Guest Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Figured I’d go ahead and kick this off even though we are 4 weeks out as the fest just announced the second wave of programming including opening night film, Halloween! https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/08/22/halloween-headlines-fantastic-fests-second-wave-of-programming Here is an an article on the first wave https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/07/31/behold-the-first-wave-of-fantastic-fest-2018-programming These are the currently announced films that I’m immediately drawn to: APOSTLE United Kingdom, 2018 World Premiere, 129 min Director - Gareth Evans The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built. BORDER Sweden, Denmark, 2018 Texas Premiere, 108 min Director - Ali Abbasi When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind. DONNYBROOK USA, 2018 US Premiere, 101 min Director - Tim Sutton In Attendance - Tim Sutton Frank Grillo and Jamie Bell are just two of the desperate men and women headed for “The Donnybrook” — a no-holds-barred bare-knuckle fight contest with a $100,000 prize — in this midwestern gothic journey into a heartland of darkness. HALLOWEEN USA, 2018 US Premiere, 105 min Director - David Gordon Green In Attendance - Jamie Lee Curtis and Producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. HOLD THE DARK USA, 2018 US Premiere, 125 min Director - Jeremy Saulnier In Attendance - Director Jeremy Saulnier and Co-Writer/Actor Macon Blair A gripping psychological thriller unfolds in the treacherous Alaskan wilderness when a retired wolf expert is summoned to investigate a child’s disappearance. THE INNOCENT Switzerland, Germany, 2018 US Premiere, 113 min Director - Simon Jaquemet In this dark and fantastical tale about religion versus science and good versus evil, a woman’s faith is being tested as her ex-lover reappears in her life after twenty years in jail. KEEP AN EYE OUT France, 2018 North American Premiere, 73 min Director - Quentin Dupieux An absurd all-night interrogation set in a camp ‘70s police station, Quentin Dupieux’s latest opus, KEEP AN EYE OUT, is a celebration of his own brand of quirky, offbeat humor, performed by France’s most refreshing comedic talents. MAY THE DEVIL TAKE YOU Indonesia, 2018 North American Premiere, 110 min Director - Timo Tjahjanto At her father’s deathbed, Alfie learns that she and her family must give the Devil his due when he comes to collect on the pact made years before in this electrifying horror film from Indonesian master storyteller Timo Tjahjanto. OVERLORD USA, 2018 World Premiere, TBD min Director - Julius Avery In Attendance - Director Julius Avery and cast including Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbaek, John Magaro, and Mathilde Ollivier In the upcoming WWII horror-thriller OVERLORD, a group of American paratroopers drop into Nazi-occupied France on the eve of D-Day. As they struggle to carry out their seemingly impossible mission, they discover a secret Nazi lab carrying out terrifying and bizarre supernatural experiments. THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK USA, 2018 US Premiere, 88 min Director - Henry Dunham Over the course of one grueling night, a militia tears itself apart as it searches for the perpetrator of a mass shooting among its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Is this the thing you got shitfaced at last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I'm excited for anything from Jeremy Saulnier. How many films do you end up seeing over the duration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Oh man, new movie from Gareth "The Raid" Evans. I'm jelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Jason said: Is this the thing you got shitfaced at last year? No, that’s Cinemacon! The studios throw some ragers 3 hours ago, TwinIon said: I'm excited for anything from Jeremy Saulnier. How many films do you end up seeing over the duration? Last year I second-halfed the fest and got in some 12 or 13 films in. Looking to hit around 20 this year since I’m going the whole 8 days. 2 hours ago, TheLeon said: Oh man, new movie from Gareth "The Raid" Evans. I'm jelly. May be the one I’m most excited for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Have you ever been to the H.P. Lovecraft film festival? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/09/13/fantastic-fests-third-wave-of-programming-promises-bad-times-at-the-el-roya I am super pumped for Bad Times at the El Royal, so this was a pleasant surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 54 minutes ago, sblfilms said: https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/09/13/fantastic-fests-third-wave-of-programming-promises-bad-times-at-the-el-roya I am super pumped for Bad Times at the El Royal, so this was a pleasant surprise! Nice. I love the cast and concept. Let us know how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 35 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Nice. I love the cast and concept. Let us know how it is. And most importantly it is written and directed by Drew Goddard, who wrote Cloverfield, solely adapted The Martian, and co-wrote and directed The Cabin in the Woods. He's also responsible for writing some of the best episodes of Buffy, Angel, Alias, and Lost. He's also the guy who was brought on to re-write and fixed/saved the last act of World War Z at the eleventh hour (which worked). Guy is mega-talented and I think this movie will be a lot of fun and really good. Let us know what you think of every film you see there @sblfilms - especially curious to hear about Gareth Evans' new movie. I'm sad he's since announced he's given up on making a Raid 3 but I'll watch anything this guy makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 5 movies in, and all have been varying degrees of good, but the stand out was The Perfection which stars Logan Browning and Allison Williams. Holy moly, watch this movie as soon as you can and don’t read/see ANYTHING about it. It’s such a wild ride that subverts your expectations at every turn. Will post some some brief thoughts on each film from the first two days tomorrow. Also just had my first Frodo Baggins sighting of the fest. Wood is a staple of the Fest and the Austin film scene generally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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