The downfall of a Canadian town is detailed with Lovecraftian comic-absurdity through faux TV programs and commercials in writer-director Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Tag Archives: Comedy
Convention City (1933)
No, folks, don’t get your hopes up. This is not a review of a rediscovered lost film. Instead, it is an essay about a lost film and how it got lost.
Headcase (short) (2025) [Fantasia 2025]
A desperate bid for internet fame quickly spirals into a grotesque and wildly absurd journey of self-delusion and decay. What happens when social media praise is more important than basic humanity?
Oh, Hi! (2025)
A new couple’s weekend getaway doesn’t go as planned in the dark relationship comedy Oh, Hi!
Anything That Moves [Fantasia 2025]
A sex worker is suspected of a series of murders in the dark comedy Anything That Moves, written and directed by Alex Phillips, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Stinker (2025) [Fantasia 2025]
From an unlikely beginning in a forgotten roadside outhouse in Kazakhstan, this story unfolds into a mystical and unexpectedly tender reflection on finding connection and getting a second chance.
Men in Black (1997) [Comic Book Month 2025]
When a New York city street cop nearly catches an inhuman perpetrator on foot, he’s quickly pulled into the secret world of aliens and recruited to the one agency that keeps them in line— the Men in Black.