Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest: Don’t Get Short With ‘Downsizing’

Alexander Payne and Matt Damon remain small in this latest satirical scolding of our middle-class desires. Read More

Fantastic Fest: ‘Mom and Dad’ Grinds Gore for Your Pleasure

Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair chew through scenery and sinew in this latest wannabe grindhouse exercise. Read More

Fantastic Fest: Talking ‘The Endless’ With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead talk 'The Endless,' time travel, and the pervasiveness of cults in popular culture. Read More

Fantastic Fest: ‘Jailbreak’ Unleashes Brutal Fun from Cambodia

One-note plot. A whole symphony of ass-kicking mayhem. Read More

Fantastic Fest: Talking Misery and pleasure with the stars of ‘Gerald’s Game’

Two actors find the energy and the emotional truth in the room. Read More

Fantastic Fest: Talking the Insanity of Isolation with the Stars and Director of ‘1922′

A discussion of the American Gothic built on the heartbreak of loneliness and the hunger of rats. Read More

Fantastic Fest: A Conversation With the Cast and Director of ‘Super Dark Times’

We spoke with the director and stars of 'Super Dark Times,' the hauntingly bleak coming-of-age film. Read More

Fantastic Fest: ‘Top Knot Detective’ Suggests Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction But Fictional Truths Are Even Stranger

"The path of justice is like a woman. Confusing, difficult, annoying, sexy, but ultimately violent and full of death, destruction,… Read More

Fantastic Fest: ‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Is Head-Crushin’ Good Times

‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ trades in the open prairies of ‘Bone Tomahawk’ for the 6x8 of a federal prison. Read More