Fantasia

  • Screenwriting

Director Sam Fox on Embracing Your Inner Weirdo

My whole life I've second guessed myself, never thinking I was good, smart, funny or profound enough. I’ve only recently…

6 months ago
  • Festivals

In Where the Devil Roams, Desperate Carnies Travel 1930s America

"They say that ambiance is really important," someone says in Where the Devil Roams, the latest creepy homespun horror movie…

9 months ago
  • Festivals

Brutal Drama Megalomaniac, Doomsday Comedy Kappei Win Top Fantasia Prizes

The Fantasia Film Festival celebrated a wide array of films Sunday, across genres and continents — including Best Feature winner…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

In The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, Fungus Reminds Us of Our Humanity

I'm struggling to think of another film that resembles The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, a South Korean film about a dangerous…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Halloween Ends Trailer; Tarantino’s Podcast; Greetings From Fantasia

Pulp Fiction writers Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary reunite for a podcast; The Halloween Ends trailer is AARP-approved; the Fantasia…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Jane Campion Returns; Inigo Montoya’s Inspiration; Fantasia Winners

Benedict Cumberbatch enters whistling in Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog; Kristen Stewart channels Princess Diana's beauty and misery;…

3 years ago
  • The Rundown

Tom Hanks Unveils Cleveland Indians’ New Name; Sean Penn’s Ultimatum; a Māori Worldview

1978 Cleveland Critics Circle winner Tom Hanks gives back; Sean Penn won't work with the unvaxxed; the new film Cousins…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

John Carpenter to Deliver Fantasia Masterclass

The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 24th edition of the event, which will be held…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Fantasia and Brooklyn Film Festivals Go Online

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival and New York City's Brooklyn Film Festival are the latest film festivals to go online…

4 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Fantasia International Film Festival 2018: Michael Ironside Talks Dune, Verhoeven, and Telekinesis in the Family

Few personalities encapsulate the brilliantly mad spirit of genre cinema more completely than Canadian actor Michael Ironside. In attendance at…

6 years ago
  • MM Guide 2018

Scaring Up Funds: How to Acquire Investors When Your Movie’s in Horror, the Most Profitable Genre of Them All

We’ve all heard the stories. Paranormal Activity, a film with a budget slightly less than a used Honda, made $193…

6 years ago
  • Best Of

The World’s 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests, 2018

The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of…

7 years ago
  • Fall 2015

Looking Alive: Five Ways to Survive Your Horror Film’s Festival Run

Now that your genre film has gotten into a festival, how will you survive it? 1. If your horror film…

8 years ago