The Essential Samurai Films of Toshiro Mifune
Samurai Supreme. Film SAT analogy question number 1: John Wayne is to cowboy as Toshiro Mifune is to ___________. No… Read More
November 22, 2016
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Too Late’s Style and Craft Arrive Right on Time
This may be the best straightforward California-noir since Altman's The Player. Read More
April 1, 2016
April and the Extraordinary World Is Extraordinarily Original With Ordinary Characters
GkidsIt’s 19th century France, and - in the world of this story - Napoleon Bonaparte remained in power long enough… Read More
March 24, 2016
Zoom Is Too Ambitiously High-Concept For Its Own Good
Elevation PicturesRead more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here.Alison Pill is Emma, an aspiring comic book artist who earns her… Read More
October 1, 2015
Man vs Snake Is the Best Documentary About a Game You’ve Never Heard Of
Read more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here.A few years back the documentary The King of Kong chronicled the underdog… Read More
September 30, 2015
Liza The Fox Fairy Channels The Best of Jeunet
FilmTeamOf the thousands of pictures released around the world in a given year, maybe a few tens of them appear… Read More
September 29, 2015
Mamoru Hosada’s Favorite Themes Come to Fruition In The Boy and the Beast
FUNimation EntertainmentRead more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here.Mamoru Hosoda has been one of the more reliable creators of coming-of-age… Read More
September 28, 2015
February Asks That You Sympathize With the Devil
A24Read more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here.Kat (Kiernan Shipka) is a lonely wallflower at a boarding school in the… Read More
September 26, 2015
The Assassin Is Too Stealthy to Engage
Well Go USARead more of our Fantastic Fest 2015 coverage here.Hsiao-Hsien Hou has long been one of world cinema’s most revered storytellers.… Read More
September 26, 2015