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

Fantastic Fest Review: Lynch/Oz

How the Wizard of Oz shaped the Blue Velvet director

"...True, his debut feature, The People vs. George Lucas,..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Fashionista

Crime and madness in Austin's thrift stores

"...third Texas-based project. What was screened this week at Fantastic Fest was a near-complete work print (Rumley confirmed via..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Suitable Flesh

Skinamax and body-swapping horror slide into each other

"...Not just that, but Lynch remembers that one of..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'The Housemaid' (2010)

Remake of a South Korean classic

"...thrill. (Both versions of The Housemaid are playing at Fantastic Fest.)..."

Sept. 26, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: Ten Years, Ten Unforgettable Moments

"...2010: The RZA nearly decapitates Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Yuen Woo-Ping..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Animalia

Lyrical and beautiful alien invasion flick looks inwards

"...Animalia feels like it fell from the same constellation..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Yuen Woo-Ping Double Bill

The RZA and the Paramount kneel to the Master

"...Last night at the Fantastic Fest gala premiere of Yuen's new martial arts epic..."

Sept. 26, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Summer Wars

Anime presents a charming slice of virtual life

"...is the second film from Madhouse Studios at FF 2010, but it's a virtual world removed. Categorizing it is..."

Sept. 26, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Recalling a Memory of Dan O'Bannon

Alexandre O. Philippe finds the myth behind the space horror classic

"...Philippe has established a reputation as a chronicler and..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: It Follows

Sexually transmitted horror gets an update in this mesmerizing film

"...Something is coming for us. It is inevitable, be..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest 2014: The World of Kanako

Kids on the skids and one mad dad

"...Tetsuya Nakashima's 2010 film Confessions was a short, sharp shock of Japanese..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: 'Machete Maidens Unleashed!'

Q&A with documentarian Mark Hartley

"...Machete Maidens Unleashed! screens Friday, Sept. 24, 10pm at..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Thirteen

Fantastic Fest announces first wave of films

"...the announcement of the first 13 films for its 2010 lineup, Fantastic Fest is delivering the gruesome goods...."

July 20, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Game Celebration Fantastic Arcade Returns

The Fun Size edition comes to the Baker Center in October

"...Some fantastic news – quite literally. Indie gaming fest Fantastic Arcade..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...9) Down Terrace Winner of Fantastic Fest 2009's Next Wave award for best picture, this..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

VBW's Best Savory Bites of 2010

"...was my favorite thing at AMOA's La Dolce Vita festival in the fall...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Dead

The sun-drenched locales of Ghana and Burkina Faso provide the backdrops for this original zombie apocalypse.

"...epic from the U.K.'s Ford brothers turned up at Fantastic Fest 2010 and actually trumped genre godfather George A...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rubber

Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.

"...Thomas F. Duffy and Ethan Cohn. If nothing else, Fantastic Fest 2010 fave Rubber will give the executives at..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A-B-C-Dethklok

'Metalocalypse' director for Drafthouse anthology plus contest news

"...horror anthology The ABCs of Death reads like a Fantastic Fest yearbook. Now another familiar name joins the roster:..."

Aug. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...– Tim League, Alamo Drafthouse CEO/Fantastic Fest co-founder..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Call Him Master

Fantastic Fest to honor legendary fight choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping

"...choreography and you're talking about Yuen Woo-Ping. That's why Fantastic Fest is giving him a lifetime achievement award...."

Aug. 31, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nitro, Hedgehogs, and Depravity

Film by film with Tim League on his SXFantastic picks for SXSW

"...that fiendish Tim League. Looks like he got his Fantastic Fest chocolate in SXSW Film's peanut butter again, with..."

Feb. 11, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Made DC’s Blue Beetle Fly

Director and Fantastic Fest regular Ángel Manuel Soto reveals his own secret origin

"...that landed him a job doing audiovisual work at Fantastic Fest 2010, "which changed my life." In 2015, he..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Time to Re-Learn Your 'ABCs'

Magnet announces 'ABCs of Death 2' loaded with Fantastic Fest faves

"...has the bloody fingerprints of a whole host of Fantastic Fest and SXSW alumni on it. Now Magnet has..."

May 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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