This year marks the 20th edition of Fantastic Fest, Austin’s renowned celebration of genre cinema. Known for its audacious programming,…
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Fantastic Fest 2025 once again proves why it’s the most reliably unhinged genre festival in the world—a delirious marathon of…
It’s been eight long years since Gore Verbinski last graced us with a movie. His 2017 fever dream “A Cure…
Time can be an unsparing villain or an angelic savior in Christian Petzold’s films. In his enigmatic period-piece “Phoenix” (2014),…
Ever since he was a film critic and worked as a video archivist for Martin Scorsese, director Kent Jones has…
The a-ha moment in Mary Bronstein’s relentless psychodrama “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” came when the hysterical, shrill-voiced,…
Even though I am not his biggest fan, one thing I admire about Richard Linklater is that he never stays…
Long live the New York auteur! But, where have they all gone? Curiously, Michael Atkinson’s essay, “Whatever Happened to the…
Through her latest short films, “The Stand” and “Little Bird,” Vietnamese-American filmmaker Oanh-Nhi Nguyen pulls focus to the hardships faced…
Actor Freddie Fox is known for his work in theatre, as well as on the big and small screen. He…