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Fantastic Fest Photos: Miami Connection
During my recent interview with Alamo Drafthouse programmer Zack Carlson, we spoke about the American Film Genre Archive (AFGA) and some of the found films that volunteers that support this nonprofit...
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Fantastic Fest Review: Besties
If Fantastic Fest screens a movie made by women with females in the lead, I'll be there. (Okay, unless it screens at midnight or is excessively violent/gory. They don't call me the Film Festival Wuss...
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Fantastic Fest Photos: A Very Doggy 'Frankenweenie' Premiere
The Frankenweenie premiere on opening night of Fantastic Fest this year was a learning experience for me: Taking pictures of animals is no walk in the park. Even the cutest and sweetest pets don't...
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Fantastic Fest Photos: 'Aftershock' with Eli Roth
When I reflect on the big box office successes of the 1970s, I think most about the disaster film genre dominated by producer and "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen. Airport, Earthquake, The Towering...
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Fantastic Fest 2012: The Afterglow
Fantastic Fest 2012 is behind us and the number one complaint that I've heard is about Fantastic Fest withdrawal. The closing-night party was filled with the same high energy and camaraderie...
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Fantastic Fest 2012: Two from Austin
What better way to wrap up Slackerwood's Fantastic Fest 2012 coverage than with a look at the two Austin-made shorts that screened during the festival, both of which I enjoyed? And what could be more...
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Updated October 12, 2012.Slackerwood was all over Fantastic Fest 2012. Here's a list of all our coverage (after the jump) in one location.read more
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Review: Wreck-It Ralph
In the tradition of Pixar films, before Wreck-It Ralph plays a wonderful short that was included in the Fantastic Fest animated shorts program, Paperman. Directed by John Kahrs and produced by John...
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Alamo South Lamar Memories: Fantastic Fest 2008
I moved to Austin from Seattle a little over four years ago. Before I moved to Austin I made sure of one thing: Did Austin have any decent film festivals? Seattle has one of the best festivals in the...
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Fantastic Fest Travels to Lakeline for 2013
The most highly-anticipated Austin film news question has finally been answered. No, not the name of the villain Benedict Cumberbatch plays in Star Trek Into Darkness. On Friday morning with this blog...
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Alamo Lakeline Ready to Host Grand Opening -- and 'Machete Kills'
Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline has announced its grand opening for the week of July 22. The new location, near Lakeline Mall on 183 North, is the largest Drafthouse so far with ten screens and seating for...
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Fantastic Fest Adds More Films to 2013 Lineup
Yesterday, Fantastic Fest announced the second wave of programming for the ninth year of the festival, taking place September 19 - 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline. See below for descriptions of 19...
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Fantastic Fest Review: Gravity
"State of the art" is described on Wikipedia as "the highest level of development of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time." Ever so rarely, a film appears that...
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Fantastic Fest 2013: Randy Moore, 'Escape from Tomorrow'
Going to Disneyland as a child, I heard there were cameras in the bushes. My mom's best friend, a California native, said she had considered working there in her youth and heard that employees who...
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Fantastic Fest Review: Ragnarok
In 1904, Norwegian archaeologist Haakon Shetelig and Swedish archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson excavated one of the greatest discoveries of the Viking Age -- a burial mound located on the Oseberg farm...
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Fantastic Fest Review: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
We Gotta Get Out of This Place was shot in Taft and Corpus Christi, Texas, during winter months where endless dead cotton fields perfectly represent the inescapable bleak feelings suffered by...
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Fantastic Fest Quick Snaps: 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place' Red Carpet
Generally Fantastic Fest programming is heavily centered around films from around the world, so it was great to see Texas production We Gotta Get Out of This Place on the slate of premieres at this...
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Fantastic Fest Review: The Fake
South Korean writer/director Sang-ho Yeon created quite a stir at Fantastic Fest in 2012 with the disturbingly bleak animated drama, The King of Pigs. Serious tales conveyed through animation are rare,...
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Fantastic Fest Review: Tales from the Organ Trade
A recurring urban legend is that of a business traveler who awakens in his hotel room after a nightcap in the local bar, finding himself in a bathtub full of ice and a bandaged incision. Upon...
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Fantastic Fest Review: The Congress
My favorite selection from Fantastic Fest 2013 combines the best aspects of all genres represented at the fest. It is a powerful science fiction story with an element of horror in biting social...
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