Well, I'm a week removed from my Fantasia trip and suitably recovered enough to talk about it. Now a veteran of over fifteen years at this fest, it's become just as much about visiting restaurants and cocktail bars in Montreal as it is about watching movies...
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| (from top left) The Mayahuel at Caifan MTL, the pan-seared hanger steak at Joe Beef & the counter at Neo Tokyo. |
...but here is a sampling of my festival faves.
#3: Retro screening of The Carpenter (1988)
#2 Kryptic (2024)
#1 Frankie Freako (2024)
Perhaps surprisingly, I had never seen this. It was a delight to watch for many reasons, including viewing it with a hometown audience (the movie was shot in Montreal) and a rare performance by Wings Hauser where he is decidedly charming. A gleefully absurd romp.
A somber and atmospheric debut piece by Canadian Kourtney Roy. This movie has a lot going for it in a committed performance from Chloe Pirrie, the perfectly utilized scenery of British Columbia and a meandering, yet engaging, mystery.
Director Steve Kostanski is back at it again. Utilizing a pair of his Astron 6 cohorts (Conor Sweeney & Adam Brooks), a gaggle of misfit puppets and just a couple of locations, he has paid homage to one of his favourite movies, Ghoulies III. Edibles are optional, but everyone in attendance had a blast with this one.
2 comments:
How does it work going shopping in Quebec? Are you expected to know French if you roll up to a Tim Horton's in your car? Or do outsiders stick to the English speaking parts of town?
Mtl is totally bi-lingual. I've never gotten any grief from anyone for speaking the King's.
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