“The thing is, to me, a movie is alive”
At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz interviews Carl Franklin “on how blues and noir shaped One Final Move, and the story behind that final shot. ” Read it here.
Midnight Madness 2023!
Gaze upon the wonder of this year’s Midnight Madness line-up here. It features: Larry Charles’ Dicks the Musical (USA); Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft (USA); Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World (Germany / South Africa / USA); Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk’s Hell of a Summer (USA / Canada); Nikhil […]
Projection Booth Goes To Fantasia 2023!
Our friends at The Projection Booth Podcast went to the Fantasia Film Festival and have so much to share! “Mike saw a wide variety of films from the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival. Here are some discussions with filmmakers about their work including the fantastic Hundreds of Beavers. “ […]
Hundreds of Beavers: Interview with Fight Choreographer & Beaver Stunt Man Jon Truei
Hundreds of Beavers (USA, 2023) had me from the trailer. I knew I loved it from the moment when I saw a pair of rabbits—played by actors dressed in rabbit mascot suits—turn and look back at the camera. This was cinema, pure cinema. And the trailer didn’t lead […]
Black Barbie: A Documentary
Lagueria Davis’ Black Barbie: A Documentary (USA, 2023) explores “Black female respresentation through the history of Black Barbie. Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, Black Barbie delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women struggle to elevate their own […]
“Making MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman) / A Real Documentary”
Kenny Johnson tries to discover the truth about professional wrestler, MJF. The “truth” is something that probably no one expects. “This is all true. This is a real documentary. All other wrestling documentaries are pre-determined or ‘fake.’ Documentary filmmaker Kenny Johnson sets out to discover the real person […]
The Cultural Gutter 