Category: Festivals

Fantasia Festival Employee of the MonthF
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July 31, 2022

Fantasia 2022: Employee of the Month, Sissy, and Relax, I’m from the Future

Three wildly different features united by standout work from Black women actors and deft, distinct senses of humor.
Fantasia 2022: Shin UltramanF
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July 24, 2022

Fantasia 2022: Shin Ultraman, Stellar: A Magical Ride, Demigod: The Legend Begins

We look at the return of a tokusatsu giant to the big screen, a feature-film extension of a legendary Taiwanese series, and a South Korean romp about a man and his dead dad's haunted car.
IdentikitF
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July 23, 2022

Fantasia 2022: Special Delivery, Fish Tale, & Identikit

A thriller with a friendship at its core, a touching story about the struggle to fit in, and a remastered 70s camp drama are just a few of the unique offerings at this year's Fantasia Film Festival.
Fantasia 2022 The Mole Song: FinalF
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July 22, 2022

Fantasia 2022: We Might As Well Be Dead, The Mole Song: Final, Country Gold

Sizzling social drama, Lynchian meditations on country music, and Miike's latest wacky cop farce stud this newest round of films from the fest.
Fantasia Festival - Goodbye DonGlees!F
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July 19, 2022

Fantasia 2022: Goodbye Don Glees!, Popran, Princesse Dragon

Our first dispatch of the fest includes two sweet, animated coming-of-age stories and a tale about dude's dingalings popping off.
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July 8, 2022

10 films sure to spook us at Fantasia 2022

A few films to thrill the blood and stir the loins at Montreal's premiere genre film festival.
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June 26, 2022

Tribeca 2022: Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz riff on their star personas in Official Competition

Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat’s charming takedown of the movie industry features giddy turns from two of the world’s greatest stars. (This review is part..
Rudy! A Documusical (Tribeca Film Festival)T
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June 26, 2022

Tribeca 2022: Rudy! A Documusical can’t find a key for its odious subject

Jed Rothstein's mostly-conventional musical doc tries to lampoon the disgraced Trump lackey, but can't do either particularly well.
Lynch/Oz (Tribeca Film Festival)T
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June 26, 2022

Tribeca 2022: Lynch/Oz takes the Yellow Brick Road to the Black Lodge

Alexandre O. Phillippe's latest essay film shows the links between the Hollywood classic and Hollywood's greatest weirdo.
An Act of Worship (Tribeca 2022)T
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June 26, 2022

Tribeca 2022: An Act of Worship is a striking look at life spent among intolerance

Nausheen Dadabhoy explores a wide array of Muslim-American experiences in this overstuffed, but impactful documentary.