do grow? Some of our favorite Fantastic Fest veterans cut their teeth on short films (like..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival

The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two

"...Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of the most bizarre..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Machete to 'Kill' Fantastic Fest

Robert Rodriguez's latest to open genre film fest

"...It'll be an explosive start to Fantastic Fest with the shoot'em up thrills of the world..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: The Good, The Bad, And the Weird of Fantastic Fest

Surviving the liver-crunching, spine tingling, head-expanding fest

"...week, and it's pretty clear: We all basically survived Fantastic Fest 2012...."

Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...Joe Lynch learned an important lesson at this year's Fantastic Fest. Never tell a Texan that samurais are better..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...The fifteenth annual Fantastic Fest – the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of cinema unique..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Thursday, September 23, 2010

"...How could you go wrong with something named Fantastic Fest? Well, OK, if you really loved The English..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Fantastic Fest Review: Better Watch Out

John Hughes meets Wes Craven in a candy-coated home invasion

"...in the second feature from Chris Peckover (director of Fantastic Fest 2010 title Undocumented). In Better Watch Out (which..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Closing Party

Elijah Wood rides the lightning

"...For a while it looked like Fantastic Fest 2010 had set a new level of insanity..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Documentary charts the global impact of Hong King action cinema

"...What is it with Aussie genre documentaries at Fantastic Fest? Whatever the connection, the end result is hellaciously..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Might 'The Tree of Life' Sprout at Fantastic Fest?

Malick's latest sprouts rumors, including Austin premiere

"...has missed submission deadlines for the major fall film festivals (Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York Film Festival, to name..."

Sept. 5, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Lobster

Being alone sucks, but it's better than being a lobster

"...This pitch-black comedy from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth)..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Dan Gentile

Five Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest

2018 is the year of the woman

"...Lee Chang-dong's last film, Poetry, was released in 2010, so the anticipation for his most recent film is..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Fantastic Fest 2015: Zoom

Body image and identity crises in an M.C. Escher world

"...Zoom, while tackling the existential from a somewhat more fantastic direction, owes an obvious debt to Linklater’s 2001 foray..."

Sept. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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