The Swimmer – 1968
Frank Perry’s The Swimmer (1968) is a very strange little film, at least on the surface of things. I mean, what's more strange than a guy swimming home across the county through the backyard pools of...
Zombieland: Double Tap: Zombies, Comedy, and Good Times
In the ten years that it took to make Zombieland: Double Tap. Ten years, Oscar wins, multiple nominations, two Deadpool movies are written and made by the writing team, and Abigail Breslin grew up. And it...
Fantastic Fest: Day 4 – Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Australian filmmaker, Serge Ou’s newest film, Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks is a kinetic and enjoyable journey that charts the evolution of martial arts movies from the Shaw Brothers reign in Hong Kong, the...
Fantastic Fest: Day 3 – VFW
When you look at his work, film director Jeff Begos’s resume reads more like a love letter to cult genre directors. Lynch and Cronenberg especially come to mind when watching Bego’s films Bliss and...
Fantastic Fest: Day 3 – In the Shadow of the Moon
Usually, a movie about a cop becoming obsessed with a serial killer is a recipe for an entertaining thriller. But in the case of Netflix’s new science fiction thriller, In the Shadow of the Moon, it’s just...
Fantastic Fest: Day 3 – Phil Tippett Mad Dreams and Monsters
“Imagination will find a way”. As Phil Tippett would say time and time again throughout his career. And there will never be a better way to describe the man himself. Because, for a man whose career...
Fantastic Fest: Day 3 – The Whistlers
Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu has spent the better part of the past decade making a name for himself with winning the multiple awards at the Cannes Film Festival for his, The Treasure and 12:08 East of...
Fantastic Fest: Day 2 – In the Tall Grass
Filmmakers have been venturing into the dark corners of Stephen King’s mind now more than ever. None more than Netlfix, whose particular obsession with the legendary author has brought us both 1922 and...
Fantastic Fest: Day 2 – Nail in the Coffin: The Fall & Rise of Vampiro
Wrestling is theatre. Men and women tell stories through physicality as they play up their characters and dialogue to the roar of the audience. And the story of the wrestling legend of Vampiro feels just as...
Fantastic Fest: Day 1 – First Love
Takashi Miike’s latest film, First Love, is the answer to the question; what kind of film would Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie make if they were the same person. First Love centers around a select...