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‘GIRL INTERNET SHOW: A KATI KELLI MIXTAPE’ (Fantastic Fest 2024) An experimental greatest hits documentary of a pioneering goddess.

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GIRL INTERNET SHOW: A KATI KELLI MIXTAPE This brand-new feature-length “mixtape” unearths and reintroduces a stunning, singular body of work by the enigmatic Kati Kelli, an outsider video artist and digital native whose subversive online uploads push at the seams of the digital form. For nearly a decade before her passing in 2019, Kati ran “Girl Internet Show,” a YouTube Read More →

‘AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK’ (Fantastic Fest 2024) An odyssey of the absurd.

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AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK Toby Jones’ Midwestern Comedy AJ Goes to the Dog Park to World Premiere at Fantastic Fest September 23rd Fargo Man Goes on an Odyssey in Burnt Ends Selection Toby Jones‘ Fantastic Fest 2024 absurd comedy AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK had me giggling nonstop at its wholly silly dialogue and slapstick comedy. Poor Read More →

‘PÁRVULOS’ (Fantastic Fest 2024) An exquisite wow and one of the year’s best films.

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PÁRVULOS  US Premiere Filmmaker Isaac Ezban brings Fantastic Fest 2024 PÁRVULOS, the story of three siblings surviving in the woods by scavenging in a virus-ravaged world. The dangerous secret they harbor in the basement may be their undoing. The cinematography is something to behold. The sepia-toned lens locks you into a compelling plot. It creates this magical, borderline eerie feeling. Read More →

‘HEADS OR FAILS’ (Fantastic Fest 2024) Lenny and Harpo Guit take a gamble on one disarming dame.

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HEADS OR FAILS FANTASTIC FEST 2024 World Premiere BURNT ENDS Masterfully absurd, Lenny and Harpo Guit’s latest film, HEADS OR FAILS, introduces Fantastic Fest 2024 to the ceaselessly irresponsible and eternal hustler, Armande. Down on her luck and owing money to everyone in her path in Belgium, risky wagers are her bread and butter. Whether they pan out is another Read More →

‘BONE LAKE’ (Fantastic Fest 2024) Diabolical and sexy cat-and-mouse game.

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BONE LAKE World Premiere Fantastic Fest alum Mercedes Bryce Morgan brings her latest in BONE LAKE, a psychosexual game of sex, lies, and videotape. Two very different couples find themselves double booked at a palatial lakeside Airbnb. Sage and Diego are in a relationship rut, while Cin and Will are hot and heavy. Awkwardness turns into friendship. When the four Read More →

Fantastic Fest 2024 is genre heaven. 6 films we are psyched for.

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FANTASTIC FEST 2024 Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it’s way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th – 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema. Fantastic Fest 2024 is upon us! The entire lineup is spectacular. Here are 6 films we Read More →

‘FALLING STARS’ (2024) Living lore and the consequences of disrespect.

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FALLING STARS Witches are real in the feature debut of director/producer duo Gabriel Bienczycki and Richard Karpala‘s FALLING STARS. On the first night of Harvest, three brothers go to the desert to see a witch’s corpse. The film exists in a world where deeply embedded folklore is canon. While our boys initially visit the site with an excited and carefree Read More →

‘ZERO’ (Beyond Fest 2024) A dark, pulse-pounding thriller, that excites in every second.

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ZERO WORLD PREMIERE / RELEASED IN: 2024 / 83 MINUTES / DIRECTED BY: JEAN-LUC HERBULOT Jean Luc Herbulot brings Beyond Fest 2024 audiences a heartpounder in ZERO. Two Americans in Senegal wake up to discover bombs strapped to their chests and an unknown man speaking in their ear. They have ten hours to complete seemingly unrelated tasks before they explode. Read More →

‘HAYRIDE TO HELL’ (2024) Hallmark meets horror and becomes my new annual Halloween comfort film.

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HAYRIDE TO HELL As someone who has participated in an annual haunted hayride as both a viewer and a performer, Dan Lantz‘s HAYRIDE TO HELL opens in the perfect, immersive fashion. The plot begins as a classic story of a beloved farmer on the verge of bankruptcy and the curmudgeonly and corrupt small-town authority figures who want to take him Read More →

‘RED ROOMS’ (2024) Hideously twisted obsessions.

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RED ROOMS Pascal Plante takes true crime obsession to the next level in RED ROOMS. The film follows Kelly-Anne, a woman who becomes obsessed with a serial killer’s trial and the elusive online video of a victim that bares her likeness. Her deep dive down the rabbit hole of the dark web is just the beginning. Juliette Gariépy initially gives Read More →

‘BOOGER’ (Popcorn Frights 2024) Body horror meets grief in Mary Dauterman’s festival favorite

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BOOGER In filmmaker Mary Dauterman‘s Popcorn Frights film, BOOGER, Anna spirals following the sudden death of her roommate. Holding tight to Izzy’s phone and their adopted stray cat. When Booger bites her and escapes out the window, Anna’s grief journey is derailed by unusual symptoms from her injury. Heather Matarazzo‘s initial appearance is one of the best scenes in the Read More →

‘DEVOTEE’ (HollyShorts 2024) A bold cult classic *wink, wink

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DEVOTEE 2024 Hollyshorts Film Festival August 8 – 18, 2024 TCL Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Logline While up late one night, a precocious boy uncovers his mother’s dark devotion. It’s always a bold choice to bring harm to a child. It is even more audacious to have a child witness something eternally scarring. Filmmaker Richard J. Bosner does both Read More →

‘THE SOUL EATER’ (Fantasia 2024) A magnificent twist-filled thriller

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THE SOUL EATER After a string of child disappearances, two investigators work different angles of the growing small-town chaos. Both with deep unresolved trauma, the gruesome scenes and unanswered questions take Fantasia 2024 audiences on a ride to hell.  Directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo craft an intricate mystery that intertwines folklore and crime. Screenwriters Annelyse Batrel and Ludovic Lefebvre Read More →

‘ESCAPE ATTEMPT’ (Fantasia 2024 short) Chilling and visually stunning

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ESCAPE ATTEMPT A desperate man tries to make his way to an uninhabited planet with the help of a young and idealistic couple. In their Fantasia 2024 short ESCAPE ATTEMPT, directors Daniel Shapiro and Alex Topaller take audiences on a journey across time, space, and humanity. Based on a novella of the same name by the Strugatsky Brothers, this dazzling Read More →

Fantasia 2024: It’s Heeerrreee (almost). Genre’s best of the best is about to begin.

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FANTASIA 2024 It’s no secret that Fantasia is the festival I gush about the most. If you want to call yourself a genre film fan you have to know about the buzziest films coming out of the fest each year. Once again, Quebec will host a plethora of premieres, a gaggle of talks with the industry’s best, and scare the Read More →

‘BURN OUT’ (DWF:LA 2024 short) Overworked and ambitious are a dangerous combination

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BURN OUT https://danceswithfilms.com/burn-out/ A clearly overworked and unwaveringly determined Virgil will do anything to show his boss the very personal presentation he has toiled over. Nothing can stop him from completing this passion project, not even a fire. Filmmaker Russell Goldman‘s DWF: LA 2024 short BURN OUT dives headfirst into the competitive nature of hardcore office culture under the guise Read More →

‘TIGER STRIPES’ (2024) A biting film about girlhood

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TIGER STRIPES Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week Grand Prize Award Winner Zaffan is the first girl to get her period at her school. Her condition, deemed dirty, ignites jealousy in her friend circle, leading to severe bullying from her middle school peers. Perpetuated by ignorant folklore and fear, the shaming comes from home and school.  Girls are not held in Read More →

‘TRIM SEASON’ (2024) High dread and witchy realness.

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presents TRIM SEASON Filmmaker Ariel Vida brings a femme-centric horror to screens today with TRIM SEASON. When a group of young women takes a two-week gig on a remote mountain marijuana farm, breaking the rules of the job leads to a more sinister plot. The script overflows with well-developed characters with unique traits and eclectic personalities. Playing Mona’s vastly different Read More →

‘FOR SALE’ (2024) The Good, Bad, and Haunted

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FOR SALE Christopher Schrack‘s FOR SALE finds Mason, a shady salesman who gets the opportunity to score big if he can sell a murder house. Can his relentless determination drive a sale and the spirits away? Corrine Britti gives Psychic Claire a great quirkiness. Schrack and co-writer Jordan Friedber‘s screenplay allows her to play a dual role. Her commitment is Read More →

‘THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY’ (2024) The good, the bad, and the opportunistic.

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THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY When a ragtag group of folks get stranded at a diner waiting for the gas truck to show, a pair of bank robbers complicate things for all involved. Francis Galluppi‘s heart-stopping THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY is one of the year’s most epic rides.  Jim Cummings proves once again that his high-strung straight Read More →