Party People
| C+ | Austin Film Festival 2024 | This movie just didn’t grab me. For the most part, there was nothing to make me care about a bunch of college…
Frankie Freako
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | Goofy throwback to the 80s puppet-creature features (Gremlins, etc.). Good period-style special effects. Wacky movie logic that doesn't make much sense. Bizarre fun.…
The Birthday
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | This was another movie I had to think through to decide if I liked it or not… Corey Feldman did a fine job…
A Different Man
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | The deepest film I’ve seen so far at the festival. This movie was partially about perceptions, but more I think about the choices…
Daniela Forever
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | Wow, this was a tough one. Nacho Vigalondo has written and directed a couple of my favorite movies (Timecrimes, Colossal), so my expectations…
Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | It’s not so much that this film was "undefinable," but it wasn’t a narrative and it wasn’t a documentary. It was a collection…
The Benson Movie Interruption
| --- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | Think Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or for Austinites, Master Pancake) and you get the idea. Comedian Doug Benson and some friends, with microphones,…
Apartment 7A
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2024 | As this film went on, I kept feeling like it was a remake of a classic film from the past, (with a more…
I, The Executioner
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A very good Korean cop thriller. I enjoyed the characters and the crime they were investigating. There was one twist I guessed early…
Heads or Fails
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | What a strange but amusing film. The main character was basically a very small-time scam artist. She was doing so to "survive," although…