In this wrap up discussion, we all talk about what our favorite films of the festival were. Did we mention some of your favorites?
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“All the Moons is slower-paced vampire fare, and short on the grisly thrills that fans of the genre have come to love, but it is thick with the genre’s intoxicating moroseness, and an almost storybook-like structure with distinct phases.”
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“McKie enlisted real dancers in the Tokyo scene for his film, and it is both exhilarating and enlightening to see how the dance styles of popping, locking, voguing, krumping and more express themselves with Tokyo’s modern hip-hop disciples.”
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“…meticulous attention to detail…brisk pacing, and the comedic interactions between the characters lends this film to being easily rewatchable.”
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“Hotel Poseidon arrives at Fantasia International a mold and muck-ridden disasterpiece of nightmare cinema.”
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“Reece yanks at the strings behind Agnes with devilish glee, and builds upon the chops he earned in his previous two horrors to make Agnes his most spellbinding and formally refined picture yet.”
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“Fantasia 2021 will run August 5 -25 with, as usual, a fascinating selection of genre films, talks, and experiences.”
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“But because of the hyperfocus on Jeanne’s side of the story, Jumbo lacks the layers to add comprehensive context to the story.”
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“Today, Fantasia draws to a close. I couldn’t be more grateful to the festival for allowing me to be a part of this year's exciting and unique event.”
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“It’s a precarious scenario that Ray finds himself in, where the only thing more ghastly than the exuberant cost of his brother’s Omnia treatment…is the stringent conditions cablers are subjected to in order to earn their wage.”
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“Writer and director Quinn Armstrong curates this poignant story with great focus on the points he wants to make.”
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“Without being onboard the nostalgia train, Class Action Park becomes an overlong parable of insensible human behavior and one big missed opportunity…”
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“…the cast does a phenomenal job wielding the clickbaity lead-ins and enticing narrative details like lures on a fishing line, and we’re the fish being reeled in.”
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“Very few films can pull off a feature length one-take that covers as much area as Crazy Samurai Musashi does.”
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“[Matt Furie’s] passion for his work as an artist is one of the primary reasons Feels Good Man is such a captivating story.”
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This year is the 24th Fantasia International Film Festival, and I’m excited to be covering many of the featured films at the festival for the first time!
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