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Fantastic Fest 2021: ‘Titane,’ ‘Lamb’ & New 4K Restoration Of ‘Possession’ Announced In Initial Line-Up

August 6, 2021 12:00 pm

After 18 months of isolation and uncertainty and a 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19, Austin, Texas's Fantastic Fest film festival is set to return this September. This year’s edition is being dubbed the “Post...

Brad Anderson Falls Short Of Thrilling With Netflix’s ‘Fractured’ [Fantastic Fest Review]

Kristy Puchko

September 24, 2019 10:35 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

"Session 9" director Brad Anderson returns to Fantastic Fest with "Fractured," a soon-to-Netflix thriller that feels like a lost episode of "The Twilight Zone"…but maybe one that'd be better off lost. Writte...

Jesse Williams and Jordana Brewster star in the Jay Baruchel Horror Film ‘Random Acts of Violence’

‘Random Acts Of Violence’: Jay Baruchel Dials Up The Gore In His Treatise On Media Violence [Fantastic Fest Review]

Matthew Monagle

September 20, 2019 2:15 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

When it comes to conversations about art and violence, it can sometimes feel like we haven’t moved the needle much in the past twenty years. Every time an atrocity happens in America, the same pundits trot out ...

‘The Wave’ Trailer: Justin Long Experiences A Bad Trip In The Psychedelic Film Coming To Fantastic Fest

Charles Barfield

September 17, 2019 2:52 pm

Festivals, News, Trailers

Often, films will show that someone is high through the use of weird camera angles and perhaps a few odd blurring effects. However, in the upcoming Fantastic Fest film, “The Wave,” once our lead character gets ...

Fantastic Fest To Honor Takashi Miike With Lifetime Achievement Award As Event Announces Final Wave Lineup

Charles Barfield

September 11, 2019 3:28 pm

Festivals, News

With Venice and Telluride in the rearview and TIFF wrapping up soon, it’s time to look at some of the other film festivals that are coming up. For genre film fans, especially, it would seem as if Austin’s Fanta...

‘Knives Out’ To Close Fantastic Fest 2019 As Event Adds ‘Parasite,’ ‘Color Out Of Space’ & More To Lineup

Charles Barfield

August 20, 2019 12:45 pm

Festivals, News

With all the talk surrounding Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and the rest, it’s sometimes easy to leave Fantastic Fest out of the discussion. But with films like “Parasite,” “Knives Out,” and “Color Out of Space” ...

Fantastic Fest 2019 Announces Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ & New Films By Jim Mickle & Vincenzo Natali

Charles Barfield

July 30, 2019 1:09 pm

Festivals, News

TIFF, Venice, Telluride, and NYFF might be the fall film festivals with the most prestige, but you can argue that Austin's Fantastic Fest is the event that has the most fun. Focusing on the best that genre film...

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‘Don Quixote,’ ‘Under The Silver Lake’ & ‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Headline The Final Wave Of Fantastic Fest

Charles Barfield

September 13, 2018 11:57 am

Festivals, News

As expected, the final wave of films announced for the 2018 Fantastic Fest features a few surprises, including some highly-anticipated films finally making their way to the US. The big news, however, is that...

Latest Fantastic Fest Additions Include ‘Halloween,’ ‘Hold The Dark,’ And Tim Sutton’s ‘Donnybrook’

Charles Barfield

August 22, 2018 1:11 pm

Festivals, News

Sure, we spend a lot of time talking about Telluride, Venice, and Toronto this time of year. These three festivals are the place where all the big world premieres happen and where the Oscar season contenders ge...

J.J. Abrams’ ‘Overlord’ & Gareth Evans’ ‘Apostle’ Lead The Lineup For This Year’s Fantastic Fest

Charles Barfield

July 31, 2018 12:25 pm

Festivals, News

Unlike the recently announced Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, Austin’s Fantastic Fest revels in all things genre filmmaking. And this year, there’s a couple surprises among the...

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