Category: Festivals

Fantastic Fest 2021 Review: LAMB

Noomi Rapace Grows Dangerously Close to a Lamb in Trailer for Her New Horror Film: Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEwJKVWjFM Credit: A24

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Anyone who has seen the trailer of this film should already know that they are in for a rather bizarre and unusual movie going into Lamb. Having seen the trailer and intrigued with what it offers, I simply could not resist the opportunity to experience the… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021 Review: LAMB

Fantastic Fest 2021 Review: There’s Someone Inside Your House

By Liz Lopez Rating: B-/C+ The Netflix original, There’s Someone Inside Your House, is a slasher film directed by Patrick Brice (Creep) from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, based on the novel by Stephanie Perkins. It’s set in present day of the fictional town of Osborne, Nebraska. Makani Young (Sydney Park, “The Walking Dead”) moved… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021 Review: There’s Someone Inside Your House

Critica de cine del festival Fantastic Fest 2021: There’s Someone Inside Your House

Por Liz Lopez Rating: B-/C+ La cinta original de Netflix, There’s Someone Inside Your House (Hay alguien dentro de tu casa), es una película de terror dirigida por Patrick Brice (Creep) a partir de un guión de Henry Gayden, basado en el libro de Stephanie Perkins. Está ambientado en la actualidad de la ciudad ficticia… Continue reading Critica de cine del festival Fantastic Fest 2021: There’s Someone Inside Your House

Fantastic Fest 2021 News: V/H/S 94 World Premiere Now Available on Shudder

By Liz Lopez V/H/S/94, a Shudder Original Film, had the World Premiere at Fantastic Fest that ran from September 23-30. Synopsis V/H/S/94 is the fourth installment in the hit horror anthology franchise and marks the return of the infamous found footage anthology with segments from franchise alumni Simon Barrett (Séance) and Timo Tjahjanto (May the… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021 News: V/H/S 94 World Premiere Now Available on Shudder

Film News: 2nd annual Nightstream Film Festival

By Liz Lopez NIGHTSTREAM is the collaborative online event launched in 2020 by organizers of multiple American genre festivals across the country to present a dynamic and accessible virtual film festival. It returns this year and will be held October 7-13, 2021. This year’s event is produced by the Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror… Continue reading Film News: 2nd annual Nightstream Film Festival

Bentonville Film Festival 2021: Falling for Figaro, Now On Demand

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ The Bentonville Film Festival offered Falling for Figaro as part of the Spotlight Feature program that was to “showcase some of the best independent films from filmmakers using music to create connection and change.” I was somewhat unsure about what to expect from this film when I read the synopsis,… Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival 2021: Falling for Figaro, Now On Demand

Critica de cine del Fantastic Fest 2021: Titane

Por Liz Lopez Rating B+ Después del Festival de Cine de Cannes, Titane, de la escritora y directora Julia Ducournau, llegó al Fantastic Fest en Austin para la noche de apertura el jueves 23 de septiembre. Esta es una excelente película de Ducournau y los coguionistas Jacques Akchoti, Simonetta Greggio, Jean-Christophe Bouzy, pero definitivamente tiene… Continue reading Critica de cine del Fantastic Fest 2021: Titane

Fantastic Fest 2021 News: Possession New 4K Restoration Made U.S. Premiere

By Liz Lopez Fantastic Fest 2021 offered many features and short films, as well as Repertory Screenings. Possession (1981), a film by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, with a new 4K Restoration had the U.S. Premiere on Saturday of Fantastic Fest 2021 in Austin. Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021 News: Possession New 4K Restoration Made U.S. Premiere

Fantastic Fest 2021: TITANE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) After the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined 2020’s Fantastic Fest to a small, totally virtual festival, Austin’s favorite genre film event is back with a vengance. And I say that because the festival officially opened with a tremendously dark and often disturbing body horror film that graphically and… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2021: TITANE