There’s still some screenings today, but Fantastic Fest 2026 is over for me at least. I had a good festival this year. I didn’t get to watch all the films I hoped to, but it’s hard to be disappointed when I know I’ll see most of them eventually. […]
In more Fantastic Fest 2026 coverage, friend of the Gutter Robert A. Mitchell has some thoughts on the thriller/colonial horror story, Death Has No Master (Venezuela / Canada / Italy / Luxembourg) and interviews director Jorge Thielen Armand. Watch here.
My next movie at Fantastic Fest 2026 was Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Donkey Princess (Chile / France / Netherlands / Uruguay / Germany) and I think I love it. Princess Diana (Antonia Giesen) grows up in a fairy tale world with her mother the Queen (Victoria Giesen) […]
At Hye’s Musings, Heidi M. interviews Zarrar Kahn and Ali Hashmi on their short film, The Lion Does Not Concern Himself. “Zarrar Kahn and Mohammad Ali Hashmi join me to talk about their short film The Lion Does Not Concern Himself, a romantic comedy exploring masculinity, gym culture […]
At RogerEbert.com, Marya E. Gates interviews Nicolas Winding Refn on his new film, Her Private Hell (2026). “The thing about a fairytale is that it transcends genre, it transcends narrative, it transcends culture, it transcends sex, it transcends years, it’s ageless, and suddenly it has an endless amount […]
Rachel Talalay talks about how bad shots happen and, in particular, how the Freddie explosion shot from Freddie’s Dead: The New Nightmare (1991) happened. “A tweet told me this is the worst shot allowed on screen. I discuss how these things happen and what went wrong here. This […]
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