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"Chaos reigns" is the playful motto of the Austin-based Fantastic Fest, where fans are encouraged to mingle with filmmakers and critics for a full week of deliciously deranged cinema. Explaining the plot line of a Fantastic Fest selection could make...

Iceland’s first art house cinema, Bíó Paradís (Cinema Paradise), is the cozy central venue of the Reykjavík International Film Festival. Upon opening for business in 2010, the theater has screened the latest...

“A Film By Vera Vaughn” is one of those short films I’m hesitant to say too much about. On the other hand, it is a film to be viewed at least twice in order to get its full effect. This psychological horror short keeps the viewer...

Matt writes: The 54th Chicago International Film Festival runs from Wednesday, October 10th, through Sunday, October 21st, and includes a slew of enticing titles, such as its opening night selection, Felix Van Groeningen's "Beautiful Boy," starring...

[Editor's Note: This is a review of Part Two of "A Bread Factory," a matched set of films about an arts center's effect on a small town in upstate New York, written and directed by Patrick Wang ("In the Family"). Although each part stands...

[Editor's Note: This is a review of Part One of "A Bread Factory," a matched set of films about an arts center's effect on a small town in upstate New York, written and directed by Patrick Wang ("In the Family"). Although each part stands...

Brian Yuzna deals in extremes: extreme gore, extreme lust, extreme feeling, screaming, crying, the feeling that you could lose everything through the tiniest gesture. His characters strap each other to gurneys for unnecessary surgery, they're...

It's funny to think about the way festivals evolve, their many changing faces. I've never wanted to go to the Toronto International Film Festival because there are just too many movies. I'd drive myself crazy trying to see everything they've...

“Mighty heartbeat of the ocean’s cold depths, my strength and peace I drink from your sound.” This except from the poem “Surf” can be found on a plaque near the statue of its author, Einar Benediktsson, in...