Latest Podcast
FILM THREAT PODCAST – EPISODE 52 – A YEAR’S WORTH OF PODCASTS
It took them longer than a year, but Don and Mark have finally uploaded 52 podcasts, which at one-a-week listening would be a year’s worth of… well, I don’t know what you call the gibberish they spew…
Posted on September 20, 2011 in Podcasts by Mark Bell
Latest Features
GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – ON THE GROUND AT MIPCOM 2011
Independent filmmakers out there may as well cement the term “pods” in your mind as a new distribution “catch phrase,” because “pods” are the new set pieces that will lead to independent film distribution success…
Posted on October 4, 2011 in Features, Going Bionic by Hammad Zaidi
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MONKEY MAN – 06
The auditions come to an end as four new characters perform for your votes to be the newest member to join the comic strip. Who will make the final cut? You decide!
Posted on October 3, 2011 in Features, New Adventures of Monkey Man by Brian Lynch
Latest Film Festival Stories
2011 PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL SLATE FOR 20TH ANNUAL EVENT
The Philadelphia Film Festival is turning 20 years old this year, and they’ve announced the full lineup for the event running October 20-November 3, 2011. As a hometown fest for this South Jersey / Philly fanatic, you know I’m going to be there…
Posted on September 27, 2011 in Festivals by Mark Bell
2011 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP
Running October 20-23, 2011, the 2011 Austin Film Festival has announced its lineup of films for this year’s fest…
Posted on September 22, 2011 in Festivals by Mark Bell
QUICK PRIMER ON THE 2011 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Lucky for all us, the 2011 Woodstock Film Festival, running September 21-25, 2011, sent on a press release touching on the extra-long weekend’s programming for your easy perusal and festival attendance planning…
Posted on September 20, 2011 in Festivals by Mark Bell
Latest Reviews
THE HUNGRY BULL
While all the actors are wonderful, particular praise should be pointed at Gregorio Parker for his portrayal of Dante. He manages to make Dante compelling and charismatic, all while hidden behind a haze of booze, beard and cigarette smoke…
Posted on October 4, 2011 in Reviews by Mark Bell
THE LONG, SLOW DEATH OF A TWENTY-SOMETHING
“The Long, Slow Death of a Twenty-Something” is a very funny film that revels in the humor and unfair hypocrisy of a world where the geek has been told they’ve inherited the world, while still being forced to take the backseat to the good-looking and popular…
Posted on October 4, 2011 in Reviews by Mark Bell
4TH & GOAL
For as intriguing and interesting as “4th & Goal” is, I still found myself wanting more of a balanced approach to the characters and action onscreen…
Posted on October 4, 2011 in Reviews by Don R. Lewis
Latest Interviews
CURATOR TO CURATOR: STEPHEN PARR’S “ODDBALL FILMS”
Stephen Parr’s Oddball Film Archives is just that. Located in the Mission District of San Francisco, his loft contains over 50,000 films…
Posted on September 22, 2011 in Interviews by Noel Lawrence
HAPPY ACCIDENTS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER EVAN GLODELL ON “BELLFLOWER”
Actor-writer-director Evan Glodell made “Bellflower” over a number of years, on his own time and dollar. He speaks from experience, and yet – like many debuting filmmakers – seems caught in the headlights…
Posted on September 14, 2011 in Interviews by Matthew Sorrento
“GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9″: AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ROBERT PERSONS
In the interview that follows, filmmaker Bob Persons and I talk much about “General Orders No. 9,” it’s implications and, of course, ghosts…
Posted on September 1, 2011 in Interviews by Amy R. Handler
Latest News and Blogs
A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY FIVE OF “CXL”
When we last left Sean Gillane and his merry band of San Francisco pranksters, they were shooting green screen footage on the street…
Posted on October 5, 2011 in A Year Without Rent, Blogs by Lucas McNelly
A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY TEN OF “FAVOR”
All through this production, I’ve heard tales of our “seedy motel” location, a place so vile and disgusting, they couldn’t even bring themselves to put me up there…
Posted on October 4, 2011 in A Year Without Rent, Blogs by Lucas McNelly
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END: DAY EIGHT OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
Alas, the final day of Fantastic Fest has come around. Thinking back on the days before the festival, anticipation high, the world our oyster, and ready to conquer as many movies as we can in the allocated eight days, it all seems so long ago…
Posted on October 3, 2011 in Blogs by Noah Lee
A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY NINE OF “FAVOR”
Previously, on FAVOR: Paul Osborne drove us out into the desert with a shovel and told us to dig (what could go wrong?). Well, now we’re back at his house for a day of filming (it’s a scheduling thing)…
Posted on October 3, 2011 in A Year Without Rent, Blogs by Lucas McNelly
A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAYS SEVEN AND EIGHT OF “FAVOR”
We’re combining days here for the first time on A Year Without Rent for one very simple reason: nothing happened on day 7…
Posted on October 2, 2011 in A Year Without Rent, Blogs by Lucas McNelly
MOON MEN AND MILOCRORZE: DAY SEVEN OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
It finally arrived, the penultimate day of the ultimate movie festival and the last full day of entertainment. It’s a day that would see the Drafthouse invaded by men in moon suits, a famous rock star, and another strong lineup of movies…
Posted on October 1, 2011 in Blogs by Noah Lee
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