Author: Brian Salisbury

Why do I love Fantastic Fest? What is it about a week-long, punishing gauntlet of film that has me striking days off my calendar in…

Tim League, owner of the Alamo Drafthouse and co-founder of Fantastic Fest, is a giant child. I don’t mean that as a disparagement; quite the…

Every once in awhile Fantastic Fest delivers something way out of left field. The programmers from time to time will discover something truly special that,…

In a lot of ways, I am the perfect member of the Death Squad to write this review. In other ways, I may be the…

As you may have noticed from reading the daily reports from the Death Squad, a lot of this festival revolves around expectations and anticipation. We…

I have been a die-hard film geek for a few years now and as such I wholeheartedly subscribe to the god-like status assigned to Mr.…

The secret screenings of Fantastic Fest are always a big draw. For some, it is the ultimate payoff for dropping serious bank on a VIP…

America does not have the monopoly on superhero films. They exist and thrive on multiple continents with the same varying degrees of quality that we…

If I were asked to put together the perfect man night, by whom I don’t know, it would inevitably involve Jack Daniels, local Austin beef…