By Mark Saldana On the night before this year’s Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar hosted a special pre-fest event screening of Hal Needham’s 1986 film RAD. Prior to the film screening, Austin’s 512 Wheelie Crew, a local Austin group of BMX stunt riders put on an impressive display of their skills just outside… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021: 35th Anniversary Screening of RAD
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Fantasia Film Festival Capsule Reviews: Key Favorites Are Featured at the Fantastic Fest in Austin
AGNES InAgnes, the latest from prolific filmmaker Mickey Reece (Climate of the Hunter), a dissident priest and a bright-eyed neophyte are sent to investigate rumours of demonic possession at a convent. Both will be met with temptation as the strange goings-on test their faith, as well as that of one specific nun in residence. This… Continue reading Fantasia Film Festival Capsule Reviews: Key Favorites Are Featured at the Fantastic Fest in Austin
Critica de cine del Festival de cine aGLIFF: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A Dirigida por Jonathan Butterell, basada en una adaptación del guión de la obra de teatro escrita por Tom MacRae, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie te hará reír y llorar en diferentes momentos de la película y me encantó. Las actuaciones son excelentes y la música y los bailarines querrán que te… Continue reading Critica de cine del Festival de cine aGLIFF: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Fantasia 2021 Review: MARTYRS LANE
Martyrs Lane had its World Premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, among the 25 feature film World Premieres at this year’s 25th annual festival. This may be within the horror genre, but it is not the type to have the gory, slasher violence. It is a drama as well with the focus on… Continue reading Fantasia 2021 Review: MARTYRS LANE
Critica de cine Festival de cine SXSW y Festival de cine Bentonville: Language Lessons
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A La galardonada colaboración entre la directora Natalie Morales y su coescritor, Mark Duplass, es una exploración conmovedora sobre la amistad a larga distancia. La pelicula tiene toda la razon para recibir galardones como el Premio de la Audiencia SXSW (2021) por Mejor Narrativa y el Premio de la Audiencia Provincetown… Continue reading Critica de cine Festival de cine SXSW y Festival de cine Bentonville: Language Lessons
aGLIFF 2021 Capsule Reviews: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Firebird
aGLIFF (All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival) has many films available to view as it takes place through September 6, 2021 via the virtual lineup. Here are two films from the festival featured in the capsule reviews from the festival. Boulevard! A Hollywood Story The aGLIFF has varied categories of films, among them the… Continue reading aGLIFF 2021 Capsule Reviews: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Firebird
Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Review: Noor & Layla
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Noor & Layla is a 13-minute short that shows how the relationship developed between two Muslim women but it is told in reverse chronological order from what may be the end (as the film begins). Written and directed by filmmaker Fawzia Mirza (Signature Move), starring actors Nicole Nwokolo (as Noor)… Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Review: Noor & Layla
Fantasia 2021: ALIEN ON STAGE
Imagine, if you will, a world where the movie Alien is re-imagined for a stage play where an amateur play director and amateur actors decide that this story this iconic movie story deserves a stage production. You haven’t actuallly crossed into the Twilight Zone, but the real world. This remarkable documentary shows what exactly could… Continue reading Fantasia 2021: ALIEN ON STAGE
Fantasia 2021 Review: THE RIGHTEOUS
Written and directed by and starring Mark O’Brien, this haunting psychological horror film deals with guilt (particularly Catholic guilt) and how that feeling can eat away at one’s soul. Henry Czerny stars as Frederic Mason, an ex-priest who lives with his beloved wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) in a quiet and mostly uneventful life away from… Continue reading Fantasia 2021 Review: THE RIGHTEOUS
Fantasia 2021 Review: KING CAR
From Brazil, comes a strange and almost visionary movie with good intentions, but not exactly a great realization and execution. The film presents a world where the cars are the world (or at least this world) are sentient beings totally misunderstood and abused by humanity. The protagonist Uno has been endowed with the gift to… Continue reading Fantasia 2021 Review: KING CAR