Column on Fantastic Fest in the Dallas Morning News
Here’s a link to my column on Fantastic Fest in the Dallas Morning News yesterday.
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“Haunters” Is the Most Terrifying Movie Ever Made
There are a lot of films that promise terror. Haunters: The Art of the Scare shows you real terror. As someone who has done haunted interactive theater for years, I know what it takes...
Fantastic Fest 2016 in Pictures
*The one good thing about realizing that you forgot to hit “publish” on your Fantastic Fest photo gallery earlier this fall: when you realize your error, you can tell everyone that badges for Fantastic...
Smartphones and Death
Earlier this month noted political blogger Andrew Sullivan had an essay in New York Magazine, where he talked about leaving the Internet and social media for his health. Sullivan talks about our recent change...
My Column Was a Fantastic Fest “Moment.”
Other than the sharing of content, a letter to the editor and the occasional Reddit comment thread, I don’t really know who is reading my work. So even though I missed this when it...
Victoria: A Wild Single-Shot Ride of a Film
I saw the film “Victoria” at Fantastic Fest this fall, only because the world-of-mouth at the festival was so good. I had originally dismissed the film as just a “trick” because of it having...
Check Out Today’s Statesman Column on Fantastic Fest and Africa!
Today’s column on Fantastic Fest ran in the online-only version of the Austin-American Statesman. Click here to read it. Since M3NSA Ansah told me the first “Coz Ov Moni” film was viewable on YouTube,...
American Ultra: The Spy Stoner Movie
My 76 year-old father loves action movies. The more whiz-bang and improbable they are, the better. It doesn’t even matter if they are serious spy/action movies or a sophisticated wink at the genre....
Child of God is on Netflix
Since Fantastic Fest 2013, the film that stuck with me most is James Franco’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 1973 work “Child of God.” Now “Child of God” is on Netflix. While it isn’t the...
Nightcrawler and the Gatekeeper Theory
At Fantastic Fest this fall, I was waiting with the other photographers for Dan Gilroy, the writer/director of the film Nightcrawler to arrive. Before seeing the film, several of the photographers noted the irony...
