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"Smile" takes its heroine on a supernatural journey. But no one believes she is haunted.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: ‘Smile’ – One You Can’t Look Away From
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Fantastic Fest: Horror, Sci-Fi and Just Plain Weird Goes Live September 22
Fantastic Fest, the world's largest sci-fi, horror and unusual film festival, goes live September 22 at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: ‘The Innocents’ Shows How Spooky Kids Can Be
In 'The Innocents' we are reminded how spooky the world of childhood can be.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Reviews: ‘Last Night in Soho’ with Thomasin McKenzie and Diana Rigg; ‘Freaks Out’ Will Shake You
"Last Night in Soho" and "Freaks Out" were two of the most intense films at this year's Fantastic Fest.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Charlotte Colbert, Stars Alice Krige and Malcolm McDowell Talk About ‘She Will’
Nature, dreams and witches save a life in 'She Will.'
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: Getting ‘RAD’ Inside and Outside the Theater
A screening of the newly restored film 'RAD' brought BMX stunts to the inside and outside of Fantastic Fest.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Will Not Become a COVID Zombie
Austin's famous Fantastic Fest will carry on despite COVID and provide options for fans of the horror and freaky genres to view films safely.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Exclusive Interview: Director of ‘Wyrm’ Moves From Short to Feature
Films at Fantastic Fest tend to be surprises. Wyrm, by first time feature filmmaker Christopher Winterbauer, delivers its share of the unexpected. Austin’s Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the US, features horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain unusual films. In prior years it hosted the …
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Provides Kid’s-Eye-View of WWII and Taika Waititi
'Jojo Rabbit' is 'Harvey' meets 'Diary of Anne Frank'. Ten-year-old Jojo, instead of having a giant rabbit as an imaginary friend, has Adolf Hitler.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: Stephen King’s “In the Tall Grass”
You see a car going down a highway through fields of high grass. On the radio, Sam Cooke is singing “It’s All Right”. That’s the last pleasant sound you hear till the end of In the Tall Grass. The rest of the sounds you hear for the next ninety minutes …
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