Sep 12 | Author: Mike Plante
For the most transgressive double-feature of the year, I caught the new Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe films back-to-back in Toronto. I didn’t expect each film’s hopeful enthusiasm for innocent youth. read all »
Jul 09 | Author: Mike Plante
BORAT and BRUNO create their own worlds inside the real world and are pretty great – here are some other unique, wild rides in “reality.” read all »
Jul 08 | Author: Mike Plante
The wondrously prolific Giuseppe Andrews, whose films we’ve premiered at CineVegas the last couple of years, has just relaunched his website at giuseppeandrews.net which includes many new films with titles like CROSSBREEZE, GWANK and DAD’S CHICKEN.
After buying a mansion from his large pay days as an actor, Giuseppe decided that there had to be more to life than yard art so he decided to make films in a trailer park. He made 57 films in 7 years and only kept 19 of them, throwing away the greatest ones. He also makes music, writes books and is an accomplished cartoonist.
Jun 25 | Author: Mike Plante
Perfect films for a vegetative post-work (and post-festival) state.
Jun 07 | Author: Mike Plante
R. Walker lives on a farm.
His new film, WHISKEYPRIEST, EPISODE ONE, is also playing at CineVegas very, very soon…. read all »
Jun 02 | Author: Mike Plante
While earning a degree in Film Studies from Whitman College, Ben Kegan has made various award winning short films and documentaries. In addition to his films, Ben has published several short stories in Whitman’s literary magazine Quarterlife, directed a one-act play, and performed in a long-form improv comedy troupe.
TEAM TALIBAN, Kegan’s new film, is a look at the War on Terror. . .through the world of wrestling. read all »
Jun 01 | Author: Mike Plante
James Rasin’s award winning films with Beat writers Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso have been screened internationally, including the Venice Biennale. Aside from writing Abel Ferrera’s Andy Warhol feature film and Lakeshore Entertainment’s Robert Mapplethorpe/Patti Smith biopic, he has written, directed and produced off-off Broadway theater.
Rasin’s new documentary BEAUTIFUL DARLING, features never-seen-before footage and photographs, as well as interviews with the people who knew Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling. read all »
May 29 | Author: Mike Plante
Brent Stewart is an artist, photographer and filmmaker who has exhibited his work worldwide, with recent photography shows including the Nike sponsored “Being True,” a selection of 22 contemporary photographers, and Mister Lonely Portraits, exhibited in NY and LA. After receiving his MFA at Goldsmiths College, London, Brent returned to his hometown in Nashville to further pursue film projects through Harmony Korine/agnes b.’s production company, O’Salvation Cine Ltd.
THE DIRTY ONES is about a pair of Mennonite sisters take a road trip to the Deep South with their dead grandmother in the back of their truck. read all »
May 29 | Author: Mike Plante
Madeleine Olnek is a filmmaker, playwright, and author. Her short HOLD UP played at Sundance and the Los Angeles Film Festival; her plays were described by Newsday as “Uproariously Neurotic Comedy.” COUNTERTRANSFERENCE won the jury prize at Outfest, The Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director (CUfilmfest), and played at Sundance 2009.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE is a comedy about therapy and all its discontents. read all »
May 28 | Author: Mike Plante
Clay Liford is a graduate of the University of Texas film program. Also a DP, Clay shot over ten feature films, including the most recent film ST. NICK. MY MOM SMOKES WEED marks his first foray into filmmaking with his mother, who was a production “consultant” (and had script approval).
Simply put, MY MOM SMOKES WEED’s plot: Mother has a series of chores for her son to complete. One of which involves her love for a certain special herb. read all »
