Fantastic Fest 2010 Films, iPhone App

Fantastic Fest 2010, iPhone App

The announcement of Matt Reeves Let Me In for opening night, Fantastic Fest has unveiled another slew of exciting premieres and titles for its 2010 line-up.

The festival has added a Gala screening of Buried, a claustrophobic thriller starring Ryan Reynolds, on Thursday, September 23 (a day before its released in select theaters).  Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés will be in attendance.  Fantastic Fest is also adding it to their “Rolling Roadshow” list, which prides itself on an immersive experience for seeing the film (e.g. the classic On the Waterfront projected on a New Jersey pier).  The twist — and there’s always a twist with these guys — is that four people will be selected to watch the film while actually buried.

The festival will also host the U.S. premiere of Stone with star Edward Norton in attendance, the vampire sequel 30 Days of Nights: Dark Days, and the unrated slasher sequel Hatchet 2.  (For a full list of titles and special guests, see below.)

Fantastic Fest has also unveiled a new, free iPhone application to help film fanatics plan their schedules around the eclectic blend of genre goodness.  Though the screening times are not locked in for the festival just yet, iPhone users will be able to add films and events to their calendar or rate movies on the fly, then sync that data with a personal site or pull the latest from FantasticFest.com.  Plus, there are filters on the events, categories, and venues to lend some method to the madness.

Scattered on the schedule are some of the latest Austin film happenings, like their “Movies in the Park” events happening through September.  Ever wanted to see The Wizard while enjoying the fresh air?  What about The Last Starfighter?  Check it out.

I’ll be camped downtown and making my way to as many events as I can, so if you’re headed down here to Austin drop me a line. (more…)