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Neuchâtel 2023: Swiss International Fantastic Film Festival Unveils This Year's Poster
Our friends at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival are busy preparing for this year's 22nd edition of their Swiss-based genre film festival. As the programming comes together the festival has unveiled this year's poster. It is a slick and shiny work...
ENYS MEN Review: The Primary Haunting of a Lonely Existence
While British folk horror has people frightened with visions of isolated Scottish islands, forests that run down its spine, to me, Cornwall has always held particular creepy fascination. Maybe it's that this lonely peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic feels...
Sound And Vision: Rosto A.D.
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Anouk's The Dark and Thee Wreckers' No Place Like Home, both by Rosto A.D. Rosto A.D. is a...
Kaboom Animation 2023: UNICORN WARS Is Awesomely Bonkers
Today sees the start of the 2023 edition of the Utrecht-and-Amsterdam-based Kaboom Animation Festival, which focuses on animation worldwide. All audiences are catered for: the festival's programme has a kids section, a great selection of queer movies, many amazing shorts,...
LEGEND Making Sunday Nights in April Much Cooler With 60s Vintage Horror
If you're like us Sunday night brings about the end of the weekend and the impending doom of another work week. Why not end your night on a high note? LEGEND, the preferred channel for all things horror and...
Shudder in April: Highlights Include KIDS VS ALIENS and FROM BLACK
We have been assured that Spring is definitely coming though you would be hard pressed to convince any Anarchists here in Eastern Canada otherwise. What the hell, March? The big additions for the month are Jason Eisener's Kids vs...
Now Streaming: ERASERHEAD, Weirdness Personified
David Lynch's classic is available to stream on both HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.
Sound And Vision: John Cameron Mitchell
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Bright Eyes' First Day of My Life, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. John Cameron Mitchell is in the...
Pretty Packaging: The SHAWSCOPE VOLUME 2 Boxset Kicks Shins Again!
In my 2022 overview article I mentioned that Arrow had released two awesome Shaw Brothers Blu-ray boxsets. I also said that as I had given the first one a "Pretty Packaging" article, the second one would get one as well,...
Blu-ray Review: INLAND EMPIRE, Lynch's Abstract Masterpiece Comes to Criterion
I have to keep reminding myself that Inland Empire is, in fact, Lynch's most recent feature film. Since 2006, Lynch has directed music videos short films, and of course another season of his ground-breaking television series Twin Peaks. But no...
SXSW 2023 Review: CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT, A Magical Realist Triumph From First Time Filmmaker Tomás Gómez Bustillo
A magical realist fantasy, first time director Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint imagines the path to heaven for a pious woman with dreams of sainthood. Combining old world, small town charm with modern technology and gentle humor, Saint...
CHOP & STEELE Exclusive: First Look at Trailer And Poster For 'Fantastic Fest Presents' Series Doc
Lifelong friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, two comedians famous for pranking local news stations on live television as the fake strongman duo ‘Chop & Steele,’ find themselves in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate after their latest morning...
BLACKBERRY Trailer: Jay Baruchel And Glenn Howerton Star in Matt Johnson's Latest
‘BlackBerry’ tells the story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. Matt Johnson's BlackBerry is coming exclusively to theaters on May...
Overlook 2023: Three More Titles Added! THE DEAD ZONE, IT LIVES INSIDE And It's a Secret!
With just over two weeks to go before this year's edition of the Overlook Film Festival three more titles have been added to the program. We can tell you what two of them are: a 40th anniversary screening of...
COUNTRY GOLD Reviewed: The Poetry of Has-Beens
Mickey Reece, prolific indie filmmaker, is no stranger to tackling stories of famous musicians (according to my partner, Reece's film Alien is a far superior look at the life of Elvis than the recent Baz Lurhmann film). After his previous...
ABERRANCE: Raven Banner Boards Worldwide Sales For Mongolian Horror Flick
Over the weekend Raven Banner announced that they have boarded worldwide sales for the Mongolian horror flick Aberrance. The announcement and studio trailer can be found below. An estranged couple takes a retreat in the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous...
Panama Horror 2023: THE EYE AND THE WALL Wins Top Award
This past weekend our friends at the Panama Horror Film Fest wrapped up their seventh edition of their grassroots genre film festival. Feeding genre gems to their loyal and local audience the festival was a tad stripped down this...
Sound And Vision: Wong Kar-Wai
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at DJ Shadow's Six Days, directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Nobody films yearning like Wong Kar-wai. The director of In...
Boston Underground Film Festival 2023 Reveals Lineup.
Tickets go on sale today for this year's Boston Underground Film Festival, celebrating its twenty-third year of bringing genre goodness from around the World to the city of Cambridge. As per usual BUFF has an amazing lineup of films this...
Crowdfund This: HIDARI, Because You Need a Chainsaw Wielding Samurai in Your Life
Stop what you're doing and watch this pilot film for a stop motion animated project out of Japan, a samurai sandalpunk project called Hidari. Hidari popped up on our radars yesterday and we're so smitten with the piece alone that...
