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See you in Austin?
First thing Thursday morning, Mrs. 4Dk and I will be jetting off to Austin for this year's Fantastic Fest, where I will be spreading the gospel of Funky Bollywood and mingling with other world genre...
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I fested. I feasted. I fled.
So let me tell you about last week, when I made my first ever trip to Fantastic Fest in Austin. Though first I want to thank Kristen, Meredith and Evrim of the FF for making me feel so welcome, because...
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The Dwarves Must Be Crazy, aka Krasue Kreung Khon (Thailand, 2016)
I watched The Dwarves Must Be Crazy not so much because I wanted to, but because I thought I should—in that, of all the films at Fantastic Fest, it was, to my mind, exactly the type my readers would...
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Fraud (United States, 2016)
The most interesting thing about Fraud is the number of perspectives you can bring to it. In one sense, it is a movie about editing. During the screening at Fantastic Fest, my wife, overcome by all the...
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Pop but not forgotten
Todd, what's this your mother is telling me about you not posting a link to the last Pop Offensive? That was back in the middle of September, wasn't it?Gosh, dad, there was just so much going on, what...
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Life on Mars
I'll admit that, in reviewing Mars Men for Teleport City, I had some reservations about returning to the topic of Sompote Sands. He is a filmmaker about whom I've had some mixed feelings, to say the...
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Podcast on Fire's Taiwan Noir Episode #23: Fantasy of Deer Warrior and Double...
It's hard to imagine Kenny B and I picking two films as different from one another as those we picked for Taiwan Noir #23. The first is the 1961 film Fantasy of Deer Warrior, which I would call a kid's...
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4DK encourages you to vote, and vote responsibly
Hi, it's Todd. I know you usually come to this blog for thoughtful commentary on weird movies laced with profanity and dick jokes, and we'll be back to that in a moment. But, right now, I want to talk...
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Don't Torture a Duckling (Italy, 1972)
I’m not alone in thinking that Don’t Torture a Duckling is Lucio Fulci’s best film, although I may not be qualified to make that call.You see, I’ve never been a big fan of Fulci’s movies and, as a...
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Brain loss
Tars Tarkas and I have been doing the Infernal Brains Podcast for six years now, and have recorded almost 20 episodes. Astonishingly, over that entire time, we've managed to avoid becoming at all...
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Wednesday! LEAVE THE PLANET with POP OFFENSIVE!
I'm sure that, after the events of last week, many of you are contemplating migrating into outer space. Well, this Wednesday, November 16th, Pop Offensive is going to offer you the next best thing: a...
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