This festival is fantastic. World cinema unfurls for a full three weeks every July, and the programming team does a phenomenal job of procuring films that you might never see otherwise. Strange Serbian films, Shaw Brothers classics, Russian obscurities, amazing guests, and sometimes live performances make this fest a world leader in the fantastic and weird in cinema.
Jeffrey Combs just put on a one-act play here called Nevermore in which he portrayed a spot-on Edgar Allen Poe to a packed house at the gorgeous Rialto Theater. The HP Lovecraft master class conducted by horror director Stuart Gordon and screenwriter Dennis Paoli was sheer awesomeness.
Head here for a daily blog and online film descriptions! http://www.fantasiafestival.com/2010/en/
Also, this is one of the only places you can catch the new, restored footage of Metropolis with a live orchestra!
Fantasia, may you live a long and weird, weird life!!
Love,
Your fans