Tag: Fantastic Fest 2026
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Fantastic 2026: ‘Ürei’ makes for an upsetting watch
Out of Fantastic Fest, Yerkezhan Baizhan’s Ürei makes for one of the festival’s most depressing viewing experiences. It is deeply upsetting in tone and performance, mining themes of memory, regret, and powerlessness. The writer/director expands her six-minute short film into a pulverizing 80-minute tragedy. The Kazakhstan-set film rings with the shrill moan of death much…
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Fantastic 2026: ‘Godmother,’ a concoction of humor and mayhem
Out of Fantastic Fest, John Veron’s Godmother haunts the hallways of The House of the Devil before taking a room at Motel Hell. It’s wonderfully absurd, delightfully unhinged, and a perfect genre elixir to drug the viewer into a catatonic state. Veron, who co-wrote the script with Alanah Pearce, keeps the cards so close to…
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