Cait's Top 5 Watches from Fantastic Fest 2025 Highlights from my favorite film festival of all!

Fascinating year for women on film at Fantastic Fest!

Female rage, agency, bodies, and gendered horror rose to the top, as my most memorable and enjoyed watches.

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Film Diary: August 2025 What I've been watching, this month.

Sunsetted summer to the tune of bright musicals and a slight turn towards the creepy autumnal watches I'm yearning for.

My film diary for August 2025!
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'Caught Stealing' Review: A Pulpy Popcorn Flick Aronofsky's latest evokes the nostalgia of a bygone era of action cinema.

#CaughtStealing lives at the "golden ratio" of popcorn cinema, Hollywood glitterati, and slick storytelling.

My review:
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Summer of Slasher 2025 Simply Cinema's summer celebration of all things slasher! From the criminally underrated, to the all-time icons! simplycinema.substack.com/t/summer-of-slasher

Wrapping up my last couple of essays for my 2025 #SummerofSlasher column. In a summer where I was QUITE short on time, it was fun to explore a few films from my favorite subgenre!

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Film Diary: July 2025 What I was watching, this month.

From comic book summer blockbusters to midnight screenings, July was a great month for movies.

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Summer of Slasher: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (1997) vs 'Scream' (1996) Movies don't create psychos, movies just make psychos subject to more tropes.

My latest on Simply Cinema and the second installment in my Summer of Slasher series, comparing SCREAM and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Two slashers, both alike in dignity.

Read it:
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Film Diary: June 2025 What I was watching, this month

Summer is for slashers, survival horror, and... demonic boybands.

My latest film diary:
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Summer of Slasher: 'In A Violent Nature' (2024) Slasher kills man. Final Girl inherits the Earth.

Kicking off my latest column, #SummerofSlasher! Deep dives on all things slasher, all #summer long. Starting with #InAViolentNature, a criminally underrated slasher, with a wholly unique perspective.

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'Dogma' at 25: Full Offense Given, Taken as Sacrament "Even God has a sense of humor. Just look at the platypus."

Kevin Smith's DOGMA turns 25! And it hits even better now.

My review:
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'Clown in a Cornfield' Review: Corny, Clowning Fun Exactly as advertised.

Clown in a Cornfield doesn’t reinvent the wheel, when it comes to killer clowns. It takes the tropes for a joyride.

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Film Diary: April 2025 What I was watching, this month...

My latest, over on my Simply Cinema substack! April proved to be QUITE the bloody month for movies.

Here's what I was watching:
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Film Diary: February 2025 What I was watching, this month...

The Substack: Simply Cinema
The Post: A film diary.
The Mission: To watch a bunch of rom-coms in February
The Result: Spectacular failure.

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