by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalThe 5th Annual Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival came to a close last night, bookending Wednesday night’s erotic Korean thriller, The Handmaiden, with another Korean thriller, this one being a high-octane zombie flick called Train to Busan. I saw two additional films at the Fest on … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalThere’s only one day left in the 5th Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival! A long Saturday of exciting and varied offerings at Cinemapolis included such films as an Argentinian horror anthology (Terror 5), an animated zombie thriller from Korea (Seoul Station) and an … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalDay two of the Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival at Cinemapolis delivered another slate of diverse works from around the world, including a slightly psychedelic animated adventure film (Nova Seed), a Bollywood action thriller (Kammatipaadam), and a violent Filipino drama involving child gangsters … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalAfter kicking off on Wednesday night with Park Chan-wook’s erotic thriller, The Handmaiden, the 5th Annual Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival had its first full day of screenings at Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca, New York yesterday, opening its doors to enthusiastic horror fans … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler Part of our coverage of the 2016 Ithaca Fantastik Film FestivalWhen it comes to director Park Chan-wook, one must expect the unexpected. Of course, you can always count on his distinctive dark humor and creatively brutal brand of violence, but Park’s way of weaving these elements into a larger story is never … Continue reading
Interview by Byron Bixler Kevin Fermini is a senior Cinema & Photography major at Ithaca College and Filmic contributor whose thesis project is a quirky vampire short shot on Super 8 called “Viola vs. The Vampire King.” Last week, he joined the Cinephile Delinquents podcast (the official podcast of Filmic Magazine) for a special Halloween-themed … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerIt’s 2002 and Cory Booker is in a heated battle. The prize? The mayorship of Newark, New Jersey. The opponent? Four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Booker is young, he’s a passionate speaker and unfortunately for him, he’s the clear underdog in this situation. Working with a small campaign over the course of several months, … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerOculus is about an evil mirror. Except it isn’t really about an evil mirror, it’s about the divide between two siblings. Except it isn’t really about two siblings, it’s about mental illness and the delicate high wire act that comes with surviving horrendous trauma at an early age. Here we have a young … Continue reading
The pairing of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton has been one of the most talked-about actor/director collaborations of the last 25 years. However, with Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children opening this week, we take a look back at the famously macabre director’s adventures without his favorite muse. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerMany times have we seen the story of the old, curmudgeonly man forced by circumstance into close quarters with an eccentric kid, the pair not liking each other at first, but eventually forming a heartfelt bond. However, it has rarely been told with such intelligence and infectious energy as it is in Hunt … Continue reading
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