Fantastic Fest

Totally Killer Review: Kiernan Shipka Grounds An Eccentric, Fun Horror Comedy

Totally Killer Review: Kiernan Shipka Grounds An Eccentric, Fun Horror Comedy

Totally Killer gets clever by mixing slasher horror and time travel. A horror comedy can be hard to nail, but ...

Jackdaw Review: Oliver Jackson-Cohen Gives Nuanced Performance In Taut Thriller

Written and directed by Jamie Childs, Jackdaw is a simple, taut thriller with enough character development and tension to keep ...

Sri Asih: The Warrior Review – Indonesian Superhero Film Wows With Slick Action

Superhero movies have become the norm in Hollywood, but rarely do we get to see something a bit different when ...

There’s Something In The Barn Review: Bloody Horror Comedy Is Genuinely Fun

There’s Something In The Barn Review: Bloody Horror Comedy Is Genuinely Fun

There’s Something in the Barn is genuinely funny. It’s a horror Christmas comedy that balances its ridiculous aspects and fun ...

River Review: A Refreshing Time Loop Comedy With Heart & A Great Ensemble Cast

Time loop movies are great. Even though we’ve seen the premise play out numerous times onscreen, most of which have ...

Fantastic Fest Day Two: Robots, Magic, Goats, & Sumo Dudes

Fantastic Fest Day Two: Robots, Magic, Goats, & Sumo Dudes

Day One of Fantastic Fest ended with an opening night party at the Drafthouse’s new “The Highball,” where they threw ...

Fantastic Fest: That’s A Wrap

Fantastic Fest: That’s A Wrap

Fantastic Fest is now over, and the only thing I have left are ticket stubs and memories. And the nostalgic ...

Unidentified Objects: Beautifully Told Sci-Fi Drama Has Depth [Fantastic Fest]

Unidentified Objects: Beautifully Told Sci-Fi Drama Has Depth [Fantastic Fest]

It isn’t always easy to capture a person’s interiority, especially when it comes to one’s perception of themselves and the ...

Piggy Review: Spanish Horror Film Explores Human Cruelty To Great Effect

Piggy Review: Spanish Horror Film Explores Human Cruelty To Great Effect

When it comes to horror films, the disconcerting moments don’t always come from the blood and violence. In Piggy, the ...

Missing Review: Crime Drama Is Intense, Twisty Slow-Burn [Fantastic Fest]

Missing Review: Crime Drama Is Intense, Twisty Slow-Burn [Fantastic Fest]

Missing (Sagasu in Japanese) — the feature directorial debut from Shinzô Katayama, who also co-writes the script alongside Kazuhisa Kotera ...

The Antares Paradox Review: An Intense & Compelling Sci-Fi [Fantastic Fest]

The Antares Paradox Review: An Intense & Compelling Sci-Fi [Fantastic Fest]

The Antares Paradox — the Spanish film (La Paradoja de Antares) written and directed by Luis Tinoco — searches for ...

Nothing Review: Drama Channels Lord Of The Flies To Underwhelming Results

Nothing (originally called Intet) is a dark dissection of teenage behavior and the lengths they’re willing to go to prove ...