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Review: Steppenwolf — Fantastic Fest 2024

Steppenwolf is screening as part of Fantastic Fest 2024, which runs from September 19 to September 26.

Steppenwolf is a formally striking piece of grand existential absurdism. Within the confines of a brutal civil war, the characters in the film (in particular, the sociopathic Brajyuk) face death with an ironic distance that would make Camus’ Meursault proud.

The film opens with the violent takeover of a remote police compound where political prisoners are being tortured. When staring down the barrel of a gun, Brajyuk (Berik Aitzhanov), a corrupt police interrogator, tells his rebel captors that Continue reading Review: Steppenwolf — Fantastic Fest 2024 →

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2024 Fantastic Fest Program Preview

Austin, TX’s Fantastic Fest returns this September for its 19th edition, with eight days filled to the brim with genre films big and small. We will be covering a variety of films as they premiere at the fest. In the interim, here are some individual titles which may be worth adding to your watchlist.

The 2024 edition of Fantastic Fest will run September 19 to September 26.

Cloud (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the prolific genre filmmaker, is pushing 70. Yet, he has three separate projects circulating film festivals in the past year. One of them, Cloud, is officially Continue reading 2024 Fantastic Fest Program Preview →