I’m excited to tell you all about the festival, the filmmakers and their incredible work but I want to explain how this all came together for me so you can truly understand how special this whole event was. I have no idea why I hadn’t heard of this particular festival but when I discovered it …
My First Time At The 2019 “What The Fest!?” Film Festival Was Pretty Cool
I discovered “What The Fest!?” film festival while attending a screening at the IFC Theater here in NYC. The ad was this cute purple poster with a girl holding a popcorn bag full of eyeballs and I thought, yeah, this is right up my alley! So I got in touch with the big folks in …
2019 Athena Film Festival Showcased Some Of The Best Films & Documentaries By Women Ever
Without meaning to reveal how green I feel writing about film since my writing background stems from comparative literature, poetry, short stories, and essays, to writing for editorial fashion and travel, I had no acknowledgment whatsoever about all the different film festivals going on right under my NYC nose. A fellow writer showed lots of …
Fantastic Fest Review + Interview: Writer/Director David Oelhoffen Talks About His Latest Movie “Close Enemies”
[yasr_overall_rating] Driss and Manuel are two childhood friends who end up taking opposite paths: Manuel chose to embrace the thug life, while Driss becomes a cop. When Manuel’s biggest deal goes terribly wrong, the two men meet again and come to realize they both need each other to survive in their worlds.
Fantastic Fest Review: “You Might Be The Killer” Is The Fresh Future Of Slashers
[yasr_overall_rating] Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.
Fantastic Fest Review: “Special Day” Is A Short-Lived Celebration
[yasr_overall_rating] A freaky family revelation kills a young woman’s enthusiasm on her birthday and then just plain kills, kills, kills in this wickedly wound fright fest.
Fantastic Fest Review: “Overlord” Is Mindlessly Entertaining
[yasr_overall_rating] On the eve of D-Day, paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to carry out a crucial mission for the invasion. As they approach their target, they soon begin to realize there’s more going on in the Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation.
Fantastic Fest Review: “Halloween” Is Well Worth The Wait
[yasr_overall_rating] Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Fantastic Fest Review: Daniel Goldhaber’s Debut Film “Cam” Finds The Whore In Wormhole
[yasr_overall_rating] Alice is a camgirl with principles. She doesn’t do public shows, she doesn’t tell her fans she loves them, and she doesn’t fake her orgasms. But when a mysterious lookalike takes over her channel, the rules no longer apply.