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FANTASIA 2012—THE FIRST WAVE
The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) is gearing up to take Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration and thrills beginning July 19, 2012 and continuing through August...
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FANTASIA 2012—POSTER ART
For their 2012 poster commemorating their 16th edition, the Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) once again enlisted the services of gifted Quebecois illustrator Donald Caron.Creating the...
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FANTASIA 2012—JENNIFER LYNCH
Per the press release from the Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia): "From the day she exploded onto the scene with the largely misunderstood and still-controversial Boxing Helena (1993) 19...
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FANTASIA 2012—SUSHI GIRL: MARK HAMILL & TONY TODD
Also by press release, the Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia) "will be presenting the international premiere of Kern Saxton's hotly anticipated crime thriller Sushi Girl (2012), featuring...
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FILM INTERNATIONAL (VOL. 10, NO. 2)—Between Past and Future: Looking For...
I'm pleased to announce the publication of my interview with Hugo Santiago in the current issue of Film International (Vol. 10, No. 2), on the occasion of the archival screening of Santiago's 1969...
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PANAMÁ IFF / FANTASIA 2012: LA CHISPA DE LA VIDA (AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT)—The...
As luck would have it, the bevy of journalists clamoring to query Álex de la Iglesia at the inaugural edition of the Panamá International Film Festival (Panamá IFF) happened to be in the wrong place at...
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FUSION MAGAZINE (VOL. 1, NO. 4)—Idaho Film Industry Revealed
I'm pleased to announce the publication of my overview of Idaho film production in the Summer issue of Fusion Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 4). The digital version of the magazine can be found here, and the...
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SFSFF 2012: PREVIEW—By Michael Hawley
Just four months after blowing everyone away with the awesome spectacle that was Abel Gance's Napoleon, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) returns for its 17th annual event at the Castro...
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FANTASIA 2012—THE SECOND WAVE
The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia)—running July 19 through August 7, 2012—follows up their first wave of program announcements with a second wave of additional titles...
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FANTASIA 2012—AXIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE
As announced in Fantasia's July 6, 2012 press release: "The art of animation in its many forms and disciplines has always had a strong place at Fantasia. This year, the festival has decided to give the...
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FANTASIA 2012—"If They Came From Within: An Alternative History of Canadian...
Concurrent with the 16th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (Fantasia), Montreal's Cinémathèque Québécoise is hosting the traveling exhibit "If They Came From Within: An Alternative...
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FANTASIA 2012: A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE (2012)—Q&A With Casey Walker & Cast
All in all, Casey Walker's A Little Bit Zombie (2012) [official site / IMDb / Facebook] is a Canadian homegrown joint that sets you up for some stoner laughs. Featuring a deranged zombie mosquito...
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FANTASIA 2012: CRAVE (2012)—Q&A With Director Charles de Lauzirika, producer...
Crave [IMDb / Facebook]—the sold-out SRO Fantasia world premiere of the long anticipated feature directorial debut from regular Ridley Scott collaborator Charles de Lauzirika—stylishly depicts Aiden,...
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FANTASIA 2012: CRAVE (2012)—The Evening Class Interview With Raleigh Stewart
Charles de Lauzirika has anointed Raleigh Stewart the "hero" of his directorial debut Crave, not only for being the film's associate producer and digital effects supervisor but also the designer of the...
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FANTASIA 2012: CITADEL (2012)—Q&A With Director Ciarán Foy and Producer Brian...
In recent years, the tendency of horror films to hybrid with comedy has gained a huge fan base but I can't claim to be one of them or, rather, my initial amusement has dissipated as the horror comedy...
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NOIR CITY X: THREE STRANGERS (1946)—Introduction by Eddie Muller
It seems like only yesterday that Noir City's shadow lengthened across the continental United States to include an edition in Chicago, Illinois, alongside its already successful traveling road shows in...
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3RD I 2012—Frako Loden Previews the Lineup
It's still summer but 3rd i, or the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, has leapt ahead this year of the usual autumn film festivals. In its move from November to September, it now...
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CROSSOVERS: FANTASIA > FANTASTIC FEST
My festival coverage has been necessarily hobbled this summer due to family medical emergencies, and unfortunately has resulted in my not being able to write up the sweet 16th edition of the Fantasia...
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FANTASIA 2012: END NOTES
In catch-up mode, I revisit my experience of this summer's Fantasia International Film Festival. Unfortunately belated, I'm trusting that these comments will nonetheless encourage the trajectory of...
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MVFF35 2012: OVERVIEW—By Michael Hawley
The 35th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF35) opens this Thursday night and for my money, it's the best line-up they've had since I began paying attention in 2004. That's the year auto-less me anxiously...
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