Oliver Laxe on Sirât: Embracing Death, Dance, and the Path to Freedom

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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In a wide-ranging conversation, acclaimed director Oliver Laxe opens up about his latest film Sirât, a visceral journey through Morocco's desert raves that has captivated audiences and critics alike. The film, which follows a father (Sergi López) and his son as they search for their missing daughter

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September 24, 20260By christine

At The Whim Of A Giant Snake: BEWARE BOIUNA

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The inflatable snake floated above the heads of moviegoers at the entrance to the Alamo Drafthouse. The real one had tried to eat them on the river. The morning after the Fantastic Fest premiere of Beware Boiúna, Paul Salfen sat down with Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira, and director Mike P. Nelson — the Wrong Turn

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September 23, 20260By christine

Find Your People. Then Book the Helicopter: Scott Tinkham and Michael Woloson on Littermates

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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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September 22, 20260By christine

I Get Paid to Scream: The Heretiks Bring Witchcraft, Apple Boxes, and a 4 A.M. Woods Crew to Fantastic Fest

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In a karaoke room at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Paul Salfen sat down with the traveling circus behind The Heretiks — director Gregg Bishop, writers Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins, and the actors who spent Halloween night locked in a house with a coven that wanted sunrise to come too late. The world-premiere tape is

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September 22, 20260By christine

One Bite at a Time: Walter Hill Takes Fantastic Fest’s Lifetime Award and Names The Warriors as the Hail Mary

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Walter Hill walked the Fantastic Fest opening-weekend carpet at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar as the festival’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement honoree — the first recipient to get a nationwide Alamo retrospective. Before the award and a screening of Extreme Prejudice, AMFM’s Paul Salfen asked the Warriors and 48 Hrs. director about El Paso heat, Rip Torn’s

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One Bite at a Time: Walter Hill Takes Fantastic Fest’s Lifetime Award and Names The Warriors as the Hail Mary