Fantasia Film Festival
The Specials (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
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 (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
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 (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
Makoto Ueda has spent years playing with time, repetition, and cause and effect in his clever screenplays. If you haven’t ...
Suzuki=Bakudan (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
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 (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
Although Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner may look like a sweeping samurai epic, it is a different film. ...
Wind Breaker (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
Most battle shonen stories try hard to look cool. However, Wind Breaker feels different. It is stylish and confident, but ...
The Mouths (Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Review)
In 2002, Takashi Shimizu helped shape modern J-horror with Ju-on: The Grudge. After the massive success of The Grudge, he ...
From Samurai to Zombies: The 2026 Fantasia Film Festival Movies to Watch
The 2026 Fantasia Film Festival is right around the corner, which means one thing: my watchlist is already getting out ...
Stuntman (Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 Review)
For too long, stunt performers have gone underappreciated. They’re either celebrated in behind-the-scenes featurettes or in a montage playing during ...
A Chinese Ghost Story III (Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 Review)
First debuting in 1987, A Chinese Ghost Story redefined Hong Kong supernatural cinema. The film quickly became a cult favorite, ...
