Contra Zoom Pod Episode 284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival
With Fantasia Fest now in the books, Contra Zoom Pod's latest pod talks about some of the films watched including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet and more!
Fantasia Festival
Metro Morning: Deadpool & Wolverine, Plus Fantasia Fest 2024
Our Editor-in-Chief, Jason Gorber, stops by CBC's Metro Morning to talk superhero fatigue, and whether Deadpool & Wolverine might just mark a return to form for Marvel.
Fantasia 2021: The Righteous Review
The directorial debut of Canadian Mark O'Brien, The Righteous is a slow-burn, character-driven horror exploring trauma, faith, and guilt.
Fantasia 2021: Baby, Don’t Cry Review
Jesse Dvorak’s coming-of-age fable Baby, Don’t Cry explores those who exist on the margins of society. Read the review from Fantasia 2021.
Fantasia 2020 Review: The Oak Room
The Oak Room demonstrates just how effective good old fashioned horror storytelling can be.
Fantasia 2020 Review: 12 Hour Shift
Billed as a dark horror-comedy, 12 Hour Shift is DOA when it comes to delivering any laughs or frights despite competent performances.
Fantasia 2020 Review: Class Action Park
A terrifying thrill ride through the negligence and corruption of one of the world’s most dangerous theme parks.
Fantasia 2020 Review: The Columnist
Not reading the comments is easier said than done in the horror-satire The Columnist, a satisfying look at one woman's response to her online trolls
Fantasia 2020 Review: Dinner In America
Adam Carter Rehmeier’s directorial debut is a punk rock romance that really shines once it gets past its clunky opening act.
Fantasia’s First Wave Announcement is Ready for Your Eyeballs
If there is one place you would expect perseverance and adaption, it is a genre film festival. The unknown future and imminent apocalypse have been imagined long before these fests existed, and they know that there are plenty of stories to still be told after the world as we know it disappears. Coming hot off […]
Fantasia 2019: Come To Daddy Review
Come to Daddy follows Norval (Elijah Wood), a man who decides to visit his estranged father (Stephen McHattie) in the middle of nowhere after receiving a strange letter.
Fantasia 2019: Little Monsters Review
While Little Monsters is easily watchable and entertaining, there just isn't anything great about it. It's a passable horror movie, but we can't say it works very well.
Fantasia 2019: Porno Review
Porno is a slasher flick that features catholic teens and porno demons, which is all you need to know.
Turbo Kid Review
Turbo Kid is a goofy ride through the wilds of nostalgia
Interview: E.L. Katz
We talk to E.L. Katz, director of the black comedy Cheap Thrills about why he made this is first film as a director, how he second guesses himself more as a writer, why the opening of the film is almost purposefully slow, the art of escalation, how his two leads essentially became method actors, why the set was physically uncomfortable to be on, and what it’s like trying to create “a human cockfight.”
