Fantasia International Film Festival

Fantasia ’17: A few words with actress Alex Essoe about Simon Rumley’s FASHIONISTA

Making its Canadian premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival tomorrow, July 29, FASHIONISTA is the latest trip into the darkest parts of the psyche by filmmaker Simon Rumley (RED WHITE & BLUE, JOHNNY FRANK GARRETT’S LAST WORD). One of its co-stars is new to the Rumleyverse but no stranger to twisted cinema: Alex Essoe, who broke onto the genre scene in a big way with STARRY EYES and spoke with RUE MORGUE about her FASHIONISTA gig.

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Fantasia ’17 Review: The short films of Small Gauge Trauma reveal hidden horrors

The Small Gauge Trauma short-film showcase is one of the highlights of the Fantasia International Film Festival for many of its regulars. This year’s lineup, encompassing nine works from seven countries, was in keeping with programmer Mitch Davis’ vision to present innovative horror experimentation as only the short form can deliver. In the past, he has exposed some of the form’s most visceral examples, and this year the emphasis was a little different, if no less impressive.

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Fantasia ’17: Larry Cohen talks his unique approach to genre films, Part Two

The career of Larry Cohen, one of genre cinema’s most consistent yet idiosyncratic talents, is being celebrated this week at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Last night saw the world premiere of KING COHEN, Steve Mitchell’s documentary on the maverick writer/director/producer’s life and career, and beginning tonight and over the next two nights, 35mm prints of Cohen’s Q, IT’S ALIVE and GOD TOLD ME TO will be shown at the Cinémathèque Québécoise (the first with Cohen and star...