The 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival presents five days of devastating celluloid provocations on May 13-17 at the Logan Theatre.
The fest kicks off on May 13 with the incredibly haunting short film Echoes by Jaimz Asmundson and the Filipino romantic crime drama Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal and a Whore by the single-named director Khavn.
Highlights of the fest include the new slacker-ific comedy by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn, L for Leisure; the Spanish socio-political documentary Speculation Nation by Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat; the pastoral friendship drama For the Plasma by Bingham Bryant & Kyle Molzan; and the joyful pop doc Living Stars by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.
There are also loads of un-missable short films, such as the gritty modern film noir Bite Radius by Spencer Parsons; and amazing new films by Jennifer Reeder (Blood Below the Skin), Zachary Epcar (Under the Heat Lamp...
The fest kicks off on May 13 with the incredibly haunting short film Echoes by Jaimz Asmundson and the Filipino romantic crime drama Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal and a Whore by the single-named director Khavn.
Highlights of the fest include the new slacker-ific comedy by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn, L for Leisure; the Spanish socio-political documentary Speculation Nation by Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat; the pastoral friendship drama For the Plasma by Bingham Bryant & Kyle Molzan; and the joyful pop doc Living Stars by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.
There are also loads of un-missable short films, such as the gritty modern film noir Bite Radius by Spencer Parsons; and amazing new films by Jennifer Reeder (Blood Below the Skin), Zachary Epcar (Under the Heat Lamp...
- 5/11/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Rick Castro has been in the forefront of counterculture art, fetish photography, and independent film for over 25 years, working and creating in his hometown of Los Angeles. He will be at the One Culture Series March 20, offering a trip down memory lane, 1986 through 2010. You can indulge in his images, vision, and ideas about fetish, subculture, and how they are defining 21st-century culture. It’s a perfect way to kick off Los Angeles Leather Week, 2011. Castro will also have an artist booth at the 15th Annual Tom of Finland Art Fair in West Hollywood March 26 and 27, and he will be part of the world premiere exhibition "Ward of the State: Tony Ward Artists’ Muse" April 14 through June 11 at Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles. For more info about Castro’s artwork, please visit RickCastro.com.Castro is an independent filmmaker, photographer, curator, and blogger. His work has been featured in artist editions,...
- 3/17/2011
- The Advocate
Given yesterday's story of an Australian film festival director who had his home raided and charges pressed against him following a screening of Bruce Labruce's La Zombie this seems particularly appropriate:
Director Angelique Bosio is currently wrapping things up on The Advocate For Fagdom, a feature length documentary on Canada's gay art punk provocateur featuring interview segments with John Waters, Harmony Korine, Gus Van Sant and others. Here's the official synopsis:
At turns, a transgressive artist in the purest sense of the term, the spiritual son of Kenneth Anger and John Waters, or leader of the Queercore movement, one thing is certain : Bruce Labruce makes small budget movies full of hardcore sex, political messages and containing as much violence as tenderness, in which he happily crushes any gay attitude clichés while practicing ironic self glorification, mocks any horror movie or dramatic set ups, and avoids all fashionable art trends.
Director Angelique Bosio is currently wrapping things up on The Advocate For Fagdom, a feature length documentary on Canada's gay art punk provocateur featuring interview segments with John Waters, Harmony Korine, Gus Van Sant and others. Here's the official synopsis:
At turns, a transgressive artist in the purest sense of the term, the spiritual son of Kenneth Anger and John Waters, or leader of the Queercore movement, one thing is certain : Bruce Labruce makes small budget movies full of hardcore sex, political messages and containing as much violence as tenderness, in which he happily crushes any gay attitude clichés while practicing ironic self glorification, mocks any horror movie or dramatic set ups, and avoids all fashionable art trends.
- 11/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
• Screamkings Productions has announced that its new shocker Frat House Massacre (pictured) will have its first U.S. screening next Wednesday, February 4. It’ll be showing at New York City’s Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue) as part of the NewFilmmakers New York series.
The movie begins at 8 p.m., and director Alex Pucci and cast members Jon Fleming, Niki Notarile and Rane Jameson will attend and hold a Q&A. Scripted by Draven Gonzalez, Frat House Massacre is supposedly based on true events and is set in 1979, following two brothers as they join the Delta Iota fraternity and find themselves enmeshed in sex, drugs and brutal hazing that leads to torture and murder. Veteran Italian composer Claudio Simonetti provided the score. You can check out the movie’s official website here.
• While it continues to search for a distributor, Jim Isaac’s new film Pig Hunt has been set...
The movie begins at 8 p.m., and director Alex Pucci and cast members Jon Fleming, Niki Notarile and Rane Jameson will attend and hold a Q&A. Scripted by Draven Gonzalez, Frat House Massacre is supposedly based on true events and is set in 1979, following two brothers as they join the Delta Iota fraternity and find themselves enmeshed in sex, drugs and brutal hazing that leads to torture and murder. Veteran Italian composer Claudio Simonetti provided the score. You can check out the movie’s official website here.
• While it continues to search for a distributor, Jim Isaac’s new film Pig Hunt has been set...
- 1/28/2009
- Fangoria
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