Sam Richardson wakes up naked and covered in blue goo, and the movie has already shot out of a cannon. At Fantastic Fest 2026, Paul Salfen sat down with writer-directors Drew Mylrea and Evan Wolf Buxbaum as their alien-abduction romance Into the Sky world-premiered at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Emmy winner Richardson stars opposite Sofia
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Fantastic Fest is the week Paul Salfen treats like Christmas, and James Cullen Bressack has been trying to get into that room since he was eighteen. Fifteen years and one action movie later, he is back in Austin with I Have Proof, a 77-minute VHS horror he wrote and directed, and the first horror title
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Paul Salfen caught Scott Tinkham and Michael Woloson in the week they treat like Christmas. Fantastic Fest was about to swallow Austin again, and the pair were about to unveil Littermates, their first feature — a comic dystopian sibling story you can barely logline without stepping on a spoiler. Two survivors wash up at an
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A Different Man is a 2024 American dark comedy psychological thriller film written and directed by Aaron Schimberg, starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson. The film follows a man with facial disfigurement who undergoes a procedure to change his face, only for his new life to not go as well as he hoped.
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Interview by Paul Salfen In the barrio of Oak Springs live a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community and family. However, their beloved bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.
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Interview by Paul Salfen From Fantastic Fest;s Official Website: Famous actress Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige) just had a double mastectomy so she travels to a retreat in Scotland, accompanied by young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt), in order to recuperate. Veronica’s career was launched by her performance in a film called “Navajo Frontier” which also cemented
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Interview with Director Amelia Moses and Co-writer and producer Wendy Hill-Tout of Voice Pictures Interview by Paul Salfen Indie Singer Grey is riding high on a hit first album, but she’s having writer’s block. In search of inspiration for her sophomore effort, Grey agrees to craft her next album at renowned producer Vaughn Daniels’ secluded
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Interview by Paul Salfen One of our favorite world premieres at Fantastic Fest, ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE is a critically acclaimed Scottish about a girl that fights (and sings!) while fighting off zombies. It's out in theaters now! Here's an interview with the cast by Paul Salfen.
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