Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest Day 2 Recap: ‘KILLING OF A SACRED DEER’, ‘WHEELMAN’, ‘ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE’ and ‘MAUS’

Preston Barta // Features Editor A recap of the fun and misfortunes of Day 2 at Fantastic Fest in Austin,…

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Fantastic Fest Day 1 Recap: Opening night, ‘THOROUGHBREDS’ and ‘THELMA’

Preston Barta // Features Editor Yesterday was a very curious day for the festival. With all the controversy clouding over…

7 years ago

Fantastic Fest Preview: 7 Films to Check Out

James Cole Clay // Film Critic Last year the Alamo Drafthouse owned website Birth.Movies.Death. came under controversy when their Editor-in-Chief,…

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‘THREE BILLBOARDS’ and ‘KILLING OF A SACRED DEER’ to premiere at Fantastic Fest 2017

Preston Barta // Editor I probably say this every year around this time, but Fantastic Fest (Sept. 23-28) is the…

7 years ago

Filmmaker Julia Ducournau bites into the humanity of cannibalism in ‘RAW’

by Preston Barta When you look at movies like 2014’s Boyhood or even last year’s Best Picture-winning Moonlight, it’s easy…

7 years ago

Movie Review: ‘ARRIVAL’ – close encounters of the preferred kind

Preston Barta // Editor ARRIVAL Rated PG-13, 116 minutes. Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg The demands…

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Movie Review: ‘DOG EAT DOG’ – all bark and no bite

Kip Mooney // Film Critic DOG EAT DOG | 93 min | R Director: Paul Schrader Cast: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher…

8 years ago

Movie Review: ‘THE HANDMAIDEN’ cons its audience with its gothic romance

Preston Barta // Editor THE HANDMAIDEN Rated R, 144 minutes. Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Min-hee Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Jung-woo Ha and Jin-woong Jo There is…

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Delicately crafting Park Chan-wook’s ‘THE HANDMAIDEN’: the auteur on violence and vision

Courtney Howard // Film Critic OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (otherwise known as the "Vengeance Trilogy"), THIRST and…

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Fantastic Fest Review: ‘SPLIT’ – a combination punch of terror and bada**

Preston Barta // Editor SPLIT | 116 min Director: M. Night Shyamalan Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula and Betty Buckley This review marks…

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