Horror, fantasy, Hong Kong action, animation, strange documentaries, thought-provoking science-fiction, Japanese new wave and martial arts are just among the many genres the Fantasia Film Festival covered in its nineteenth year of programming. Famous for being the largest genre film festival in North America, Fantasia is packed with Canadian, North American and worldwide feature-length premieres as well as shorts. This year’s line-up included 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres including Marvel’s Ant-Man, the animated Miss Hokusai and the much-anticipated Attack on Titan. As of Wednesday night, August 5th 2015, the most recent edition of the festival will be a thing of the past.
With over 130 films screened in 23 days, it’s impossible to see them all. This year, I tried my best to pace myself. Long gone are the days where I would cram in 3 or 4 movies in a day. Maybe I’m getting old and...
With over 130 films screened in 23 days, it’s impossible to see them all. This year, I tried my best to pace myself. Long gone are the days where I would cram in 3 or 4 movies in a day. Maybe I’m getting old and...
- 8/5/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Meathead Goes Hog Wild
Directed by Kevin Cline, Zach Harris and Sean Pierce
Written by Kevin Cline, Zach Harris and Sean Pierce|
2015, USA
Tough to categorize, hard to forget, Meathead Goes Hog Wild is an unsettling and bracingly original micro-budget gem that firmly places a trio of young indie filmmakers on our must-watch list. Collaborating on their first feature after directing various shorts, Kevin Cline (who stars), Zach Harris and Sean Pierce deliver a razor-sharp character portrait of a man who slowly begins to lose total control of his body, his mind and his soul. Diving into a pit of desperation and rage, Meathead Goes Hog Wild pushes character-driven comedy right to the edge.
The film follows a lonely twenty-something suburban white male who visits his parent’s estate to spend the day with his golden retriever. While it’s never specifically mentioned, it becomes clear it’s the dog...
Directed by Kevin Cline, Zach Harris and Sean Pierce
Written by Kevin Cline, Zach Harris and Sean Pierce|
2015, USA
Tough to categorize, hard to forget, Meathead Goes Hog Wild is an unsettling and bracingly original micro-budget gem that firmly places a trio of young indie filmmakers on our must-watch list. Collaborating on their first feature after directing various shorts, Kevin Cline (who stars), Zach Harris and Sean Pierce deliver a razor-sharp character portrait of a man who slowly begins to lose total control of his body, his mind and his soul. Diving into a pit of desperation and rage, Meathead Goes Hog Wild pushes character-driven comedy right to the edge.
The film follows a lonely twenty-something suburban white male who visits his parent’s estate to spend the day with his golden retriever. While it’s never specifically mentioned, it becomes clear it’s the dog...
- 8/2/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
With a title like the above, you may not know whether this is a good or bad review. But the world isn't black and white, and neither is art. Meathead Goes Hog Wild played Fantasia's 2015 edition for its world premiere. While I'm sure some approved, there will be others that don't get it, and that's okay. Meathead, directed by Kevin Cline, Sean Pierce, and Zach Harris, doesn't offer up easy answers to a society that doesn't work for everyone.The easiest thing to say about the film is that its an underground version of Falling Down that takes place in both good and bad neighborhoods of Chicago. Led by co-writer/co-director Cline, the cast is built from mostly non-actors, but in an outsider piece like this, that's...
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- 7/21/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal.
This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.
See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.
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Fantasia 2015:
36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films
- Including 22 World Premieres,...
This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.
See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.
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Fantasia 2015:
36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films
- Including 22 World Premieres,...
- 7/7/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
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