24th Dec2025

Fantastic Fest 2025: ‘The Piano Accident’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jérôme Commandeur, Sandrine Kiberlain, Karim Leklou, Gabin Visona, Morena Gosset | Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux Across his career, French director and electronic musician Quentin Dupieux has effectively delivered absurdist dark comedies which grab viewers’ attention. That is true of The Piano Accident, which carries a palpable desire for viewers to […]

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05th Dec2025

Fantastic Fest 2025: ‘The Curse’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Yukino Kaizu, YU, Yutaka Kyan, Tammy Lin, Mimi Shao, Ray Fan, Mondo Otani, Wan-Hao Chen, Yuhei Shirakawa, Raion Yoza | Written and Directed by Kenichi Ugana Having made features for nearly a decade, Kenichi Ugana has never failed to show his clear love for horror films. My experience with the director has been with […]

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26th Nov2025

Fantastic Fest 2025: ‘Silencio’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Leticia Dolera, Ana Polvorosa, Omar Ayuso, María León, Lucía Díez, Mariola Fuentes, Carolina Rubio | Written by | Directed by Eduardo Casanova After winning the Main Competition at Fantastic Fest 2022 with La Pietà, writer/director Eduardo Casanova returns with another genre tale that is rooted in human frailty. Silencio follows three stories set across […]

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31st Oct2025

Fantastic Fest 2025: ‘Angel’s Egg’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Keiichi Noda, Mako Hyodo, Jinpachi Nezu | Directed by Mamoru Oshii Originally released in 1985, Angel’s Egg was a collaboration between writer/director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) and artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Speed Racer). The pair’s combined efforts led to this experimental work set in a post-apocalyptic setting, offering little spoken dialogue […]

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03rd Oct2025

Fantastic Fest 2025: ‘Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story’ Review

by James Rodrigues

When it comes to wrestling, the repeated phrase that appears is how fake it all is. Regardless of how staged the brawls and stories are, it does not diminish how the professionals participating have to be athletes, stunt people, and actors all at once. The largest wrestling promotion in the world is WWE (previously known […]

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