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Fantastic Fest 2011 Mini-Reviews: AARDVARK, CLOWN, CARRE BLANC, THE DAY, SMUGGLER, THE CORRIDOR, LIVID, LET THE BULLETS FLY and More

by Bill Graham    Posted: October 3rd, 2011 at 1:17 am

Time isn’t always on your side. While at Fantastic Fest this year, I dove in way more than last year and exposed myself to nearly every film I could. Through screeners and screenings, I managed to fit in over 30 films over the last 11 days. Unfortunately, I just don’t have the time to review every one of them so instead, I will provide a slew of bite-sized capsules to provide a general feel and idea of what these films do well and where they might fail. So, without any more fanfare, join me after the jump for my reviews of Aardvark, Clown, Carre Blanc, The Day, Smuggler, The Corridor, Livid, Let the Bullets Fly, and A Lonely Place to Die.

Fantastic Fest 2011 Announces Its Second Wave of Programming; Includes MELANCHOLIA and Adam Wingard’s YOU’RE NEXT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 18th, 2011 at 9:34 am

While most fall film festivals have high profile titles that offer attendees a chance to get out ahead of award season flicks, the Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest provides an exciting grab bag of genre movies.  Most don’t have A-list stars or big-name directors, but you’re still going to find a lot of fun movies and instead of a major publicity campaign, the Fantastic Fest audience member gets to champion the programming they enjoy.  Last month the first wave of programming was announced and today we now have the second wave.  The newly announced films include Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, Ti West’s The Inkeepers, and You’re Next, the new film from A Horrible Way to Die director Adam Wingard.

Hit the jump to check out the full announcement of second wave films.  Fantastic Fest 2011 runs from September 22 – 29th in Austin, Texas.

AFM 2009 Promo Posters Part 1 + Steve Watches AFM’s HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Red Band Trailer and Catches a 2nd MACHETE Poster Featuring Lindsay Lohan as a Naughty Nun

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 10th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Earlier today, I was at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. If you’re not familiar with AFM, it’s the place where film buyers from around the world come once a year to buy movies and also pre-buy films in development. Simply put, this is where a lot of money changes hands in the film industry and it’s where many decisions about what you and I get to see are made. In an effort to try and raise a film’s profile or attract film buyers, many of the studios print up promo art for movies in development or nearing completion. Almost none of the artwork will ever see the light of day outside of AFM, but if you’re a film junkie like me, then getting to see all this stuff is Christmas. After the jump you can take a look at the first grouping of random promo posters and artwork from today. You can also see the first images from Rogues Gallery and The Experiment.

Now for the other bit of news: When I was walking around, I got to see even more awesome stuff. The first was the AFM only red band trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine! To say it looked painfully hilarious would be a huge understatement. The other thing I saw was a promo poster for Robert Rodriguez’s Machete featuring Lindsay Lohan in a nun’s outfit while being very friendly to a firearm. Read more on the trailer, poster, and a whole lot else after the jump:

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