Fantastic Fest 2024

Though I was not IN Austin for Fantastic Fest, I was able to sit down and watch the official selection THE LIFE & DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE from the comfort of my own home, so in a way I was attending this year’s Fantastic Fest in spirit. The Fantastic Fest Lowdown: Well educated and raised […]

It’s easy to forget how revolutionary the American television show “Saturday Night Live” was when it came on the air in 1975. A live sketch show, made by a flock of twenty –somethings who had never made anything before was a highly risky proposition. It was a huge gamble for flagship network NBC, back when […]

DON’T MESS WITH GRANDMA is a vivid and fluid black comedy written and directed by Jason Krawczyk. JT (Michael Jai White) works delivering meals to seniors, which is sometimes easier said than done. But a bunch of his time is taken up with elder care: being a dutiful grandson taking care of his Granna (Jackie […]

Editor’s Note: It was a busy opening night at Fantastic Fest with many filmmakers, actors and movie buffs all in attendance for the start of eight days of genre mayhem. My gifted writer Anna Hanks was at the premiere of NEVER LET GO, which was also simulatenously released in theatres everywhere at the same time. […]

Spooky season is nearly here. Halloween decorations are starting to slither up on stores and houses while skeletons of all sizes and sorts are for sale. That means it’s time for Fantastic Fest, the perfect kickoff to the creepiest time of the year! Fantastic Fest is one of the largest genre festivals in the USA, […]