NewFest has announced the lineup of their 35th Edition including many highly anticipated queer films from around the world. The festival will open with George C. Wolfe’s Netflix film RUSTIN that garnered high praise in Toronto for Colman Domingo’s portrayal of the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. NYAD from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy […]
2023 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has announced another stellar lineup for its 2023 edition. It will open with the World Premiere of KILL YOUR LOVER from directors Alix Austin and Kier Siewert. The Centerpiece of the festival is Pascal Plante’s disturbing psychological serial killer thriller RED ROOMS, which won the top prizes at Karlovy Vary and […]
61st New York Film Festival Lineup
New York Film Festival’s 61st edition will take place from September 29 to October 15, 2023. Their lineups are always exciting, but this year’s seems especially loaded with acclaimed new films from all around the world. Todd Haynes’ MAY DECEMBER starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore will open the festival. Sofia Coppola’s PRISCILLA depicting the […]
Killing Romance
Lee Won-suk’s KILLING ROMANCE from Fantasia Fest was also the Opening Film of New York Asian Film Festival. An actress and her biggest fan are trying to kill her abusive husband in the often funny and manic musical comedy. It was amusing to see Parasite’s Lee Sun-kyun in silly evil mode.
Richelieu
Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s RICHELIEU from Fantasia Festival lays out the real life horrors migrant workers face every day, in this case at a food processing plant in Quebec. Influenced by The Dardennes, it is a tough yet necessary watch and has strong performances from Ariane Castellanos and the supporting cast.
Birth/Rebirth
Judy Reyes is back in scrubs, this time as a Bronx nurse trying to bring her daughter back to life with the help of the mad doctor Marin Ireland in Fantasia Festival horror BIRTH/REBIRTH. Both actresses deliver and the film would make David Cronenberg proud.
With Love and A Major Organ
Romantic indie sci-fi WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN is a highlight of this year’s Fantasia Fest lineup. Here hearts are objects to be ripped out and traded and Anabel is yearning for human connection. If you like Eternal Sunshine and The Lobster, this should be right up your alley.
A Disturbance In The Force
A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE from Fantasia Fest is an entertaining documentary about the infamous disaster that was the Star Wars Holiday Special with insight from people involved and well-known Star Wars fans. It should appeal to both die hard fans and those who are looking for a fun time.
Hundreds of Beavers
If you are a fan of slapstick silent comedies and animation, you’ll have a ball with Mike Cheslik’s Fantasia Fest selection HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. It is incredibly imaginative, very funny. A seemingly endless source of wonderful silliness.
Silver Haze
Silver Haze reunites director Sacha Polak with the star of her previous film Dirty God, Vicky Knight, who, like her character, is a burn survivor in real life. It’s a messy, but worthwhile film about trauma, anger, human connections, and ultimately forgiveness. It is streaming via OutFest LA.