[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "Doomsdays," is available now On Demand. Need help finding a movie to watch? Let TWC find the best fit for your mood here.] Read More: Fantasia Fest Review: 'Doomsdays' Is Defiantly Original Ever have the urge to make use of an unoccupied vacation home? Fortunately, you're not alone. In Eddie Mullins' comedy-drama "Doomsdays," Justin Rice and Leo Fitzpatrick star as Fred and Bruho, two freewheeling squatters with a love for vacant vacation homes up in the Catskills. While the two vandals are doing just fine as they move from one richly appointed home to another, their peculiar lifestyle gets complicated when an aimless young woman joins their ranks. In the exclusive clip above, the characters give a little crash course on how to successfully break and enter into a vacant home....
- 9/9/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Director Eddie Mullins won a lot of love on the festival circuit for his indie pre-apocalyptic comedy Doomsdays and with the film and with the film having launched its limited theatrical run and now available on VOD we've got an exclusive clip to share!Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick) aren't sanguine about the future. Convinced that dwindling petroleum resources will soon bring the modern world to a halt, they've dropped out of productive (and vehicular) society, choosing instead a life of free-wheeling vagabondage. As they trek across the Catskills, they break into a series of vacation homes, holing up until they either run out of food or are chased off. The pattern is interrupted, however, when they run across a teenage boy (Brian...
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- 6/10/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Every day, more and more films are added to the various streaming services out there, ranging from Netflix to YouTube, and are hitting the airwaves via movie-centric networks like TCM. Therefore, sifting through all of these pictures can be a tedious and often times confounding or difficult ordeal. But, that’s why we’re here. Every week, Joshua brings you five films to put at the top of your queue, add to your playlist, or grab off of VOD to make your weekend a little more eventful. Here is this week’s top five, in this week’s Armchair Vacation.
5. Doomsdays (VOD)
While post-apocalyptic action films seem to be all the craze in modern action cinema, few genres have taken to the moments before the apocalypse, let alone comedic ventures. However, from director Eddie Mullins comes this self described “pre-apocalyptic comedy,” Doomsdays. The film introduces us to two roaming squatters named Dirty Fred and Bruho,...
5. Doomsdays (VOD)
While post-apocalyptic action films seem to be all the craze in modern action cinema, few genres have taken to the moments before the apocalypse, let alone comedic ventures. However, from director Eddie Mullins comes this self described “pre-apocalyptic comedy,” Doomsdays. The film introduces us to two roaming squatters named Dirty Fred and Bruho,...
- 6/5/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
A new gallery of images has been revealed for the horror comedy Doomsdays. Also showcased in this round-up: Blu-ray release details for IFC Midnight's Backcountry and The Harvest, as well as a look at the Catalyst series pilot.
Doomsdays: Directed by Eddie Mullins, Doomsdays is now available to watch in select theaters and on VOD:
"A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Doomsdays follows the misadventures of Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick), a pair of free-wheeling squatters with a taste for unoccupied vacation homes in the Catskills. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when a runaway teen and an aimless young woman join their peculiar tribe."
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Backcountry and The Harvest: From Scream Factory: "We are proud to announce that we have new IFC Midnight titles planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this Fall!
Backcountry – Based on true events, this terrifying account of a couple stranded in...
Doomsdays: Directed by Eddie Mullins, Doomsdays is now available to watch in select theaters and on VOD:
"A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Doomsdays follows the misadventures of Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick), a pair of free-wheeling squatters with a taste for unoccupied vacation homes in the Catskills. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when a runaway teen and an aimless young woman join their peculiar tribe."
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Backcountry and The Harvest: From Scream Factory: "We are proud to announce that we have new IFC Midnight titles planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this Fall!
Backcountry – Based on true events, this terrifying account of a couple stranded in...
- 6/5/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Doomsdays is not another big budget, effects laden, apocalyptic blockbuster about the end of days. This is the exact opposite. Writer and director Eddie Mullins tells the story of two aimless squatters who wander from one lavish vacation home to another in the Catskills, breaking in and making themselves at home. Justin Rice plays Dirty Fred, the more cultured and outwardly intellectual of the two men. Leo Fitzpatrick plays Bruho, the less stable, paranoid loose cannon. Both men live life by their own rules, which for the most part, means there are no rules.
Dirty Fred and Bruho’s daily life goes on swimmingly, unencumbered by law or societal expectations for some time. They take what they need, do what they want, and generally cause havoc and mischief as necessary for their own amusement. One day, they meet Jaidon, played by Brian Charles Johnson. Jaidon is a husky runaway teenager with limited social skills,...
Dirty Fred and Bruho’s daily life goes on swimmingly, unencumbered by law or societal expectations for some time. They take what they need, do what they want, and generally cause havoc and mischief as necessary for their own amusement. One day, they meet Jaidon, played by Brian Charles Johnson. Jaidon is a husky runaway teenager with limited social skills,...
- 6/4/2015
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the superbly static opening shot of Eddie Mullins' Doomsdays, we find two young men making a quick escape from a low window of a handsome Upstate New York home as the real owners walk in the front door, unaware that their abode has been used as a way-stop on their journey to nowhere. One of the pair comes forward in the unbroken shot to slash the homeowners' car tire before they trot off into the deep focus of the frame. It is an early taste of the many witty, deadpan comic vignettes that gradually combine to form a character (and social) study -- and what just might be the best American slacker film of the 21st century. The bushy-bearded Dirty Fred (Justin Rice), in...
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- 6/4/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Thoughtful buddy comedy Doomsdays makes spending time with manic man-children a lot more fun than it should be. You wouldn't want to hang with serial home invaders Dirty Fred (Mutual Appreciation's Justin Rice) and Bruho (Kids' Leo Fitzpatrick) in real life, a truth that writer-director Eddie Mullins underscores every time Fred tricks Bruho into fighting irate homeowners on his behalf or Bruho takes out his anger issues on whatever object is within arm's reach. But Fred and Bruho are charming within the context of Doomsdays' escapist scenario, and Mullins doesn't try to cure his protagonists of their characteristic dickishness. Their impish, unrepentantly destructive behavior actually proves endearing, even when Fred tries to seduce t...
- 6/3/2015
- Village Voice
Release details for Forbidden Empire and Doomsdays, along with a promo video for A&E's Damien and details on the horror short, Heir, are featured in our latest round-up.
Forbidden Empire: Starring Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Forbidden Empire hits VOD on May 22nd:
"An 18th century explorer sets out on an epic journey to map the forbidden uncharted lands of Transylvania only to discover its dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical forest."
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Doomsdays: A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Eddie Mullins' Doomsdays hits theaters on June 5th:
"A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Doomsdays follows the misadventures of Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick), a pair of free-wheeling squatters with a taste for unoccupied vacation homes in the Catskills. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when a runaway teen and an aimless young woman join their peculiar tribe.
Forbidden Empire: Starring Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Forbidden Empire hits VOD on May 22nd:
"An 18th century explorer sets out on an epic journey to map the forbidden uncharted lands of Transylvania only to discover its dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical forest."
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Doomsdays: A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Eddie Mullins' Doomsdays hits theaters on June 5th:
"A pre-apocalyptic comedy, Doomsdays follows the misadventures of Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick), a pair of free-wheeling squatters with a taste for unoccupied vacation homes in the Catskills. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when a runaway teen and an aimless young woman join their peculiar tribe.
- 5/12/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From a recent interview at Sundance 2015. An informative piece on distribution and the production & distribution company Candy Factory Films.
Based in New York, Candy Factory Films is a forward-thinking, filmmaker-friendly production and distribution company dedicated to creating and releasing high impact films and fostering communities around independent cinema.
Some of Candy Factory’s films include the just-released documentary, 'No Evidence of Disease', which played in 44 markets nationwide on World Cancer Day and is now available exclusively on Vimeo On Demand, as well as last year’s critically acclaimed Slamdance drama, 'The Sublime and Beautiful'. The company also just announced the launch of their genre arm, Electric Candy, and the first titles to be released under the new banner: Eddie Mullins pre-apocalyptic comedy, 'Doomsdays', and Sarah Adina Smith’s paranormal psychodrama, 'The Midnight Swim' (Smith was also just announced as one of the directors in the upcoming Xyz-produced Holiday Anthology).
During a recent interview at Sundance 2015, Head of Acquisitions Caitlin Gold took the time to share her passion for distribution, the core values of Candy Factory Films, and useful information for any filmmaker who is just starting to navigate the world of distribution.
How did you enter the world of distribution?
I actually moved to New York to attend a theater conservatory program in 2007. I wanted to be an actor, and never really saw myself doing anything else. After graduating, I was working as a professional actor and at the time, a friend was producing his second full-length feature film. As many of us indie filmmakers do out of necessity, he was wearing far too many hats (writer, director, producer, wardrobe, catering etc.). I had a small role in the film and saw him struggling. I said “Hey, I’m type A… I can help get some of the busy work done!” I jumped in and ended up helping him to produce that project and fell in love with it. Eventually, after some time and more production work, I realized I was much better suited to behind-the-camera roles. I had lost the passion for acting and fell quite madly in love with all that producing entailed. So in 2010, I started a production company with a colleague of mine and have been producing content ever since.
Then nearly three years ago, I met Jason Ward — the CEO of Candy Factory - here at Sundance, so I have a particular fondness in my heart for this place. Jason and I developed this great working relationship where I would send him scripts I had been working on and rough cuts of films that I was producing. Quite quickly, he became a trusted colleague.
In early 2013, he approached me and we discussed his desire to open a distribution arm of his company. Immediately I knew that I wanted to be a part of it. I never saw myself working in distribution, but it was an opportunity that I knew would prove invaluable, simply because it was the chance to learn an area of this business I had only been exposed to at the surface-level. Now, a year and a half later, distribution is my life. I still produce films, but working on the distribution side has forever changed the way I’ll make movies moving forward.
What have you’ve learned about distribution that you really didn’t get before?
For a producer, particularly one who is navigating the distribution landscape for the first time, it is so important to be aware of and truly understand the myriad of options in front of you. Do your research. Know the key players in the distribution game – the sales agents, the aggregators, the boutique distributors like ourselves. Also, understand how the choices you make early on will impact your opportunities later. Read the trades constantly. The more you do, the more you’ll begin to develop a true understanding of critical aspects of the distribution game, such as windowing. It’s fantastic that filmmakers today have so many options and that the barrier for entry is virtually non-existent. But that just means that filmmakers need to be more savvy, more knowledgeable – not less – in order for their films to be financially successful.
Another thing I always tell filmmakers is that the time to be thinking about distribution isn’t once you’re in post, or once you hit the festival circuit. You should be thinking about distribution as early as development, and its awesome to see that filmmakers are much more savvy to this nowadays. They’re thinking about how to connect with audiences before they’ve raised a penny. They’re thinking about outreach and engagement before they even get to set. This is critical.
You mentioned the term “aggregator”. What is an aggregator?
An aggregator is the conduit between the filmmaker or distributor and the various platforms like iTunes or Google Play. An aggregator typically takes a small percentage or flat fee for getting the content to the platforms. Most distributors work with aggregators, though many – us included – work hard to forge direct relationships with the platforms to reduce the number of intermediaries.
Please talk about Candy Factory’s history and slate.
The company was launched by our CEO, Jason Ward, back in 2005, and was strictly a production and post-production company at the time.
Jason had several experiences where distribution deals went sour, and it really put a bad taste in his mouth. He witnessed first-hand people being taken advantage of and promises that weren’t lived up to. It made him question the landscape around him and ask, “Can’t there be a distribution company that focuses on the collaboration between the filmmaker and distributor?” He wanted to launch a distribution company that considered the goals of the filmmaker to be of utmost importance. He also wanted to bring people back to why we make movies to begin with – which is to have shared meaningful experiences, engage people, and ignite conversation.
Those principles are the foundation of our company. Our core values are to find unique and meaningful ways to connect content with audiences, to craft release strategies that support and also enhance our filmmakers’ goals, and to release films in a manner that is cost effective so that our clients can recoup. I think we’re unique in that we truly value and appreciate collaboration with our filmmakers, and they really do get personal attention from us. We aren’t the kind of company where it’s going to take three days to return a call or a week to return an email.
As for our slate, for now, we’ve made a conscious decision to keep it small and selective, releasing two to three films a month. We have 12 films at the moment, both documentaries and narratives. We look for films that are impactful, intelligent, thought provoking, and that ignite conversations and engage audiences.
Yes, this is a business and we have to be focused on profit and entertainment value. But getting back to the core values of filmmaking and placing focus on the filmmaker is truly important to us.
Lastly, despite all we have going on on the distribution side, I will say that we’re also very excited to be reincorporating more producing opportunities back into Candy Factory. We love building long-term relationships with our filmmakers. So if we’re distributing your film, it’s highly plausible that we’ll consider coming on board your next project in a greater capacity.
Why do you love doing this?
I am a film lover, first and foremost. For me, there is nothing more powerful than going into a dark theater and witnessing something that leaves me feeling inspired. If I can be even a small part of creating content that inspires others or helping that content to reach a wider audience, that is a dream come true. That is why I’m here and what I hope to do for many years to come.
Learn more about Candy Factory Films here.
Based in New York, Candy Factory Films is a forward-thinking, filmmaker-friendly production and distribution company dedicated to creating and releasing high impact films and fostering communities around independent cinema.
Some of Candy Factory’s films include the just-released documentary, 'No Evidence of Disease', which played in 44 markets nationwide on World Cancer Day and is now available exclusively on Vimeo On Demand, as well as last year’s critically acclaimed Slamdance drama, 'The Sublime and Beautiful'. The company also just announced the launch of their genre arm, Electric Candy, and the first titles to be released under the new banner: Eddie Mullins pre-apocalyptic comedy, 'Doomsdays', and Sarah Adina Smith’s paranormal psychodrama, 'The Midnight Swim' (Smith was also just announced as one of the directors in the upcoming Xyz-produced Holiday Anthology).
During a recent interview at Sundance 2015, Head of Acquisitions Caitlin Gold took the time to share her passion for distribution, the core values of Candy Factory Films, and useful information for any filmmaker who is just starting to navigate the world of distribution.
How did you enter the world of distribution?
I actually moved to New York to attend a theater conservatory program in 2007. I wanted to be an actor, and never really saw myself doing anything else. After graduating, I was working as a professional actor and at the time, a friend was producing his second full-length feature film. As many of us indie filmmakers do out of necessity, he was wearing far too many hats (writer, director, producer, wardrobe, catering etc.). I had a small role in the film and saw him struggling. I said “Hey, I’m type A… I can help get some of the busy work done!” I jumped in and ended up helping him to produce that project and fell in love with it. Eventually, after some time and more production work, I realized I was much better suited to behind-the-camera roles. I had lost the passion for acting and fell quite madly in love with all that producing entailed. So in 2010, I started a production company with a colleague of mine and have been producing content ever since.
Then nearly three years ago, I met Jason Ward — the CEO of Candy Factory - here at Sundance, so I have a particular fondness in my heart for this place. Jason and I developed this great working relationship where I would send him scripts I had been working on and rough cuts of films that I was producing. Quite quickly, he became a trusted colleague.
In early 2013, he approached me and we discussed his desire to open a distribution arm of his company. Immediately I knew that I wanted to be a part of it. I never saw myself working in distribution, but it was an opportunity that I knew would prove invaluable, simply because it was the chance to learn an area of this business I had only been exposed to at the surface-level. Now, a year and a half later, distribution is my life. I still produce films, but working on the distribution side has forever changed the way I’ll make movies moving forward.
What have you’ve learned about distribution that you really didn’t get before?
For a producer, particularly one who is navigating the distribution landscape for the first time, it is so important to be aware of and truly understand the myriad of options in front of you. Do your research. Know the key players in the distribution game – the sales agents, the aggregators, the boutique distributors like ourselves. Also, understand how the choices you make early on will impact your opportunities later. Read the trades constantly. The more you do, the more you’ll begin to develop a true understanding of critical aspects of the distribution game, such as windowing. It’s fantastic that filmmakers today have so many options and that the barrier for entry is virtually non-existent. But that just means that filmmakers need to be more savvy, more knowledgeable – not less – in order for their films to be financially successful.
Another thing I always tell filmmakers is that the time to be thinking about distribution isn’t once you’re in post, or once you hit the festival circuit. You should be thinking about distribution as early as development, and its awesome to see that filmmakers are much more savvy to this nowadays. They’re thinking about how to connect with audiences before they’ve raised a penny. They’re thinking about outreach and engagement before they even get to set. This is critical.
You mentioned the term “aggregator”. What is an aggregator?
An aggregator is the conduit between the filmmaker or distributor and the various platforms like iTunes or Google Play. An aggregator typically takes a small percentage or flat fee for getting the content to the platforms. Most distributors work with aggregators, though many – us included – work hard to forge direct relationships with the platforms to reduce the number of intermediaries.
Please talk about Candy Factory’s history and slate.
The company was launched by our CEO, Jason Ward, back in 2005, and was strictly a production and post-production company at the time.
Jason had several experiences where distribution deals went sour, and it really put a bad taste in his mouth. He witnessed first-hand people being taken advantage of and promises that weren’t lived up to. It made him question the landscape around him and ask, “Can’t there be a distribution company that focuses on the collaboration between the filmmaker and distributor?” He wanted to launch a distribution company that considered the goals of the filmmaker to be of utmost importance. He also wanted to bring people back to why we make movies to begin with – which is to have shared meaningful experiences, engage people, and ignite conversation.
Those principles are the foundation of our company. Our core values are to find unique and meaningful ways to connect content with audiences, to craft release strategies that support and also enhance our filmmakers’ goals, and to release films in a manner that is cost effective so that our clients can recoup. I think we’re unique in that we truly value and appreciate collaboration with our filmmakers, and they really do get personal attention from us. We aren’t the kind of company where it’s going to take three days to return a call or a week to return an email.
As for our slate, for now, we’ve made a conscious decision to keep it small and selective, releasing two to three films a month. We have 12 films at the moment, both documentaries and narratives. We look for films that are impactful, intelligent, thought provoking, and that ignite conversations and engage audiences.
Yes, this is a business and we have to be focused on profit and entertainment value. But getting back to the core values of filmmaking and placing focus on the filmmaker is truly important to us.
Lastly, despite all we have going on on the distribution side, I will say that we’re also very excited to be reincorporating more producing opportunities back into Candy Factory. We love building long-term relationships with our filmmakers. So if we’re distributing your film, it’s highly plausible that we’ll consider coming on board your next project in a greater capacity.
Why do you love doing this?
I am a film lover, first and foremost. For me, there is nothing more powerful than going into a dark theater and witnessing something that leaves me feeling inspired. If I can be even a small part of creating content that inspires others or helping that content to reach a wider audience, that is a dream come true. That is why I’m here and what I hope to do for many years to come.
Learn more about Candy Factory Films here.
- 2/10/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
The fifth annual Brisbane Underground Film Festival continues the scrappy little fest’s continuing mission to bring a little bit of cinematic oddballness to an underserved spot on the globe. The fest takes place on Jan. 8-10 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.
The fest kicks off on Jan. 8 with some local flavor, the documentary Gone Lesbo Gone, directed by Jarret Gahan, which takes a look at the making of an ambitious, but extremely cult level exploitation film, Lesbo-a-Go-Go. This will then be followed by an examination of a cult following on a galactic scale: Lil’ Bub & Friendz, directed by Andy Capper & Juliette Eisner, which brings the Internet cat video phenomenon to the big screen.
The real highlight of the fest, though — according to the Underground Film Journal — is Usama Alshaibi‘s incredibly personal and thought-provoking documentary American Arab, which examines the Arab experience in a post-9/11 world through personal recollections as...
The fest kicks off on Jan. 8 with some local flavor, the documentary Gone Lesbo Gone, directed by Jarret Gahan, which takes a look at the making of an ambitious, but extremely cult level exploitation film, Lesbo-a-Go-Go. This will then be followed by an examination of a cult following on a galactic scale: Lil’ Bub & Friendz, directed by Andy Capper & Juliette Eisner, which brings the Internet cat video phenomenon to the big screen.
The real highlight of the fest, though — according to the Underground Film Journal — is Usama Alshaibi‘s incredibly personal and thought-provoking documentary American Arab, which examines the Arab experience in a post-9/11 world through personal recollections as...
- 1/8/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
It’s really a testament to the scope and variety of the things one can see at the Fantasia International Film Festival that my top 5 Fantasia films this year can contain a big-budget sci-fi Blockbuster and a movie so obscure and bizarre that I’ll likely never get a chance to see it again. The entire spectrum of film making is encompassed in Fantasia’s 2014 program, from the ultra-budget to the micro-budget, and all places in between. Old and new, comedy and tragedy (and mixes thereof), you can see it all at Fantasia, and no matter what it is, odds are it will be something you’ll remember for a long time to come. This year five films in particular left a lasting impression on me, and they seem to encompass that all-important Fantasia variety quite nicely.
5:
Zombeavers
Written by Al Caplin, Jon Caplin and Jordan Rubin
Directed by Jordan Rubin
USA,...
5:
Zombeavers
Written by Al Caplin, Jon Caplin and Jordan Rubin
Directed by Jordan Rubin
USA,...
- 8/14/2014
- by Thomas O'Connor
- SoundOnSight
Just about a year ago we heard James Roday from "Psych" was directing a horror comedy called Gravy, and that was it... until now. The Sixth Annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival is opening with the world premiere of the film on April 1st. And no, it's not an April Fool's joke.
There are a few other horror projects like Borgman and Witching and Bitching scattered among the films screening during the Fccff's April 1-5 run, as well as a new one from renowned animator Bill Plympton, so if you're in or near NYC, check out the lineup below.
After all, who couldn't use a few laughs these days?
From the Press Release:
The Friars Club has announced that the Sixth Annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival (Fccff), to be held the week of April 1‐5, 2014, will open with the World Premiere of Gravy. The festival is a star‐studded celebration...
There are a few other horror projects like Borgman and Witching and Bitching scattered among the films screening during the Fccff's April 1-5 run, as well as a new one from renowned animator Bill Plympton, so if you're in or near NYC, check out the lineup below.
After all, who couldn't use a few laughs these days?
From the Press Release:
The Friars Club has announced that the Sixth Annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival (Fccff), to be held the week of April 1‐5, 2014, will open with the World Premiere of Gravy. The festival is a star‐studded celebration...
- 3/29/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Hey, New York! The Friar's Club Comedy Film Festival kicks off another quality year April first with the world premiere of James Roday's horror comedy Gravy and we've got tickets to give away for opening night plus other screenings throughout the festival!You want to check out Alex van Warmerdam's Borgman? Bill Plympton's Cheatin'? Alex de la Iglesia's Witching And Bitching? Eddie Mullins' indie hit Doomsdays? And, of course the aforementioned Gravy? We've got tickets for all of those to give away and all you need to do to claim a pair is email me here, tell me which film you want to see, and tell me a joke. Preferably a good one. Get to it!...
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- 3/27/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival will once again terrorize all of New England with a wide selection of international atrocities that span the globe from Japan to Belgium to the fest’s own backyard. The fest will run March 26-30 at the Brattle Theater.
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
- 3/20/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
There's a lot going on in Idaho this month. As of this year, the Gem State has proclaimed March its official Arts and Culture Month, with the Sun Valley Film Festival wrapped as of last weekend, and the Treefort Film and Music Festival kicking off this Wednesday, March 19.Now in its third year, the homegrown Idaho fest -- originally created for music, with a great lineup of hundreds of indie bands -- is brewing a wonderful slate of docs and features off the festival circuit, from opening night film "Doomsdays," directed by former Blackbook film critic Eddie Mullins, to brutal and beautiful Oscar-nominated foreign film "The Missing Picture" from director Rithy Panh, out of Cambodia. (Here's our interview.)Treefort will go down in downtown Boise until Sunday, March 23. A true-blue city in an otherwise red state, Boise is the perfect host for such an up-and-coming festival, as its arts scene is expanding and truly alive.
- 3/18/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Eastern Oregon Film Festival, which runs from February 20 to 22 in La Grande, Or, is one of those great regional film festivals that you feel lucky to stumble upon. Brandon Harris attended Eoff last year and called it a “hidden gem” in his report. This year, co-director of programming Ian Clark, who was one of our “25 New Faces” back in 2012, graciously invited Filmmaker to program a showcase, which will feature Eddie Mullins’ droll slacker comedy Doomsdays (a 2013 Best Film Not Playing selection) and “Qasim,” the latest episode from High Maintenance by our 2013 “New Faces” Katja Blichfeld […]...
- 1/31/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Eastern Oregon Film Festival, which runs from February 20 to 22 in La Grande, Or, is one of those great regional film festivals that you feel lucky to stumble upon. Brandon Harris attended Eoff last year and called it a “hidden gem” in his report. This year, co-director of programming Ian Clark, who was one of our “25 New Faces” back in 2012, graciously invited Filmmaker to program a showcase, which will feature Eddie Mullins’ droll slacker comedy Doomsdays (a 2013 Best Film Not Playing selection) and “Qasim,” the latest episode from High Maintenance by our 2013 “New Faces” Katja Blichfeld […]...
- 1/31/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Festival runs at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte from Feb 8-18.
The Berlin Independent Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its second edition.
Taking place at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte, the 17-strong feature lineup includes Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays, Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones, Tali Barde’s For No Eyes Only and Andrew McGeary’s The Warehouse.
The festival will also feature a shorts lineup, with the shorts screened in blocks between features, as well as a music video showcase on Feb 17.
Running at the same time as the Berlinale but not associated with it, the festival aims to provide a showcase for indie films with an emphasis on new film-makers, as well as developing into a crucial business hub for the low-budget film industry.
Last year’s edition saw prizes awarded to the likes of Paul Schoolman’s StringCaesar and Mark Jarrett’s The Taiwan Oyster for Low-Budget Feature and Micro-Budget...
The Berlin Independent Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its second edition.
Taking place at the Babylon cinema on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte, the 17-strong feature lineup includes Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays, Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones, Tali Barde’s For No Eyes Only and Andrew McGeary’s The Warehouse.
The festival will also feature a shorts lineup, with the shorts screened in blocks between features, as well as a music video showcase on Feb 17.
Running at the same time as the Berlinale but not associated with it, the festival aims to provide a showcase for indie films with an emphasis on new film-makers, as well as developing into a crucial business hub for the low-budget film industry.
Last year’s edition saw prizes awarded to the likes of Paul Schoolman’s StringCaesar and Mark Jarrett’s The Taiwan Oyster for Low-Budget Feature and Micro-Budget...
- 1/23/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
I see the harbingers of doom in this “pre-apocalyptic comedy,” but there’s nothing actually funny about it. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The world, Dirty Fred (Justin Rice: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick: Cold Comes the Night) agree, is doomed. So as a blow to the consumerism that is killing the planet and humanity, they have given up on civilization. They don’t work, and they don’t own stuff. They still need food and shelter, of course, but that’s a problem easily solved: they break into people’s vacation homes in New York’s rural Catskill Mountains and hang out there, eating and drinking until they get bored or get caught. They enjoy urinating in people’s beds for fun, and Bruho has a special hobby of destroying automobiles,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The world, Dirty Fred (Justin Rice: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick: Cold Comes the Night) agree, is doomed. So as a blow to the consumerism that is killing the planet and humanity, they have given up on civilization. They don’t work, and they don’t own stuff. They still need food and shelter, of course, but that’s a problem easily solved: they break into people’s vacation homes in New York’s rural Catskill Mountains and hang out there, eating and drinking until they get bored or get caught. They enjoy urinating in people’s beds for fun, and Bruho has a special hobby of destroying automobiles,...
- 1/22/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Creatives have always punctured power by exposing its funny side, welcoming those who might shy away from controversy
• Jonathan Wakeham's top 10 satirical comedies
Fifty years ago, Stanley Kubrick co-wrote and directed the film Dr Strangelove. It's now a comedy classic, but it was adapted from a book called Red Alert by an Raf officer named Peter George – an entirely serious indictment of the supposedly failsafe systems designed to prevent nuclear war.
Kubrick was fascinated by nuclear conflict. But the more he read about the situation, the more he became convinced that a realistic treatment simply couldn't dramatise the absurdity of the situation: that each side possessed enough weaponry to destroy the world several times over; that winning a nuclear war was like winning a suicide race.
What emerged was not the serious drama that Peter George had intended, but a dark and brilliant comedy that still informs the way we look at global conflict.
• Jonathan Wakeham's top 10 satirical comedies
Fifty years ago, Stanley Kubrick co-wrote and directed the film Dr Strangelove. It's now a comedy classic, but it was adapted from a book called Red Alert by an Raf officer named Peter George – an entirely serious indictment of the supposedly failsafe systems designed to prevent nuclear war.
Kubrick was fascinated by nuclear conflict. But the more he read about the situation, the more he became convinced that a realistic treatment simply couldn't dramatise the absurdity of the situation: that each side possessed enough weaponry to destroy the world several times over; that winning a nuclear war was like winning a suicide race.
What emerged was not the serious drama that Peter George had intended, but a dark and brilliant comedy that still informs the way we look at global conflict.
- 1/17/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
Filmmaker, Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), and The Museum of Modern Art announce today the five films chosen for the organization’s annual Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You series, running November 15 – 18 in MoMA’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2. They are: Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays; Kevin Jerome Everson’s The Island of St. Matthews; Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love; Aaron Douglas Johnston’s My Sister’s Quinceanera and Benjamin Greené’s Survival Prayer. As always, Filmmaker editors (myself, Nick Dawson, Brandon Harris, Alicia Van Couvering and Ray Pride), the Ifp’s Milton Tabbot and, new this year, MoMA’s Sophie Cavoulacos have […]...
- 11/7/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Filmmaker, Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), and The Museum of Modern Art announce today the five films chosen for the organization’s annual Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You series, running November 15 – 18 in MoMA’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2. They are: Eddie Mullins’ Doomsdays; Kevin Jerome Everson’s The Island of St. Matthews; Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love; Aaron Douglas Johnston’s My Sister’s Quinceanera and Benjamin Greené’s Survival Prayer. As always, Filmmaker editors (myself, Nick Dawson, Brandon Harris, Alicia Van Couvering and Ray Pride), the Ifp’s Milton Tabbot and, new this year, MoMA’s Sophie Cavoulacos have […]...
- 11/7/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
In the delightfully static opening shot of Eddie Mullins' Doomsdays, we find two young men making a quick escape from a low window of a handsome Upstate New York home as the real owners walk in the front door unaware that their abode has been used as way-stop on their journey to nowhere. One of the pair comes forward in the unbroken shot to slash the homeowners' car tire before they trot off into the deep focus of the frame. It is an early taste of the many witty, deadpan comic vignettes that gradually combine to form a character (and social) study -- and what just might be the best American slacker film of the 21st century. The bushy-bearded Dirty Fred (Justin Rice), in his...
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- 7/24/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Tired of train wrecks? Alienated by mutant life forms? Bewildered by budgets? Done with the undead? Then the movies for you, thus far this year, are 1) Andrew Bujalski’s “Computer Chess” and 2) Eddie Mullins’ as-yet-all-but-unseen “Doomsdays,” which premieres tonight at Fantasia Fest in Montreal. The two films share numerous dissimilarities. They are also unlike anything else out there. They also, sort of, arise out of the same gene pool: Justin Rice, one of Mullins’ two leads, was at the center of Bujalski’s “Mutual Appreciation”; Rice’s counterpart, Leo Fitzpatrick, first rose to prominence via Larry Clark’s “Kids,” a film that which foreshadowed Bujalski’s -- and Mullins’ – aescetic aesthetic. But, again, the films couldn’t be more different. While the palpably dank world of “Computer Chess” implies a future bright with computerized possibility, “Doomsdays,” for all its humor, is poised on the edge of an abyss. Where there...
- 7/23/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
We recently posted three big announcements from the Fantasia Film Festival which included Edgar Wright’s The Worlds End (closing the fest), a special Live theatre event for Clive Barker’s A History of the Devil, and a lifetime achievement award for Andrzej Żuławski. Additional first wave highlights have also been announced, and so far the line-up is shaping up to be better than last year’s batch. Hit the jump to view the current roster.
****
Across The River
Italy Dir: Lorenzo Bianchini
A brilliant opposition of new and old narratives, this chilling discovery from Italy is the most downright efficient atmospheric horror film you’ll see anywhere this year, haunting with a slow-building, intense crescendo approach to its atmosphere of disorientation and dread. From the director of Custodes Bestiae.
World Premiere.
Big Bad Wolves
Israel Dirs: Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
Described in its official marketing as “a brutal comedy...
****
Across The River
Italy Dir: Lorenzo Bianchini
A brilliant opposition of new and old narratives, this chilling discovery from Italy is the most downright efficient atmospheric horror film you’ll see anywhere this year, haunting with a slow-building, intense crescendo approach to its atmosphere of disorientation and dread. From the director of Custodes Bestiae.
World Premiere.
Big Bad Wolves
Israel Dirs: Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
Described in its official marketing as “a brutal comedy...
- 7/1/2013
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
While we here in the States are getting ready for San Diego Comic-Con, our friends to the North are prepping for the grandaddy of film fests, Fantasia, which kicks off at the same time.
Here's the first announcement of what you crazy Canucks and your guests from around the world will see there.
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 to August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres, as well as the Canadian debuts of some of the most acclaimed genre works from this year’s Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals. The festival’s full lineup of screenings and events will be announced on July 9. For now, we...
Here's the first announcement of what you crazy Canucks and your guests from around the world will see there.
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 to August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres, as well as the Canadian debuts of some of the most acclaimed genre works from this year’s Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals. The festival’s full lineup of screenings and events will be announced on July 9. For now, we...
- 6/27/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
While Fantastic Fest seems to satisfy my needs when it comes to a genre film festival, I have always wanted to attend Fantasia. I have heard & seen so much about it that, as a genre fan, it makes me salivate. Luckily, Fantastic Fest seems to nab some titles from their extraordinary lineup so I get to experience some of their programming.
Today, Fantasia has released their first wave of titles. Those lucky bastards get to see live Clive Barker stage theater, see the finale of the Cornetto trilogy and more. Read below for the full list.
Fantasia 2013′S First Wave Of Incredible Titles Has Been Announced!
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 – August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres,...
Today, Fantasia has released their first wave of titles. Those lucky bastards get to see live Clive Barker stage theater, see the finale of the Cornetto trilogy and more. Read below for the full list.
Fantasia 2013′S First Wave Of Incredible Titles Has Been Announced!
The Fantasia Film Festival is coming back, and coming soon. From July 18 – August 6, Montreal will be home to a showcase of over 100 feature films from around the world, along with a wealth of special events, conferences, and parties. Audiences can look forward to discovering numerous World and International premieres,...
- 6/27/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The Fantasia Film Festival is taking place from July 18th to August 6th in Montreal and will feature over 100 films from around the world. The initial lineup has just been announced and includes The World’s End, The Conjuring, and a number of horror films making their world premiere:
Official Closing Film – Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (Canadian Premiere)
Fantasia 2013 will come wildly to a close on the night of August 6 with the Canadian premiere of UK filmmaker Edgar Wright’s hotly anticipated apocalyptic comedy The World’S End, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike and Martin Freeman. As Fantasia was the site of the Canadian Premieres of Wright’s landmark 2004 debut Shawn Of The Dead as well as his most recent Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, we couldn’t think of a better way to close this year’s festival.
Joining us in Montreal will be...
Official Closing Film – Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (Canadian Premiere)
Fantasia 2013 will come wildly to a close on the night of August 6 with the Canadian premiere of UK filmmaker Edgar Wright’s hotly anticipated apocalyptic comedy The World’S End, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike and Martin Freeman. As Fantasia was the site of the Canadian Premieres of Wright’s landmark 2004 debut Shawn Of The Dead as well as his most recent Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, we couldn’t think of a better way to close this year’s festival.
Joining us in Montreal will be...
- 6/27/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Edgar Wright’s sci-fi comedy [pictured] among first wave of announced titles for upcoming genre festival.Scroll down for full list
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced that the Canadian premiere of The World’s End will close this year’s festival on Aug 6.
Director Edgar Wright and selected members of the cast are due to be in attendance. In previous years, Fantasia hosted the Canadian premieres of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
James Wan’s The Conjuring will receive a special screening on the festival’s opening night on July 18, with actress Joey King in attendance.
Wright’s sci-fi comedy and Wan’s horror are among the first wave of titles to be announced for this year’s festival. Among them, the world premieres of Richie Mehta’s I’ll Follow You Down, starring Haley Joel Osment and Gillian Anderson, and Lloyd Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol. One...
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced that the Canadian premiere of The World’s End will close this year’s festival on Aug 6.
Director Edgar Wright and selected members of the cast are due to be in attendance. In previous years, Fantasia hosted the Canadian premieres of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
James Wan’s The Conjuring will receive a special screening on the festival’s opening night on July 18, with actress Joey King in attendance.
Wright’s sci-fi comedy and Wan’s horror are among the first wave of titles to be announced for this year’s festival. Among them, the world premieres of Richie Mehta’s I’ll Follow You Down, starring Haley Joel Osment and Gillian Anderson, and Lloyd Kaufman’s Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol. One...
- 6/27/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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