Festivals
Fantasia Festival Picks
Five films you should check out at Fantasia this year. [read on]
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Fantasia Reviews: Stay Online and Hippo
Two great films from the Fantasia fest [read on]
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Fantasia Reviews: Mami Wata
Slow moving film about female African spiritual leaders reminiscent of Kurosawa’s work [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : September Festivals and Events 2021
September is packed with events [read on]
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Fantasia Festival Reviews: Ida Red
John Swab’s Ida Red focuses on “Ida Red” Walker (Melissa Leo), the woman who united the criminals in Tulsa and head of a Midwestern crime family, is dying in prison. Her two sons desperately want [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : August Festivals and Events 2021
August is hot and full of festivals in Montreal [read on]
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What to Do in Montreal : July Festivals and Events 2021
July brings back plenty of festival faves — thank you vaccinations! [read on]
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Fantasia 2019: Swallow [Review]
The Fantasia International Film Festival is recognized for screening some unique and risky films to their dedicated and passionate moviegoers. Most of the programming consists of genre flicks that are highly recommended to be seen [read on]
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Fantasia 2019: Daniel Isn’t Real [Review]
Let’s all be real here. Having an imaginary friend is actually quite terrifying. That feeling of being controlled and/or tormented by another spiritual being would be indescribably frightening. Adam Egypt Mortimer proves that fact with [read on]
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Fantasia 2018: The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion [Review]
After its international premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, South Korean director Park Hoon-jung brought to the audience a gritty action thriller titled The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion. The film takes place in a [read on]
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Fantasia 2018: Searching [Review]
A father searches for his missing daughter using her computer and social media. [read on]
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Fantasia 2018: Summer of ’84 [Review]
The usually winning combination of a small town in the 80s and a group of kids trying to solve a mystery does not work out for this new film. [read on]
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Fantasia 2018: Anna and the Apocalypse [Review]
Zombie film meets musical in this fun, genre-bending new flick. [read on]
Festivals
A Tardy Fantasia Festival Review: On the White Planet
South Korean director Bum-wook Hur introduces a beautifully bleak animation film to the 2015 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival. Set in a dystopia where everything is colorless and people have gone dementedly cruel, On the [read on]
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Deathgasm: The Climax of Witty Comedy and Excessive Gore
Brace yourself for 90 minutes of sheer awesome as Jason Lei Howden offers a horrifically hilarious Canadian Premiere to the Fantasia Festival’s screens. Deathgasm, a New Zealand satire on slasher films, metal heads and cheesy [read on]
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Fantasia-fest: Puppets with Punch in “The Arti: The Adventure Begins”
The last time I saw a puppet movie was way back, with Team America… but this here is on a whole new level. [read on]
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Fantasia Festival Presents Dracula’s Comical Brethren
Bite into a chilling comedy full of unhappy vampires and bloodcurdling puns – brilliantly previewed the terrifying short animation The Mill at Calder’s End. [read on]