Fantasia 2017 Review: YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, Good Action, Middling Comedy
Federico Cueva has been working in stunts and special effects in his native Argentina and Spanish cinema for more than 20 years. His work with Santiago Segura in several of the Torrente films, and with Alex de la Iglesia in...
Review: THE DARK TOWER, The Adaptation We Neither Wanted nor Needed
Books, comics, and graphic novels have been ripe fodder for movies for decades. And the question always remains of how well a book can be adapted to film, considering the difference in the mediums. It should be more accurate to...
Fantasia 2017: Screen Anarchy Wraps Up Another Remarkable Year In Montreal
The 21st edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close, and it was a smorgasbord of cinema, excusions, panels, special events and get togethers. Every year of I reiterate that this fest is the 'summer-camp' for...
Fantasia 2017 Review: GEEK GIRLS, Trials and Tribulations of Women in the Nerd World
Some guys might be forgiven for thinking that things are pretty good for women in the geek world: we are clearly visible at conventions (though perhaps more as audience than behind the tables), more 'geek' films are featuring (and made...
Fantasia 2017 Review: DELIVER US, Exorcism in the Open
Exorcisms have been ripe fodder for horror films for decades, so much so that we might not think they actually happen (or at least anymore, in the days of scientific discovery and understanding of certain medical conditions). But on the...
RIP Jeanne Moreau, Great Lady of French Cinema
French actor and filmmaker Jeanne Moreau, known for films such as Jules and Jim, The Trial, The Bride Wore Black, La Femme Nikita, died today at her home in Paris, at the age of 89, according to her agents. While...
Fantasia 2017 Review: SPOOR, A Magic-Tinged, Intimate Thriller
Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, with more than 20 feature films and dozens of television episodes on her CV, has said that her latest film Spoor should be called 'No Country for Old Women'. While I understand the analogy, with much due...
Fantasia 2017 Review: BAD BLACK, DIY Action Thrill Ride
Bad Black came out of nowhere to win the Audience Award at Fantastic Fest 2016; but anyone who has seen the film wouldn't be surprised. The work of self-taught filmmaker Nabwana I.G.G., is a sure-fire hit for fans of genre cinema,...
Fantasia 2017 Review: TIGER GIRL, Badass Ladies of Berlin
Movies love bad girls. Lashing out against the patriarchal establishment, kicking men to the curb, fighting for their right to existence. Put this in hand with youthful rebellion, and watch these women soar, sometimes (though not always) with a moral...
Fantasia 2017 Review: TOKYO IDOLS, Fever-Pitch Fandom
Teenage girl or young women solo music acts or bands (or boys, for that matter) exist in most countries in the world; some only famous in their own nation (such as the dozens of J-pop and K-pop bands), and others...
Fantasia 2017 Review: NOVEMBER, The Beautiful and The Grotesque Intertwine
Thomas Hobbes' famous saying that the life of man is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" could have been the mantra for the life of the characters in Rainer Sarnet's November. Luckily, the film itself is fantastical, strange, beautifully shot,...
Susan Sarandon to Receive Grand Honorary Award at Sitges 2017
Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, the premiere genre festival of Europe, has announced two of its awards winners for the 50th anniversary edition: director William Friedkin and actor Susan Sarandon. As well, legendary Spanish actor Santiago Segura will receive...
Fantasia 2017 Review: FRIENDLY BEAST, Man Is the Most Dangerous Animal
It's nearly closing time at a struggling restaurant. The waitress, Sara (Luciana Paes) and kitchen staff just want to go home, while the boss, Inácio (Murilo Benício) struggles with money troubles, a nagging wife, and a desire for power and...
Fantasia 2017 Review: THE LAPLACE'S DEMON, Philosophical Suspense and Dread
The Laplace demon is a mathematical theory, which supposes that, if someone knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe, they could predict everything down to the smallest detail. Quite a creepy supposition (hence 'demon'), and...
Crowdfund This: MORGANA, a True Tale of a Housewife / Pornographer / Artist
Some of our readers might be familiar with Australian filmmaker Isabel Peppard. She specializes in stop-motion animation and horror, and her stunning work has won multiple awards and played at festivals around the world (you can take a peek at...
Fantasia 2017 Review: ANIMALS, A Mind-Bending Journey in Limbo
What is the temporal geography of pain and regret? If we remove ourselves from the physical space where something bad happened, do we distance ourselves from the pain? Or is that pain carried within, embuing each space a person enters?...
Review: THE UNTAMED, Riveting and Shocking, It Needs to Be Watched to Be Believed
One of the reasons that I love fantastic genre film is that it can often find the most relevant and interesting metaphors for dealing with issues of social life, be they cultural, political, or sexual. The Untamed, which won the...
A WRINKLE IN TIME Trailer: Faster than Light
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time was my favourite book as a child. While not a science nerd, I related to lead character Meg's isolation, intelligence, and determination. And with the first trailer, director Ava DuVernay seems to have deftly...
Fantasia 2017 Curtain Raiser: We Cherrypick Montreal's Mammoth Genre Fest
The Fantasia International Film Festival begins its 21st Edition in Montreal today, and a good number of Screen Anarchists plan on being there. But the question of the hour is: How to cull down the three week genre extravaganza, featuring...
BiFan 2017 Preview: Recommendations and Anticipated Delights
As we pack our bags before the start of this year's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, ScreenAnarchy has come up with a few recommendations to watch out for at this year's edition, as well as some new films we're personally...
