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Lloyd Kaufman Fights Paltry Promo With Poultry

May 7, 2008 – 10:45 am

The Troma chief’s latest stunt: protesting Tribeca.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Indies | Comments (0)

Jello Biafra gets RetarDEAD

February 22, 2008 – 9:39 am

BoingBoing points to the theme song and trailer (above) for RetarDEAD, a campy, low-budget 50s paranoia-style horror film, in which former Dead Kennedy Jello Biafra plays the mayor of a town rocked first by a “masturbating terrorizer,” then by garden-variety, special-ed zombies. A sure candidate for the nest “avant-retarde” retrospective, no?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Horror, Indies, Music | Comments (0)

Jones: The New New York Sleaze

December 12, 2007 – 4:27 pm

A no-fi feature opening tomorrow in New York manages to restore the city’s lost reputation as a playground for the depraved.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film Reviews, Indies | Comments (0)

The West Side, Episode 2. Clip of the Day.

November 29, 2007 – 4:38 pm

The West Side, a web series by Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman, defies online video stereotypes in virtually every meaningful way. It’s not a quick-and-shoddy, webcam-in-a-dorm-room production; there are real scripts, costumes, score and locations. It’s presented in wide screen, in crisp, meticulously lit and After Effected black-and-white. Plus, it’s a Western, a period piece, [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Technology & Web | Comments (0)

Frat Boy Indies — Clip of the Day

August 15, 2007 – 1:50 pm

I’m not trying to be a full-time Anthology Film Archives promotion factory, but in addition to their aforementioned Minnelli festival, tonight the house that Jonas Mekas built is hosting a NewFilmakers program called NewFilmmakers Goes Frat which looks pretty great.
The program includes two films I’d like to see: Altered by Elvis, described as “a documentary [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Indies | Comments (1)

NY Film Permit Hoopla Ends Today

August 3, 2007 – 8:01 am

As a protest over filming in New York hits its peak, it seems like some of the protesters are losing sight of the cause.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Jem Cohen Wants You To Fight The Man

July 13, 2007 – 5:30 pm

Mayor Bloomberg is considering a proposal that would severely limit DIY filmmaking in NYC. Street filmmaker Jem Cohen isn’t having it.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Filmmaking | Comments (0)

Global village film parties

September 21, 2006 – 2:06 pm

Getting people together around great films is one of Spout’s main goals. Maybe the Battlestar Galactica party-planners are on to something…

By Kristin | Posted in Community, Film watching | Comments (0)