Fantastic Fest 2015 News: AWARD WINNERS

Source: Fantastic Fest/Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Austin, TX – Thursday, October 1, 2015 – Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners. It has been an outstanding year for features and shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but our esteemed team of jurors have done… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015 News: AWARD WINNERS

Trailer: SPECTRE

Source: Sony Pictures Moviegoers can see this final trailer for Spectre this weekend in theaters everywhere. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal.  Bond infiltrates… Continue reading Trailer: SPECTRE

Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: THE KEEPING ROOM

By Liz Lopez Rating: B Drafthouse Films, The Keeping Room, directed by Daniel Barber, was one of the Opening Night Films at Fantastic Fest on Thursday, September 24th at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin. Brit Marling was in attendance for The Keeping Room screening, as well as writer Julia Hart for the Austin premiere. They walked the… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: THE KEEPING ROOM

Review: COMING HOME

By Liz Lopez Rating: A There is no doubt in my mind the film, Coming Home, written by Zou Jingzhi and directed by Zhang Yimou, will be a film that leaves my memory very soon. Based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi by Yan Geling, the film is set during the Cultural Revolution and… Continue reading Review: COMING HOME