7.5
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
9
It’s a Summer Film! is a loving testament to the indomitable spirit of young cinephiles that overwhelms with charm.
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.
7.5
Office Royale is a delightful sendup of manga tropes that delivers on its promise of absurd clerical action.
6
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
8.5
#Blue_Whale is a refreshingly grounded approach to the screenlife film that terrifies due to its credible inventiveness.
7
Wonderful Paradise throws everything at the wall, and even what doesn’t stick is still bizarrely fascinating.
5
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
9
Junk Head is a momentous labor of love and a meticulously designed vision of a post-apocalyptic future.
5.5
Shunji Iwai’s pseudo-kaiju film proves we still have yet to crack the enigma and nuances of pandemic filmmaking.
7.5
Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist offers an informed and affectionate tribute to one of anime’s overlooked masters.
In addition to a special screening of James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad, the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal has revealed its second wave of titles containing another buttload of features to be added to your watch list.
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival is gearing up for its 2021 edition, coming to us virtually like last year, but don’t think for a second that will result in a lack of quality entries.
The first wave of features has been announced for
8
Lapsis is the perfect type of science fiction, which draws unmistakable parallels to our current society and nudges it ever so slightly beyond where we are now but cautiously predicts where we could go if trends continue.
7.5
This is a repost of our review from Fantasia Festival 2020. The Mortuary Collection will be available on Shudder October 14, 2020.
Although the anthology film has been a mainstay in the horror genre for decades, it’s been a few years since
This week, Adam and Kevin take a look at Antonio Campos' The Devil All The Time on Netflix. Some other titles discussed include Nightbreed, Pretending I'm Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story, The Dead Zone, The Social Dilemma, Golden Horns, Coastal Elites, The Dead Zone, and This Is Paris.
