Fantastic Fest brought the greasy strangler himself to the Alamo Drafthouse with co-star Elizabeth De Razzo to screen the movie GREASY STRANGLER, which our writer Bears Fonte covered at Sundance and called "so darn weird, singular, and unforgivingly unique that they practically dare you to try to sum it up." (Full Article) Paul catches up to the two in the Alamo Draft … [Read more...]
BRAND NEW “AMERICAN HONEY:” SASHA LANE
We had a chance to catch breakout star Sasha Lane on the red carpet for Fantastic Fest during the premiere of AMERICAN HONEY. Sasha was discovered while taking a break from studying psychology and social work at Texas State University to party with friends in Panama City Beach, Florida by director Andrea Arnold. Paul Salfen conducts the interview. Paul Salfen is a … [Read more...]
Fantastic Fest Interview: Simon Rumley plumbs the shadows of addiction in FASHIONISTA
April’s life spirals out of control as she begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her -- the only thing that gives her comfort is clothes: the touch, the smell, the build-up of clothes around her. Her search for security brings her in and out of the lives of two other men, a guitar-slinging bohemian named Hank, and the morally questionable Randall who likes to dress her … [Read more...]
FANTASTIC FEST INTERVIEW: TIM BURTON
Paul Salfen talks to Tim Burton on the red carpet at Fantastic Fest 2016 about MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN. Paul Salfen is a Dallas-based TV host, producer, editor, writer, and consultant who currently holds the positions of producer and co-host of Let's Go DFW (CBS Dallas), Cinemark Online, and co-host of The ANE Show on iHeartMedia, and … [Read more...]
Fantastic Fest Interview: MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA’s Dash Shaw on teen upward social mobility and Charles Schulz
With IRON GIANT’s Tim McCanlies as one of the founding fathers of Fantastic Fest, you can always expect a few animated gems each year. Although I was not impressed with THE RED TURTLE which seemed stuck in its decision to remain non-verbal despite two of the characters clearly capable of speech, and NOVA SEED which played out as a discarded nonsensical sequence from HEAVY … [Read more...]
Fantastic Fest Interview: THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Brings On-The-Job Horror To A New Level
The contained horror film is always just as much about the ‘where’ the victims are contained as the horror they face, and what supersedes both are the actual characters themselves. In THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, André Øvredal has found the perfect set-up for an evening of terror. A father and a son examine an unidentified body in the morgue in the basement of their home in a … [Read more...]
Fantastic Fest Review: THE DEVIL’S CANDY Leaves Sour Taste In The Mouth
THE DEVIL'S CANDY has a lot going for it. A stellar cast including the star of my favorite show on television Shiri Appleby, (Unreal), Ethan Embry so good at playing between good and evil and newcomer Kiara Glasco all shine as a family who buys a house with a history. Also the film has probably the best source music and score of any film playing Fantastic Fest this year with a … [Read more...]
