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Creative filmmakers have proven multiple times over that one doesn’t need a big budget to craft a mind-bendingly entertaining time-travel film, with titles like Primer and Timecrimes showing audiences that you can still have a narratively complex science-fiction story without dropping $100
Austin’s premiere genre film festival, Fantastic Fest, is gearing up to kick off September 23rd and the final wave of titles has been announced. As usual there are a slew of films here that immediately got added to my watch list so
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It’s a Summer Film! is a loving testament to the indomitable spirit of young cinephiles that overwhelms with charm.
The 28th Austin Film Festival is gearing up to kick off October 21 – 28 and this week the first ten titles have been revealed, seven of which will be world premieres. A couple notable highlights include Stephen Karam‘s The
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival wrapped up its 2021 edition yesterday and with that this year’s award winners have been announced. Hong Eui-jeong‘s Voice of Silence was awarded Best Film, with Igor Legarreta winning Best Director for All The Moons.
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Office Royale is a delightful sendup of manga tropes that delivers on its promise of absurd clerical action.
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You Can’t Kill Meme is an enigmatic look into the insidious ways meme culture developed after the 2016 election which proves too arbitrary in its focus.
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It was just last year that I wrote about the zany manga adaptation Kakegurui (translating to “compulsive gambler”), which screened at Montreal’s Fantasia Festival. A year later the zaniness is back with Kakegurui Part
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#Blue_Whale is a refreshingly grounded approach to the screenlife film that terrifies due to its credible inventiveness.
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Wonderful Paradise throws everything at the wall, and even what doesn’t stick is still bizarrely fascinating.
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I’m loving the recent uptick in positive representation of indigenous peoples in the media, with films like Blood Quantum and shows like Reservation Dogs reminding us that the native plight is still very real and that those living on reservations are still
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Shunji Iwai’s pseudo-kaiju film proves we still have yet to crack the enigma and nuances of pandemic filmmaking.
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Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist offers an informed and affectionate tribute to one of anime’s overlooked masters.
Austin’s Fantastic Fest is gearing up for its 2021 edition and today the first set of titles have been revealed. Julia Ducournau‘s Titane will be kicking off the festival, which already has an insanely impressive lineup.
With the Toronto International Film Festival quickly approaching, the lineups for the Tiff Docs, Midnight Madness, and Wavelengths have been revealed along with more special presentations and the Contemporary World Cinema program.
This year’s Tiff will be taking place from
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Andrew Gaynord’s dark comedy about distrust and paranoia, All My Friends Hate Me, pits a birthday boy against his supposed friends as they gather for a weekend retreat in a posh manor. Unfortunately, the proceedings prove redundant as everyone involved is pretty
