Fantasia Review: The Paragon is a Micro-Budget Fantasy Comedy with Low-Key Charm
For a film about saving the universe from cosmic evil, stakes couldn’t be lower in The Paragon. What begins as a man’s quest for revenge takes a hard left into...
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Fantasia Review: Black Eyed Susan Confronts the Limitations of Humanity
As the world flattens with new technologies to reveal how tragedies we used to only hear about now and then are actually everyday occurrences, we become inured...
Fantasia Review: The Code Finds Dasha Nekrasova and Peter Vack Pushing Through the Chaos of Modern Life
Ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, The Code announced itself with several red flags. Set during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2021 with a...
Joel Potrykus on Vulcanizadora, the Darkness of Parenthood, and True Independent Filmmaking
Five years after his surrealist comedy Relaxer, and over a decade since his breakout Buzzard, Joel Potrykus is back with Vulcanizadora. For those familiar with...
Fantasia Review: Hell Hole Finds the Adams Family Serving Up a Parasitic Creature Feature
The parasitic creature at the center of The Adams Family's Hell Hole (comprising John Adams and Toby Poser as directors/co-writers/stars, with daughter Lulu jo...
Fantasia Review: The G Finds Dale Dickey Bringing the Rage
Ann Hunter (Dale Dickey) loves her husband. She's simply never been the caregiver type. That's what drew him to her in the first place––leaving his wife to be ...
Fantasia Review: The Count of Monte Cristo is a Silly Yet Mostly Good Time
While watching the latest take on Alexandre Dumas’ literary classic, this time by directors Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte (who just adapted...
Fantasia Review: Jérémy Clapin’s Meanwhile on Earth is a Dark Alien Tale About Loneliness
"They've gone into their dream." That's what the non-corporeal extraterrestrial entity (voiced by Dimitri Doré) says through a highly malleable seed that Elsa ...
Fantasia Review: Bookworm is an All-Ages Adventure That Feels a Bit Stale
After the dark comedy Come to Daddy, New Zealand director Ant Timpson travels back to his home country with lead actor Elijah Wood for Bookworm, an adventure d...
Fantasia Review: Carnage for Christmas is a Lightning-Fast Slasher Mystery
It's Lola's (Jeremy Moineau) first time back in her small hometown since leaving for the big city at 16 and transitioning. Thus she expects drama––either becau...