Fantasia 2026: Pursued By The Past in Tim Riedel’s ‘Ancestral Beasts’
Fantasia 2026: In Métis director Tim Riedel’s debut feature ‘Ancestral Beasts’, trauma takes on a physical, malevolent form.
Category: Fantasia Festival
The 30th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival Touches Down In Montreal July 16-August 2, 2026
Sachin Hingoo and Jeffery X Martin run down their top picks from the 30th Annual Fantasia Film Festival including new films from the Adams Family, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Makoto Ueda, Takashi Shimizu, Alice Maio Mackay, Seth A. Smith, and more!
Fantasia 2025: For the Love of Film in Kenichi Ugana’s ‘I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn’
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of underground horror filmmaking, Kenichi Ugana’s I Fell In Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn once again finds the heart underneath the blood and viscera.
Fantasia 2025: ‘Buffet Infinity’ is a Mind-Melting, Genre-Defying Experience
Winner, winner, endless dinner! ‘Buffet Infinity’ is one of Jeffery X Martin’s absolute favorites from Fantasia 2025. Read his review before it’s too late!
Fantasia 2025: Mickey Reece’s ‘Every Heavy Thing’ is a Subversive Tech-Noir that Conceals a Dark Humour
Fantasia 2025: Mickey Reece’s ‘Every Heavy Thing” is a both a retro noir thriller and a prescient black comedy that feels extremely of the moment.
Fantasia 2025: ‘Anything That Moves’ Pedals Its Way Through Sex and Violence With Energetic Style
Our Fantasia Fest 2025 coverage gets on its bike and rides along with ‘Anything That Moves,’ a graphic, grimy, and gorgeous trip through Chicago.
Fantasia 2025: Jody Wilson’s ‘The Bearded Girl’ Shaves Its Own Path
Jody Wilson’s debut feature ‘The Bearded Girl’ is a coming of age fable that’s both well -worn, tried and true, but with enough slightly shifted reality to feel fantastical.
Fantasia Festival 2024: Scooter McCrae’s ‘Black Eyed Susan’ is Difficult Fare (in several ways)
Fantasia 2024: Scooter McCrae’s ‘Black Eyed Susan’ presents some intriguingly provocative ideas about AI and identity that falter in execution.
Fantasia Fest 2024: Great Songs and Gallons of Gore Make ‘Chainsaws Were Singing’ A Glorious Delight
Jeffery X Martin thinks ‘Chainsaws Were Singing’ is one of the best movies to come out of the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival. Read his review! It’s right here!
Fantasia Fest 2024: ‘Hollywood 90028’ Presents Pure Despair, 1970s Style
Our Fantasia Fest 2024 coverage keeps on keepin’ on with a look at 1974’s ‘Hollywood 90028,’ a strange adventure that goes under the feathers of the City of Angels.
Fantasia Festival 2024: Tilman Singer’s ‘Cuckoo’ is Delicious in Disorientation
Fantasia 2024: Tilman Singer’s ‘Cuckoo’ is deliciously disorienting and freaky in all the ways you like.
Fantasia Fest 2024: ‘Vulcanizadora’ is a Beautiful Instrument of Devastation
Our Fantasia Fest 2024 coverage keeps on truckin’ with a review of Joel Potrykus’s ‘Vulcanizadora,’ which is easy on the eyes but hard on the heart.