The Fantasia International Film Festival, held in Montreal, Canada, is celebrating its 27th edition from July 20th to August 9th. A renowned event that bridges the…
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The 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close, and after experiencing heart-pounding scares in The Night House and religious zealotry taken to extremes…
A wickedly funny but wildly uneven riff on office politics, Kazuaki Seki’s Office Royale — enjoying its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival…
Edoardo Vitaletti’s feature-length debut, The Last Thing Mary Saw, is a somber horror tale set in the winter of 1843, where a forbidden romance will have…
Revenge thrillers are rarely in short supply, particularly at genre-heavy affairs like the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival, and often require something truly unique in order…
The exploration of grief through the horror genre isn’t exactly a new concept — examples can be found as far back as 1973’s Don’t Look Now…
The Fantasia International Film Festival is back for its 25th anniversary, once again embracing a virtual event composed of scheduled screenings, an on-demand film library, panels,…
“I wanted to do a love letter to wrestling,” David Arquette tells me about his new film, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, a documentary that charts…
On April 25, 2000, 29-year-old Hollywood star David Arquette won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, widely considered to be one of professional wrestling’s most prestigious titles.…
An impressive feat of physical endurance exists at the center of Crazy Samurai Musashi, as lead actor Tak Sakaguchi cuts his way through nearly 600 opponents…
After debuting at the top of the Chinese box office last year, Sam Quah’s Sheep Without a Shepherd makes its way to North American audiences as…
Enjoying its North American premiere as part of the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival, director Ivo van Aart’s The Columnist is a sharply written examination of…
Four years after a subway bomb claimed the lives of 23 people in Copenhagen, right-wing extremism is not only on the rise, it’s quickly becoming mainstream…
When a meek, anxiety ridden accountant is accosted by a motorcycle gang en route from the grocery store, he joins a local karate dojo to learn…
The Fantasia International Film Festival celebrates its 23rd Anniversary in Montreal this month, with nearly three full weeks of screenings and a lineup that boasts more…
The notion of demonic possession and exorcism has long provided fodder for the horror genre to exploit, but these seemingly archaic rituals meant to rid poor,…
Fenar Ahmad’s brooding revenge drama Darkland centers on successful surgeon Zaid (Game of Thrones alum Dar Salim), an Iraqi immigrant living in Denmark and expecting his first…
Anyone with an interest in Japanese pop culture is no doubt familiar with the “idol” industry, which turns young girls into pop music superstars with a…
Four years after their last offering, Dutch filmmakers Steffen Haars and Flip Van der Kuil are back with another hilariously irreverent comedy filled to the brim with…