Fantasia Film Festival

Our Effed Up World

By Anastasia Elfman | August 2026

Alice Maio Mackay’s Our Effed Up World is a fresh twist on coming-of-age adventures, in the vein of Tom Holland’s Fright Night and…

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Alice Maio Mackay’s Our Effed Up World is a fresh twist on coming-of-age adventures, in the vein of Tom Holland’s Fright Night and Joel Schumacher’s...

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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST 2026 REVIEW! These days, it feels like everyone wants the seemingly glamorous job of being an influencer. You have...

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In Philippe Bourret's short film, Red Tiles, late at night, a woman (Micheline Chartier) lies on her sofa, restless and putting off an important task....

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Alice Maio Mackay’s The Serpent’s Skin arrives with DIY textures, genre hybridity, and a fascination with bodies under pressure, but what distinguishes...

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Now in its 28th year, Fantasia International Film Festival is North America’s whoppingest genre festival, a continental pace-setter whose three-week...

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COMING TO SHUDDER! Directed by Vincent Grashaw and written by Robert Alan Dilts, What Josiah Saw introduces audiences to the Graham family. Chapter 1...

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NEW TO HULU! "It'll all make sense as we go along, I promise," a character says in Rob Schroeder's mind-fuck Ultrasound. If only the same could be said...

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NEW TO DVD! A must-see, Strawberry Mansion is a romantic, circuitous love letter to the absurd. Set in the not-too-distant future, we follow dream tax...

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COMING TO THEATERS! Have you ever watched a film and thought, "well, holy shit, this movie was made for me"? That's exactly what I thought last night after...

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NEW TO THEATERS! Mother Schmuckers falls squarely in the WTF category and will find a home at midnight screenings across the world. It's one of those...

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