Fantastic Fest Review: The Found Footage Phenomenon
New documentary unspools the reels of fake-real films
"...‘em or hate ‘em, the twisted roots of cinema’s found footage genre were already snaking their way into popular..."
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Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/85
Found footage anthology finds a future by pushing the rules
"...sort of seasonal event, a veritable cottage industry of found footage shorts by a murderers row of horror filmmakers...."
Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021
Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup
"...barbarians and a head full of metal. Yes, Fantastic Fest has announced its first wave of programming for 2021...."
Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post
Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement
The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more
"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of..."
Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger
Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added
"...world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023...."
Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit
Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange
"...The fifteenth annual Fantastic Fest – the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of cinema unique and..."
July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone
Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest
"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi,..."
Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Fantastic Fest Goes for the Big 10
Kevin Smith's 'Tusk,' 'ABCs 2' and 'V/H/S 3' in first titles
"...Get giddy. Fantastic Fest, Austin's world-renowned celebration of all cinema geeky, strange, terrible..."
Aug. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced
Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more
"...Bite your nails in anticipation no more! Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of the weirdest corners of..."
Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest 2014: V/H/S Viral
Third time the charm for found footage anthology franchise?
"...The V/H/S found footage horror series has almost passed beyond being a..."
Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Interview: Jason Eisener on Kids vs. Aliens
The director of the teen-friendly horror discusses his influences
"...Jason Eisener. "I love that," the director of Fantastic Fest selection Kids vs. Aliens said. "There's a lot of..."
Sept. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Six Mindblowers From Fantastic Fest’s FF@Home
Our picks from the streaming side of the genre celebration
"...Fantastic Fest is over, right? Wrong! Yes, the in-person celebration of..."
Oct. 1, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now
What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years
"...the press to Zilker Park to announce a music festival named after Austin's world-famous television concert program. The event's..."
Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Fantastic Fest Cuts Into the Scarier Side of Cinema
Austin’s weirdest film festival returns
"...Fantastic Fest, Austin's annual celebration of the weirdest and wildest corners..."
Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest
Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle
"...which makes its world premiere this week at Fantastic Fest. Back when he was a student, "before I was..."
Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Celebrating 50 years of Big Easy music and culture
"...“A great festival experience that can’t be matched.” That’s the judgment of..."
March 17, 2022 Screens Post by Michael King
Fantastic Fest Review: Overlord
J.J. Abrams enters the surprisingly deep zombie Nazi genre
"...almost decade-old Dead Snow and the simply gonzoid indie found footage mayhem of Frankenstein's Army, is borderline inexcusable...."
Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Interview: Playing With the Tracking With Tim Robbins on VHYes
It's a father-son deal in this home movie insanity
"...had already started writing) was a surreal take on found footage: in 1987, a young boy is given a..."
Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Get a stage-side view of one of the great music festivals
"...“A great festival experience that can’t be matched.” That’s the judgment of..."
June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Michael King
Had Fun at the Fest
"...Waterloo Park on Saturday, Nov. 3 [“Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shots,” Music, Nov. 9]. It was a killer..."
Nov. 24, 2007 Postmarks
Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"
And why do we want him to scare us?
"...cam away. Nichols said, "Someone sent me that CCTV footage, and I thought it was completely insane."..."
Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
2004 ACL Fest Guide
Everything you need to know
"...that's NOT going to the Austin City Limits Music Festival? In just its third year, the festival is sitting..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature
Kendrick Lamar, Ethel Cain, and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest
Homegrown acts Font, We Don’t Ride Llamas debut on big stages
"...the argument for round two of Austin City Limits Festival – as well as second-weekend-only acts like Tegan &..."
Oct. 14, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman
Fantastic Fest Review: Something in the Dirt
Cerebral horror's greatest duo circle through cosmic conspiracies
"...time, what exactly is the mysterious artifact that Levi found in his apartment?..."
Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Panic Fest 2022: Rondo and Bob
Austin-made history of an Austin original, and his obsession
"...a massive scrap book of anecdotes - interviews, archive footage, and reenactments - about both men, and especially of..."
May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Film Flam
Casting news, a local adaptation, and more
"...Between casting tomorrow and a found footage fest next month, there should be plenty to..."
Nov. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Homegrown Horror
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett on 'V/H/S/2'
"...In a found footage horror movie, the audience is either the hunted..."
July 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99
The fifth installment in the found footage horror anthology series gets the Y2K jitters
"...Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (the team behind Fantastic Fest 2022 selection Something in the Dirt) and the Radio..."
Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
DVDanger: The Atticus Institute
Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries
"...contrast, this decade has become a quagmire of supernatural found footage horrors set in mental institutions. Most of them..."
Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'
Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin
"...two terrible fears to combine, it's claustrophobia and agoraphobia. Found footage horror Dark Mountain blends both, as a hapless..."
