Fantasia Film Festival 2026

The Specials

The Specials (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

The concept for Eiji Uchida’s The Specials sounds like a story so out there it shouldn’t work. It revolves around ...

The Origin of Ultraman

The Origin of Ultraman (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

Ultraman has been saving Japan from giant monsters since 1966, when special-effects pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya followed the success of Ultra ...

You Are the Film

You Are the Film (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

Makoto Ueda has spent years playing with time, repetition, and cause and effect in his clever screenplays. If you haven’t ...

Suzuki=Bakudan

Suzuki=Bakudan (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

Suzuki=Bakudan understands that the most frightening person in the room is not always the one you suspect. Sometimes it’s the ...

The Samurai and the Prisoner

The Samurai and the Prisoner (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

Although Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner may look like a sweeping samurai epic, it is a different film. ...

Wind Breaker

Wind Breaker (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

Most battle shonen stories try hard to look cool. However, Wind Breaker feels different. It is stylish and confident, but ...

The Mouths

The Mouths (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)

Mark Pacis

In 2002, Takashi Shimizu helped shape modern J-horror with Ju-on: The Grudge. After the massive success of The Grudge, he ...

2026 Fantasia Film Festival Artwork

From Samurai to Zombies: The 2026 Fantasia Film Festival Movies to Watch

Mark Pacis

The 2026 Fantasia Film Festival is right around the corner, which means one thing: my watchlist is already getting out ...