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Fantastic Fest Journal: The Wave

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:00:02 +0000

The Wave highlights the realities of both stranger-danger and drug use, but what you really should be wary of is insurance companies. Justin Long stars as Frank. Frank has an annoying wife (Sarah Minnich) and is barely keeping his head above water financially, but that’s all going to change after making his big presentation to...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: Pelican Blood

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:00:02 +0000

Motherhood has been a source of inspiration for countless horror films and tales of terror. Pelican Blood might not strictly sit within the horror genre, but it will crawl under your skin all the same. Director Katrin Gebbe’s first film, 2013’s Nothing Bad Can Happen, still haunts me to this day. It’s based on a...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: Jallikattu

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:00:23 +0000

Jallikattu is a mesmerizing feat of the power of cinema, packaged in a simple story about a buffalo. At its core, the brilliance of Jallikattu is the coexistence of its diametrically opposing natures. It has a simple story, but it’s excruciatingly complex in execution. It’s rural, but still crowded with people. Most of all, it’s...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: The Wind

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:00:06 +0000

Emma Tammi’s The Wind is based on terrifying true stories. Back in the Old West, “prairie madness” would actually drive people mad. From the isolation to the unfamiliar surroundings, just about everything involved in the day-to-day lives of settlers was part of a recipe for losing your marbles. This should have made for a compelling...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: Between Worlds

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:00:08 +0000

With the recent explosion of Mandy on social media and the big screen, the cult of Nic Cage has been given new life. With these “Rage Cage” flicks, it just makes sense to give the actor a character and a rough plot, and let him loose. Between Worlds fails its audiences on all fronts. It...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: Suspiria (2018)

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:00:16 +0000

Horror fans can be a tough audience to please. Speaking as a lifelong member of that tribe, I know we can be curmudgeons. We complain about remakes and sequels, while also complaining when films don’t offer the fan-service that franchises serve up on a platter. When it was announced that Dario Argento’s beloved giallo Suspiria...

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Fantastic Fest Journal: An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:00:26 +0000

Director Jim Hosking is a singular force. His first feature , The Greasy Strangler, was doused in anxious energy and grease, so much so that I desperately wanted to take a shower after watching it. It’s not that his films are disgusting (though they are), they just feel wrong. Intentionally and unabashedly wrong. Hosking’s second...

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