F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 25, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Dinner in America” says ‘fuck ’em all but us’ Adam Rehmeier's punk-rock indie romance takes a while to get out of first gear, but its charming leads are fun to spend time with.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 25, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Woman of the Photographs” takes the shine off our polished self-images Takeshi Kushida's debut is a heartbreakingly dark love story about confidence and perception.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 25, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Survival Skills” blurs the thin blue line between fiction and reality Quinn Armstrong's debut is a clever riff on '80s police training videos that sneaks in some earnest reflection on domestic violence.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 23, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” is a loving portrait in eccentricity Johan von Sydow directs a touching, engaging documentary of a true one-of-a-kind performer.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 21, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “The Undertaker’s Home” offers modest chills Argentina’s haunted house movie has plenty of atmosphere, but feels underwritten.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 18, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Crazy Samurai Musashi” goes for one take, ends up with no stakes Tak Sakaguchi slashes his way through nearly 600 bad guys in a single take, but the audience gets exhausted long before he does.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies August 18, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “La Dosis” nurses its characters through loneliness Martin Kraut's debut pits two tortured male nurses against each other in a tale dripping with horror and unexpected queerness.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 18, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Monster Seafood Wars” is a light but pleasant snack Minoru Kawasaki’s loving tribute to kaiju movies drags whenever the action moves away from the monsters.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 17, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Cosmic Candy” leaves a bitter taste Rinio Dragasaki’s quirky comedy-drama about an unlikely parent-child relationship means well, but relies on a tiresome trope.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 16, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Free Country” is “True Detective” in the Eastern Bloc Christian Alvart's remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.
