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The Childe (귀공자, Park Hoon-jung, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A boxer finds himself in a precarious position after travelling to Korea in search of the father who abandoned him in Park Hoon-jung’s bloody thriller.

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Aug 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.

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Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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Seire (세이레, Park Kang, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A new father finds himself haunted by paternal anxiety and old transgressions in Park Kang’s eerie folk horror.

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Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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Mother Land (엄마의 땅: 그리샤와 숲의 주인, Park Jae-beom, 2022) [Fantasia 2023]

A little girl becomes the spiritual defender of her traditional culture in her quest to cure her mother’s mysterious illness in Park Jae-beom’s stop motion fairytale.

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Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

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Indera (Woo Ming Jin, 2024)

“Let’s leave this place,” a father tearfully tells his daughter, “we’ll find a better home,” but it seems the girl has found her home already and no longer…

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Mar 26, 2025 • Subscribe

Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023

Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.

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Jul 12, 2023 • Subscribe

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Star Citizen Final Review – The Citizen Kane of Gaming

I’ve never claimed to not be an arrogant man; in fact in the grand scheme of things I may be one of the most arrogant people in the…

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Apr 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]

Shiny-suited aliens attempt to colonise the Earth by releasing an alien kaiju in this strangely comic Korean take on the monster movie.

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Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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Mad Cats (Reiki Tsuno, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

The captive felines of Japan are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore in Reiki Tsuno’s absurd action comedy.

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Aug 5, 2023 • Subscribe

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River (2023) review [Fantasia Film Fest 2023]

If you like low-key humour and some time-twisting fun, you should not miss Yamaguchi’s latest.    

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Aug 1, 2023 • Subscribe

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Mash Ville (매쉬빌, Hwang Wook, 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

Life in a small rural backwater is forever changed when strange cultists suddenly arrive in Hwang Wook’s quirky drama.

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Aug 29, 2024 • Subscribe

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Troll Factory (댓글부대, Ahn Gooc-jin, 2024)

An earnest journalist’s conviction that a major corporation is paying people to start flame wars blossoms into a dark obsession in Ahn Gooc-jin’s journalistic thriller.

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Feb 4, 2025 • Subscribe

Jin

Jin is the tale of a Japanese brain surgeon named Minakata Jin that gets sent back in time to the Bakumetsu period. There he uses his modern medical…

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Apr 3, 2025 • Subscribe

Devils (악마들, Kim Jae-hoon, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A detective consumed by thoughts of vengeance suddenly wakes up in the body of the serial killer he’s hunting in Kim Jae-hoon’s twisty thriller.

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Jul 31, 2023 • Subscribe

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Shin Kamer Rider (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

Anno delivers an action-hero experience that is both incredibly fun and emotionally touching.

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Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Brave Bang Bravern!

You’ll have to forgive my late review on this because we have Crunchyroll to blame for the late release; they waited until the second episode had aired to…

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Jan 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Brave Bang Bravern!

Victory (빅토리, Park Beom-su, 2024)

At the end of Park Beom-su’s millennial coming-of-age drama Victory (빅토리) there’s a title card quoting scientific data that people perform better with encouragement. In order to get…

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Nov 10, 2024 • Subscribe

House of Sayuri (サユリ, Koji Shiraishi, 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

An excited family discover the perils of buying a “used” home in Koji Shiraishi anarchic haunted house horror House of Sayuri

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Aug 7, 2024 • Subscribe

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Kizumonogatari – Koyomi Vamp – (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]

An evocative experience that succeeds in giving the vampire and the well-explored themes a fresh coat of drama and sexiness.  

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Jul 29, 2024 • Subscribe

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FAQ (막걸리가 알려줄거야, Kim Da-min 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

The sad thing is that Dong-chun, the heroine of Kim Da-min’s charming if also searingly bleak exploration of a Korean education FAQ (막걸리가 알려줄거야), is full of questions…

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Aug 6, 2024 • Subscribe

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Drive (드라이브, Park Dong-hee, 2023)

Forced to livestream her own kidnapping, an influencer must confront her authentic self in Park Dong-hee’s tense kidnap thriller.

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Oct 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Deep Sea (深海, Tian Xiaopeng, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A young girl finds herself in a whimsical fantasy world of colour and light in TIan Xiaopeng’s stupendous animation.

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Aug 9, 2023 • Subscribe

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Insomniacs After School (2023) review [Fantasia Film Fest 2023]

Ikeda’s narrative contains all the right ingredients, but the final mixture is not able to give the narrative the emotional impact it looks for.

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Jul 29, 2023 • Subscribe

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Citizen Kitano (2020) [Documentary Review]

Citizen Kitano; or, A Tribute to the Auteur!      I intentionally shoot action to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will ...

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Nov 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Bairal Jin

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Killing Romance (킬링 로맨스, Lee Won-suk, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A once famous actress sets out to reclaim her autonomy from an abusive, controlling, billionaire husband in Lee Won-suk’s hilariously off the wall comedy.

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Aug 7, 2023 • Subscribe

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Small Fry (잔챙이, Park Joong-ha, 2023)

A dejected actor begins to feel like a fish caught on a hook only to be cast back in Park Joong-ha’s tense chamber drama.

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Nov 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Bear Man (웅남이, Park Sung-kwang, 2023)

A pair of bare cubs decide to become human with entirely different results in Park Sung-kwang’s zany comedy.

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Sep 16, 2023 • Subscribe

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (다섯 번째 흉추, Park Sye-young, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A mouldy mattress gradually becomes sentient while traversing vistas of human loneliness in Park Sye-young’s experimental feature.

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Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Brave 10

Title: Brave 10Genre: Action, ComedyRating: 6.7/10 Summary: The story reimagines the legendary adventures of the 10 brave warriors assembled by the warlord Sanada Yukimura in the year 1600, in the middle of…

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Nov 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Brave 10

Brave 10

Brave 10 (2012) Brave 10* was definitely fun but maybe not super-memorable. Or at least, it never got a chance to become too memorable for me – since…

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Brave Exkizer

Brave Exkizer is an anime TV series and aired exclusively in Japan from 1990-1991. It is the first of eight Brave TV series that aired for eight consecutive…

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A Normal Family (보통의 가족, Hur Jin-ho, 2023)

Two brothers experience a moral crisis when their kids become the subject of a viral video in Hur Jin-ho’s steely drama.

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Nov 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Abang Adik (富都青年, Jin Ong, 2023)

Displaced brothers find themselves trapped on the margins of a prosperous city in Jin Ong’s gritty drama.

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Sep 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2024 Programme

In Montreal July 18 to Aug, 4.

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Jul 14, 2024 • Subscribe

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House of Sayuri (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

The thoughtful manipulation of this atmospheric field is integral to create an effective and engaging genre-blend.

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Aug 11, 2024 • Subscribe

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The Umbrella Fairy (伞少女, Shen Jie, 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

Should you be bound by the past or try to forge your own destiny? It might be an odd question seeing as the central thesis of Shen Jie’s…

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A Samurai in Time (侍タイムスリッパー, Junichi Yasuda, 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

A lone samurai struggles to adjust after being unceremoniously transported to our times in Junichi Yasuda’s time slip dramedy.

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Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2023 Programme

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9.

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Jul 7, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Confirms First Wave of Titles for 2023

Runs in Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

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Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2023

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

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Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- (傷物語 -こよみヴァンプ-, Tatsuya Oishi, 2023) [Fantasia 2024]

A young man walks into an empty subway station already ominously strewn with blood and finds there the corpse of a woman shorn of her limbs. The corpse…

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Aug 13, 2024 • Subscribe

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Jin-Roh (Jinrō)

Jin-Roh (Jinrō) 1999 Jin-Roh is another film that ticks a lot of boxes for me, but if you’re unsure about watching this lesser-known classic, keep in mind that…

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Mar 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Park Chanwook: Park Chanwook’s shorts

This episode, Chris (@antoniuspius) leads Kory (@taiikumenco) and Chris (@gokuffy) through Park Chanwook’s multitude of commercials shorts....

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Dec 31, 2024 • Subscribe

As Long As We Both Shall Live (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

An over-the-top and highly powerful romance narrative.

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Aug 10, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fly Me To The Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love (2023) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]

A fun romp that works well as an introduction to the cultural diversity that enriches the Japanese archipelago.

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Jul 24, 2024 • Subscribe

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Fantasia 2024: 6 Japanese films you should not miss.

n this short article, we want to introduce two of our recommendations and four films we look forward to and you should do.

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Jul 10, 2024 • Subscribe

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Baby Assassins: Good Days (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Yugo Sakamoto successfully mixes up the formula that structured his previous two action narratives. Highly Recommended.

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Aug 3, 2024 • Subscribe

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Brave Command Dagwon

Brave Command Dagwon is the seventh Brave TV series and aired exclusively in Japan from 1996-1997. Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, its other headlining staff includes head writer Kenichi…

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Jun 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Brave Command Dagwon

Brave Bang Bravern!

Brave Bang Bravern! is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....

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Brave Bang Bravern!