Best Horror Films of 2015
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Nina Forever
15 Best films of the 2015 Fantasia Film Festival
Horror, fantasy, Hong Kong action, animation, strange documentaries, thought-provoking science-fiction, …
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Fantasia 2015: ‘Nina Forever’ is a gruesome, sexy, dark comedy
The Marquis de Sade wrote, “There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image”. Georges Bataille latched onto this idea, arguing that without death there is no desire. Factors of procreation and beauty play a role in sex, but true desire is rooted in our mortality: we want to fuck because we know we will die. The link between death and desire is at the heart of the Blaine brothers’ debut feature, Nina Forever.
Justine’s Five Must See Films at Fantasia Film Festival 2015
I love when Fantasia gets weird. Featuring its fair share of bigger budget horrors, Asian epics and the occasional mainstream genre pic – it’s the little ones from far off places and no-name filmmakers that excite me the most. This year’s a goldmine for my particular tastes, and it’s been years since I’ve been so excited by their lineup. Most of the films I’m most eager to see are from filmmakers I’ve never heard of, or from countries I’ve nary seen a single film.