Fantastic Fest Returns ... In the Flesh

Alamo Drafthouse's genre celebration, coming to a cinema soon

"...Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of weird and wonderful..."

June 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Went Black: Why Fantastic Fest is as Fantastic As it Is

The best place to recalibrate your cinematic soul

"...It's dawn on the final day of Fantastic Fest 2012 as I write this. My favorite time..."

Sept. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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 Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror,..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...space barbarians and a head full of metal. Yes, Fantastic Fest has announced its first wave of programming for..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

Fantastic Fest Canceled For 2020

Alamo's genre festival hopes to be back in 2021

"...Another, seemingly inevitable hit to Austin's film festival scene has landed: Fantastic Fest, the annual celebration of..."

July 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Reformats, Resets in Pandemic Response

South Lamar reunion will become dispersed fest instead

"...Another domino on the fall festival circuit has, if not fallen, at least is angled..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: The Creatures of the Night Make Beautiful Music in Bloodthirsty

Director Amelia Moses on the allure of the werewolf

"...a film to play at Canada's Fantasia International Film Festival, and then get booked for Fantastic Fest in Austin...."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Fantastic Fest Is Adapting to COVID (Again)

Tim League on doing business in Texas and upgrading FF's home viewing experience

"...On September 2, the team at Fantastic Fest dropped a bit of a bomb on their..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest Review: Bloodthirsty

Canadian werewolf tale finds the monster within the artist

"...historical werewolf horror genre, Bloodthirsty's world premiere closed out Fantastic Fest on Thursday evening, during the aptly-timed first full..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

Fantastic Fest Review: How To Deter A Robber

Holiday home invasion comedy puts family first

"...First-time feature writer-director Maria Bissell created the project with..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...as the closing night title for this year's redux Fantastic Fest. Yet before them he premieres his werewolf horror..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...Hollow) to screen/stream at this year's virtual Celebration of Fantastic Fest, French lycanthropic drama Teddy is by far the..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Beta Test

Jim Cummings goes for Hollywood's throat in this scathing satire

"...It’s an erotic thriller set-up matched with the sort..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Fantastic Fest: Scumdogs of Eternity in This Is Gwar

New documentary gets under the latex of the monster metalers

"...the new music documentary making its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. What's weirdest is how long it took for..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Barbarians

English dinner party drama goes straight to darkest hell

"...Director and writer Charles Dorfman’s debut feature is a..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Interview: "Butt Fantasia"

Short and sweet Q&A with director Mohit Jawal

"...response when it actually got into Slamdance and now Fantastic Fest?..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Austin’s 2020 Film Festival Calendar

Your print-out-and-keep guide for movie lovers

"...19-23: OUTsider Film & Arts Festival Combining performance and projected works with a queer twist...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lucky Seven for Sci-Fi Film Fest Other Worlds

Interstellar picks for the festival's seventh year

"...Lapsis Originally selected for SXSW, Noah Hutton's savage takedown..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Austin To Canada: The Virtual Film Fest Experience

Local filmmakers on having world premieres at Fantasia

"...of their new movies at the Fantasia International Film Festival. But these are not normal times...."

Aug. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Artists Guaranteed to Turn Heads at ACL Fest

Six unique acts that'll blow your mind before the sun sets at the festival

"...singles packing unexpected funk-pop production, wonderfully chaotic videos, and fantastic Elton John-level sartorial choices – and I was completely..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe Pass The Beta Test

How the indie filmmakers burned Hollywood down

"...satire, The Beta Test, had its Austin debut during Fantastic Fest, he was politely, and with socially-distanced respect, mobbed...."

Nov. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bloodthirsty

Werewolf drama questions how the creatures of the night make that beautiful music

"...A symphony in moonlight and nightmares, Fantastic fest 2020 werewolf horror Bloodthirsty simmers around the score..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review 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

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...differing and highly anticipated genre titles coming. That makes 2020 truly the year of Brea Grant, but she laughed..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How to Deter a Robber ... Politely

Writer/director Maria Bissell welcomes you to Wisconsin

"...this week as part of the streaming Celebration of Fantastic Fest, centers on a character with whom Bissell could..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Queen of Black Magic

Grisly Indonesian horror remake knows when to go gonzo

"...map for Indonesia with their unrelentingly blood-soaked Macabre (a Fantastic Fest fave in 2009). After taking a slightly softer..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Sells Birth.Movies.Death.

Magazine and website becomes part of Cinestate

"...in operations at the Drafthouse, print wing Mondo, and Fantastic Fest. Yet one sub-brand – Birth.Movies.Death. – was missing,..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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