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"...for local flora.   – Richard Whittaker Urban Cultural Fest..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Amid Controversy, Road House Remake Tapped to Open SXSW Film

Doug Liman to skip premiere in protest of Amazon MGM

"...mind your manners at South by Southwest: The film festival has just announced that the remake of Road House,..."

Jan. 25, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dan Brown Created Neo-Noir Your Lucky Day

Director and his star and composer on the twisty thriller

"...The Christmas neo-noir (which debuted at this year's Fantastic Fest and is on VOD now) is the story..."

Nov. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...truly panamerican project. After a smash run on the festival circuit and a rare (for anthologies) theatrical release in..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Scala!!!

The very punk history of London’s legendary art/grindhouse cinema

"...Initially, it feels more like a partner piece to..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...– and not just because both draw heavily from Fantastic Fest alumni, or because they share a segment director..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Final Cut

French remake of beloved Japanese movie-making comedy adds a little

"...comedy One Cut of the Dead, a smash at Fantastic Fest 2018. It's a film that initially requires great..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jason Eisener on Kids vs. Aliens

The director of the teen-friendly horror discusses his influences

"...is Jason Eisener. "I love that," the director of Fantastic Fest selection Kids vs. Aliens said. "There's a lot..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...It's hard to imagine two films more diametrically opposite..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Chris Atkins Investigates Who Killed the KLF?

How to make a documentary when no one wants to talk about it

"...Mu. Furthermore known as the JAMS. And Chris Atkins Fantastic Fest-selected documentary Who Killed the KLF? may be the..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Found Footage Phenomenon

New documentary unspools the reels of fake-real films

"...the genre, things get really intriguing when everyone from Fantastic Fest favorite Andre Ovredal (Trollhunter) gnaw on the form's..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...Every year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mortal

Norwegian attempt to reclaim old myths from Marvel is Brightburn 2.0

"...stumble from André Øvredal, the director who previously helmed Fantastic Fest favorites Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...There will be some familiar names in horror circles..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...Every year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Urgent Charity Fundraiser for Local Film Critic

Silent auction includes rare Mondo prints, signed Exorcist script

"...London, designed by Olly Moss for a screening at Fantastic Fest 2011. • Martin Ansin's Mondo print for Looper...."

Dec. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...have become the inadvertent chroniclers of the art. In 2011, they recounted the career of stop motion's second giant..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Fantastic Fest Is Shaping the Genre Film Scene

Fifteen years in and still fantastic

"...When it comes to booking Fantastic Fest, Creative Director Evrim Ersoy has a simple philosophy:..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen

"...Osin, fresh from working with Trollhunter director Øvredal on Fantastic Fest favorite The Autopsy of Jane Doe) that I..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ma

Octavia Spencer subverts expectations and racist tropes in this fun horror

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...5 keyboardist peels back the layers for Hot Luck Festival. Situated around the long Memorial Day weekend, the food-..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...Zack Carlson: The Alamo's original lead programmer was the..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Interview: Tumbbad Brings Horror to India

Co-director Adesh Prasad on making a first for the nation

"...mainstream horror tradition. That's changed with Tumbbad, a multigenerational creepfest that breaks the ghoulish barrier...."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: You Might Be the Killer

Fran Kranz and Alyson Hannigan take on serial killer tropes

"...While Wes Craven's deconstructionist franchise may have invented (and..."

Sept. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mandy

Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger

"...Beyond the Black Rainbow had its Austin premiere at Fantastic Fest. That trippy, futuristic, sci-fi head-scratcher may have left..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...to Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp of the classic..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...Austin's primo genre film festival, Fantastic Fest, has just opened fire with its first..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Brief History of Rooster Teeth

For those late to the party, here's the story of a little production team that could

"...Rooster Teeth launches its first live-action show, Captain Dynamic. 2011..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...idea of returning to features never faded, so in 2011 he directed "Path of Blood – Demon at the..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Animation Nations

Napping Princess leads this week's home releases

"...Of course, even if the U.S. studios seem to..."

Jan. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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