On a night far colder than it should’ve been, I stood outside of the UCB Theater in Chelsea after a screening of Mystery Team. Out there I interviewed the guys from Derrick Comedy prior to their being picked up for a city-by-city release in what would later become “The Paranormal Activity way.”
Go on, Reblog it. Photo Credit: Ian Broyles
Went to Tumblr’s Reblog This Film Festival on Tuesday. The first short, Follow Her, was a prickly little charmer about the effect of twitter on a couple’s first date.
He thinks it’s like wearing a T-shirt with your thoughts on it. She thinks it’s like keeping a diary.
I think it’s been a disappointment.
Pointed out to me months ago by a friend of mine, the Coen Brothers short, World Cinema.
It is hilarious. And, according to him, is even more hilarious when considering the sex scene from Climates.
[h/t: lauren simpson]
-John Lichman
1. I finally finished watching the original 1980 film Fame.
2. I’m glad I watched it after seeing the recent crapola remake Fame – which is still hanging on in theaters – or else I probably would have judged it even more harshly.
3. I do have hazy memories of the 1980s’ TV series about kids at New York’s High School of the Performing Arts, which was inspired by the film’s success.
It’s always fantastic when a real-life couple are able to translate their chemistry on screen. And when Race for the Heart hits theaters next year, you’ll be amazed at the performances Brea Grant and David Harris give! In fact, it’s almost comical at how well they get along in the film.
The emotional highs and lows really make Heart one of the better romantic comedies you’ll ever see. Best of all, Sergio Cilli was there to interview the happy couple! Can’t wait to see this film. If it ever comes out. Because this is a parody.
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-John Lichman
This is the introduction you need for Cory McAbee’s Stingray Sam. You must now watch this first episode and, if you’re in Los Angeles on Tuesday, 7 pm at the Downtown Independent Theater to go watch the rest of this incredible series.
What? You can’t make it?
Well, then you can watch the entire thing streaming live on Tuesday. You actually have no reason not to watch one of the best films/mini-series of 2009. So do it. If you don’t, then you’ll never know the super secret handshake, you’ll never live in space and you won’t get to see Union Pool (which was an awesome bit of nostalgia for yours truly as I used to live near that bar. I kind’ve went to Pete’s Candy Store more often if only because they made a better Manhattan. Ironic, right? Oh nevermind. Watch the first episode.)
-John Lichman
Sure, it is highly propable that nothing remotely good came from The Taking of Pelham 123, a remake of a film that is literally perfect and shouldn’t be touched. But for the Japanese release, director Sabu was hired to shoot a short film inspired by the blur-and-motion crapfest helmed by Tony Scott.
Cash and Dash is frenetic, fantastic and puts Tony Scott’s sad abortive remake to shame.
-John Lichman
There are any number of short films that find their way onto the Internet. But this tragic and contemporary look into our nation’s health care system is staggering.
Payman Benz‘ Needle Anus is a sobering look at the world of organ transplants and how people come to terms with life-threatening diseases.
-John Lichman
HEAD SHOT from Dennis Heaton on Vimeo.
It’s Friday and we’re awake and here’s your important news.
-John Lichman
Continuance from Daniel Bradley on Vimeo.
This short was tweeted at us–and now we can’t find the tweet, ugh. But this student short from Daniel Brady follows Primer by way of The Butterfly Effect when it comes to dealing with “time travel.” Dig the effort and feel behind it, especially the look of the good Doctor’s lab. Felt kinda off once we get closer to the end, since it suffers from the problem of GOTJA plot twist with no background info. Still, give it a watch if you’re a sucker for moral sci-fi tales.
And I’m a sucker for Primer.
-John Lichman
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