The Same Storm
| B- | Austin Film Festival 2021 | This was a COVID film. It not only took place during the worst period of the pandemic, but also was all Zoom…
Mad God
| --- | Fantastic Fest 2021 | According to the description, this film is a labor of love that master animator Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and many of…
Name Above Title
| C- | Fantastic Fest 2021 | Yet another experimental film at this festival, but this one less successful. There is almost no dialog in the film (once it was…
The Timekeepers Of Eternity
| B | Fantastic Fest 2021 | This film was definitely experimental. It took the 1995 TV mini-series The Langoliers (based on Steven King's novella From Four Past Midnight), prints…
Alone With You
| C- | Fantastic Fest 2021 | This film started out promising, building up an interesting mystery that is probably supernatural, teasing out possible clues or at least strange occurrences.…
Let The Wrong One In
| C | Fantastic Fest 2021 | No trailer was available, but there were several things to give me high hopes for this movie: Irish comedy, title referencing one of…
Masking Threshold
| A | Fantastic Fest 2021 | This was a fascinating, fascinating movie. If it's an experimental movie, it's a successful one. Yes, the whole film is like the trailer--stream…
Samuel’s Travels
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2021 | Interesting film very much in the style of a fable. Which allowed some odd choices to be made by the characters, but all…
Barbarians
| B | Fantastic Fest 2021 | Enjoyable thriller that starts out as an uncomfortable dinner party. Two brothers with their girlfriends, so you can already expect some tension. Then…
Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2021 | I love a good twisty time movie! And this sub-genre of "peek into the future" (but no one actually travels through time) is,…