Tag: fantasy
Now Streaming: Bertrand Bonello's Cinematic House of Pleasures
As 'The Beast' continues to roll out its U.S. release, four films by the French director are now available to stream.
Pretty Packaging: The French Limited GANDAHAR Release Is Stacked
The French animation director René Laloux only made three feature films in his career, but each of those became a science fiction cult classic. His Fantastic Planet made it into the Criterion collection, and the DVDs Eureka released of the...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: ROME: TALES FROM THE BLOCK, A Slight Alien Invasion Satire
La Guerra Del Tiburtino III has as its international title Rome: Tales From the Block, which shows you how much this film wears its influences on its sleeve. From the opening segment, in which an alien creature leaves a meteor...
2024 Canadian Screen Awards: BLACKBERRY, HUMANIST VAMPIRE, And INFINITY POOL Rack up Massive Nominations
I'm a bad Canadian. Technically, I'm a bad Canadian resident, but that's a story for another day. I'm a bad Canadian because until today I've not really given much attention to the Canadian Screen Awards. I can always say that...
THE COMPLEX FORMS: Watch This Trailer For Italian Sci-fi Drama
There is an ancient villa where desperate people have the opportunity to solve their fate by selling their body to a mysterious entity in exchange for money. When enormous, centuries-old creatures emerge from the deep woods surrounding the villa, a...
SXSW 2024: 3 BODY PROBLEM, THE FALL GUY, and Midnighters
The 31st edition of the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival has announced that 3 Body Problem, the new series from David Benioff and D. B. Weiss Game of Thrones and Emmy Award nominee Alexander Woo, will be the Opening...
Pretty Packaging: THE FRIGHTENERS Gets Ultimate Treatment
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Peter Jackson was primarily known for very gory, funny horror movies and a surprising drama or two. Then he made an extremely expensive special effects extravaganza aimed at mainstream audiences,...
THE MARVELS Review: A True Comic Book Film
Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani star in Nia DaCosta's contribution to the superhero cinematic universe.
Camera Japan Rotterdam 2023 Review: GOLD KINGDOM AND WATER KINGDOM
In the Netherlands, we only get the most successful anime films in the cinema, the record-breakers. For all the others, you need to check the festivals, and thankfully the Camera Japan Festival always has at least a few titles in...
EL CONDE Review: Pablo Larraín's Anti-Pinochet Satire Soars On Its Vampiric Metaphor
For Chileans, September 11th has an entirely different meaning than it does for Americans. For the latter, September 11th refers to the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the nearly 3,000 lives lost. For...
Toronto 2023 Review: THE BOY AND THE HERON, Sumptuous Miyazaki-San, Studio Ghibli Career Retrospective
From the opening air raid sirens and fiery infernos of World War II Tokyo bombings to the bucolic countryside house and its magical surroundings, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli has come full circle in its 40 year history animated mastery....
Friday One Sheet: MADE IN HEAVEN
When I look at this key art for Netflix's Indian wedding planner series, Made In Heaven, I cannot help but hear Townes Van Zandt's mournful twang playing in my head: Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead...
RENFIELD Review: A Very Fun Concept Stretched a Little Too Thin
Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina star in a comedic interpretation of the famed characters.
FREAKS vs THE REICH: Opening Day Announced!
You've got to see (formerly known as) Freaks Out! That's all we ever heard when Gabriele Mainetti's (formerlly known as) Freaks Out hit the festival circuit. And then it straight up disappeared and we heard nary of word of its...
COUNTRY GOLD Trailer: Mickey Reece's Comedy in Cinemas Next Week
Starting next Friday in New York and progressing throughout the U.S. until the end of the month you may be able to catch Mickey Reece's Country Gold in cinemas before its bow on Fandor on April 4th. Be sure...
Preview: Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2023
Showcasing the best of contemporary French films, this year's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema features 21 features from old masters to newcomers, including new films by Philippe and Louis Garrel, Arnaud Desplechin, Dominik Moll, Patricia Mazuy and Léa Mysius. Though I...
COUNTRY GOLD: Cinedigm Acquires Mickey Reece's Music Comedy For North America
Mickey Reece's latest, the music comedy Country Gold, has been acquired by Cinedigm for a theatrical and digital release. Their plan is to give Country Gold a limited theatrical release in March then premiere it on Fandor, their indie discovery...
MOON GARDEN Trailer: Totally Unique And Creative Dark Fantasy in Cinemas This Spring
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness.
THE CURSE OF ROSALIE: Coming to Icon Horror Channel, Online And DVD in The UK This Spring
When a man with a dark secret sees his daughter threatened with eternal damnation, he seeks help from an unpopular Native American seer.
THE MANDALORIAN: Season Three Trailer Drops And Directors Announced
If you're like me you've got your share of alerts, likes, links and subscribes. So many, that your phone is barely used as a phone and more of a portable notification device going off every other minute. Usually I just...
