Fantastic Fest 2016
- The Handmaiden – A masterpiece by Park Chan-wook.
- A Dark Song – A study in building atmosphere and suspense.
- A Monster Calls – An ent teaches a young boy about fairness and healing.
- Colossal – Two childhood friends hash out their differences. There are also giant monsters.
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – X-Men First Class with churlish British kids.
- Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child – Extremely confident indie sci-fi with an unnecessarily precise title.
- Raw – Girl tries meat for the first time. Likes it a lot.
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe – Wait, don’t cut open that corpse! Too late.
- My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea – Wes Anderson-y animated high school drama.
- Assassination Classroom: Graduation – Students are conflicted about whether or not to assassinate their teacher.
- Arrival – Scientists try to crack an alien language before the rest of the world does what it always does when aliens appear.
- Don’t Kill It – It Follows, but with guns.
- Age of Shadows – A police drama about shifting loyalties.
- Buster’s Mal Heart – Rami Malek marginally expands his acting range, which is still awesome.
- We are the Flesh – The Gom Jabbar and Voight-Kampff tests in one convenient package.
- Shin Godzilla – Neon Genesis Evangellion without the EVAs.
- The Void – Who let this Shoggoth into the hospital?
- Aloys – A portrait of loneliness.
- Salt and Fire – Michael Shannon talks crazy using a measured, reassuring tone.
- Re: Born – Metal Gear Solid fan film.
- The Girl with all the Gifts – The Last of Us the movie, but without Joel.
- Nova Seed – Heavy Metal-inspired animated sci-fi created by one dude over a span of four years.
- High Frontier – Father takes two sons to remote winter cabin for a bonding experience.
- Zoology – Woman grows a tail. Some people notice.
- Fashionista – British filmmaker tells Austin all about how it has changed in the last ten years.
- Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl – There’s a really hot girl in this one.
- The Red Turtle – Guy gets stranded on island. Finds red turtle. Decides to stay. The End.
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