Bugonia
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This was a secret screening I attended. I was delighted it turned out to be this film. I have a like/hate relationship with…
Theater Is Dead
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | Fun movie. The first 2/3 was interesting, but I really didn’t know what it was building to. Then suddenly the full set of…
Don’t Leave the Kids Alone
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This is not an over-the-top horror movie—half of the “horror” is the two kids terrorizing each other the way young brothers do. But…
Luger
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | Good crime thriller about two lower-rung thugs for hire who get into a situation that is over their heads. They can’t just fight…
Chocolate
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | For a movie made in 2008 it had a very 70s feel. I assume that was intentional by the director. Much of it…
Haunted Heist
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | Not a scary comedy, but a very funny horror movie. As you might expect from Lil Rel Howery. Even though he did not…
Appofeniacs
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | The first half of the movie almost ruined it for me. That’s mostly my fault. From the description, I expected a nuanced, maybe…
The Forbidden City
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | There was a lot going on in this movie. Martial arts, both Italian and Chinese crime families, romance—all going on in the multi-cultural…
Wall Udder
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 } I don’t usually watch shorts programs, but the descriptions of several in one block appealed to me. The best of these was Wall…
Mother of Flies
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | These filmmakers are a family of four (and their friends) who decide they are going to make a movie and work hard and…