From March 8-16, 2024, the center of our genre-film loving world moved to Austin, Texas, US, where the SXSW Film & TV Festival unveiled a broad and diverse selection of films and television shows. Our own J. Hurtado attended the festival in person, while I provided supplemental review coverage from my home, thanks to the kindness of various publicists. Our intrepid fellow editor Andrew Mack kept his eyes peeled before and after the fest for pertinent news items of interest. Per official fest verbiage, the lineup included "89 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 6 North American Premieres, 4 U.S. Premieres, 13 Texas Premieres + 80 Short Films including 19 Music Videos. The TV program includes 7 TV Premieres, 8 TV Spotlight World Premieres and 6...
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- 3/26/2024
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Even before I began contributing to this site in 2005, I heard about Fantasia International Film Festival. Founded in Montreal, Canada, in 1996, the sprawling festival is the grandfather of all genre-film festivals in North American, and has unleashed untold joy into the entire movie-loving world. My editorial colleague and True Canadian Andrew Mack has been positively giddy with excitement about the festival's return to in-person screenings, which he has been documenting in a series of articles that I trust you've been reading as they've been published over the past couple months. This year's event gets underway Thursday, July 14. Some of our sterling editors and faithful contributing writers will be attending in person this year, including Kurt Halfyard and J Hurtado, who have kindly...
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- 7/13/2022
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"Are you having dark thoughts, Clay?" The trailer for Canadian thriller Neon Lights certainly looks promising. The story itself involves a family reunion in a large, spacious home with many rooms, some with quite distinctive lighting. My colleague Andrew Mack was similarly impressed with the trailer, though neither of us have seen the complete film. Here's the synopsis again: "Tech tycoon, Clay Amani, retreats to an off the grid location in search of meaning and peace, with disconnected siblings and their offspring, only to be caught in a bone-chilling killing spree within his new estate." Neon Lights is now available On Demand and Digital via Momentum Pictures. Check out the trailer below....
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- 7/12/2022
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As the global pandemic continues to persist in varying degrees this year, film festivals around the world are also faced with a daunting challenge: how do you plan an event that will be able to cope with limitations that are impossible to predict? Our own Andrew Mack, himself a festival programmer, reached out to a number of festivals worldwide that are renowned for their genre programming, and his fascinating research can be read (again) here. Another festival we love, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) in Switzerland, has been making plans for their 20th edition, scheduled to be held July 2-10. Let me just quote from their most recent announcement: "The festival will once again take place in its most well-known locations, all the while...
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- 5/4/2021
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In late November, many of us will be looking towards the Canadian prairies with great envy. Not only will the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival be featuring a terrific line-up of films, they will be happening live in the theatre. Being one of the few parts of North American were virus rates are not high, the festival will still be operating at a reduced capacity. But it is happening nonetheless, and as usual, the team has pulled off a kick-ass programme. Several films here have already graced our review pages, including Jumbo, Violation, Get the Hell Out, and Black Bear. There's shorts and features, Canadian and International content, and a...
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- 11/3/2020
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Described as "an absolute first in the history of South African cinema - and perhaps in humankind itself!", Ryan Kruger's Fried Barry will enjoy its Canadian premiere at the upcoming Fantasia 2020, which will be a "virtual event accessible to movie lovers across Canada." My colleague Andrew Mack wrote about the first wave of titles announced, which includes Fried Barry, described thusly by the festival: "An alien takes over the body of a middle-aged drug addict (Gary Green) and goes on a delirious joyride across Cape Town in Ryan Kruger's Fried Barry, an acid trip of a road movie. Winner of a RapidLion Award for Best South African Film, it's a tale that's alternately depraved and oddly sweet - featuring over 100 actors and some...
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- 7/6/2020
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On impulse, I responded to an email about a movie from Africa. It's the best Us$2.99 that I've spent all month. The email came from Alamo On Demand and the film is Crazy World, which our own Andrew Mack wrote about last year, when we premiered the poster and a few still images in connection with a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Made by Ugandan filmmaker Igg Nabwana, Crazy World is a continuous burst of joy. The plot really doesn't matter, but here's the description that Tiff's Peter Kuplowsky wrote: "The latest gonzo extravaganza from Wakaliwood, Uganda -- home of "Da Best Of Da Best Movies!" including cult hits Who Killed Captain Alex? and Fantastic Fest 2016 Audience Award winner Bad Black --...
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- 6/19/2020
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And now for something completely different... Apologies if you have been coming to Screen Anarchy to take your mind off the current War on Covid-19 aka global pandemic. However, it has been a slow few weeks in the movie industry (understatement), and any recently released key art has been a tad underwhelming. While browsing around for today's column, and glancing at Andrew Mack's ever-savvy Social Media curation, I stumbled upon some war-time propaganda posters. The first three are made by Center for Infectious Disease Research, and was a cool way for raising awareness in fighting various illnesses and disease. More recently, Canadian artist Chris Moet, made this wonderful Covid-19 poster in regards to flattening the curve in helping out the Medical and hospital sectors during...
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- 4/3/2020
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We heard about a new entry in the venerable Child's Play series of horror films last year. Our own Andrew Mack noted the news. Now the first trailer has been released and, yes, it looks like a Chucky movie, even though original creator Don Mancini is not involved. Lars Klevberg directed from a script by Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury 2). Aubrey Plaza stars as the mother this time, which is cool, and makes me hope she does something subversive and weird with the role, though that's not apparent in the trailer. Still, the use of a song I always associated with TV's The Partridge Family is, er, interesting. Gabriel Bateman and Brian Tyree Henry also star. The...
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- 2/8/2019
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Last weekend, Brad Bird's Incredibles 2 landed with a thudding 'Whomp' which was heard across the world. Our Andrew Mack loved it and he was not the only one: with 180 million dollars domestic and a CinemaScore rating of A+, you can say the film is looking towards a bright future. The same can be said about Brad Bird, and honestly, judging from his films the man always has a lovely bright future living in his mind anyway. So let's make him our topic this week. What do you think his best film is? Do you prefer him working in live-action or in animation? And what source material would you love him to tackle in the future? Chime in, in the comments below, and Have...
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- 6/19/2018
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Recently, my colleague Andrew Mack wrote about the upcoming Toronto Japanese Film Festival and its just-announced lineup. We've got a trailer for the opening night film, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, that is simply enchanting. Directed by Yamazaki Takashi, it revolves around a mystery novelist / detective and his new wife. She is surprised to learn that they will be living in a town that is filled with weird, mystical, though basically friendly, creatures. But then something drastic happens, and the detective must put his skills to very personal use. The film opened in Japan last December and opens in Hong Kong later this week, on Thursday, May 10. It will make its Canadian premiere at the festival, which kicks on June 7. Read Mack's...
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- 5/7/2018
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