The Oak Room (2020)
During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.
Vicious Fun (2020)
A caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. He decides it's best to try and blend in.
News

See what's underneath Jennifer Kent on creating a legend in The Babadook

Life lessons Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls

Observing different ways of being Lisandro Alonso on John Ford, Alice Rohrwacher, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Eureka

The invisible worm Anand Tucker on the making of monsters and The Critic

An epic work of art Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist

Wild card Emile Hirsch on playing poker, suffering for his art and Dead Money

Life in full colour Fawzia Mirza on intergenerational connection, Bollywood, queerness and The Queen Of My Dreams

More news and features

We're bringing you news, reviews and more from Fantastic Fest.



We're looking forward to San Sebastian, Beyond Fest, the New York Film Festival, Grimmfest, the London Film Festival, Newfest and Abertoir.



We've recently covered the Toronto International Film Festival, the Cheltenham International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, Frightfest and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.

Interact

More competitions coming soon.


DJDT

Versions

Time

Settings from settings.local

Headers

Request

SQL queries from 1 connection

Templates (6 rendered)

Cache calls from 2 backends

Signals