“The Food That Built America” has helped build out History channel’s latest franchise, one delicious junk food at a time.
Beyond the show’s endearing delivery system for historical facts, the reenactment, it’s not difficult to see why viewers are falling for the most delectable “That Built America” series to-date.
“There’s this built-in nostalgia for these products. There are great stories, but the stories matter to you more because the products are so familiar and most people have some kind of an emotional bond with at least some of them,” showrunner Yoshi Stone told TheWrap. “And I think that creates a uniquely easy entry point.”
To this writer, “The Food That Built America” is like a sober version of Derek Waters’ excellent, long-running Comedy Central series “Drunk History,” which ended in 2019 after Covid killed the planned seventh and final season. We proposed that theory to Stone, who...
Beyond the show’s endearing delivery system for historical facts, the reenactment, it’s not difficult to see why viewers are falling for the most delectable “That Built America” series to-date.
“There’s this built-in nostalgia for these products. There are great stories, but the stories matter to you more because the products are so familiar and most people have some kind of an emotional bond with at least some of them,” showrunner Yoshi Stone told TheWrap. “And I think that creates a uniquely easy entry point.”
To this writer, “The Food That Built America” is like a sober version of Derek Waters’ excellent, long-running Comedy Central series “Drunk History,” which ended in 2019 after Covid killed the planned seventh and final season. We proposed that theory to Stone, who...
- 5/31/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Dan Eberle plays Crowley from the internet in this sparsely plotted spy thriller, with Alexandra Hellquist the high priced prostitute Sophie who he visits early on in the movie. The first 15 minutes is wasted on this faux sexual encounter. The viewer hopes things will get better, but they do not. A Honduran drug cartel bag man has been stabbed to death in a suitably graphic manner and two cops, a man and a woman, are dispatched to the scene. The woman is straight up but the man is corrupt and operating a few scams of his own. The mob...read more...
- 9/1/2016
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
Writer-director-actor Dan Eberle understood the importance of finding the right cast when he started casting for his fourth commercially released feature, “Sole Proprietor.” Eberle says one thing he’d learned from his years of filming is to give actors the space they need in the casting process. “When you get the right people in the room the very best thing that a director can do is really let people give you their best.” Eberle plays Crowley, a former CIA contractor who fakes his death only to get tangled up in an equally dangerous situation in the gritty film. Eberle’s love of noir and dark themes is apparent in the film, breathing life into the mysterious characters and the secret world they inhabit. To make that world real, Eberle needed actors who could understand the world the characters were living in and bring those characters to life. “It’s really...
- 8/10/2016
- backstage.com
"You're in America now, not some Eastern European wild West s-------." The first red band trailer for Sole Proprietor does not glory in its red banded (Not Safe For Work) nature, aside from some profanity and blood, but it clearly establishes itself as an adult-oriented dramatic thriller. Written and directed by Dan Eberle, Sole Proprietor looks to be an intriguing, off-beat affair. The official synopsis lays the groundwork: A former CIA contractor, who has faked his own death, forms an unlikely bond with a self-employed sex worker while awaiting the arrival of his new identity. She involves him in a deadly conspiracy that puts them both in the cross-hairs of a Russian pimp, a corrupt police detective, and a Honduran drug cartel. Alexandra Hellquist, Dan...
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- 6/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
A former CIA contractor, who has faked his own death, forms an unlikely bond with a self-employed sex worker while awaiting the arrival of his new identity. She involves him in a deadly conspiracy that puts them both in the cross-hairs of a Russian pimp, a corrupt police detective, and a Honduran drug cartel. Written and directed by Dan Eberle and starring Alexandra Hellquist, Dan Eberle, Nick Bixby, Alexandra Chelaru, and Chris Graham, “Sole Proprietor” is produced by Ashley Sprenkel, Per Anderson and Omar Jackson; Executive Producer Danielle Primiceri. “Sole Proprietor” will be theatrically released on Friday, August 12, 2016 in Los Angeles and will be available digitally via Indie [ Read More ]
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- 6/17/2016
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Dan Eberle's Cut to Black recalls independent cinema in the pre-mumblecore era, back when indies were more likely to ape a genre well out of their price range rather than embrace budgetary limitations. The genre here is the hard-boiled neo-noir, replete with grizzled voiceover and black-and-white photography. Eberle exhibits an affecting love for this brand of storytelling, and the most endearing thing about Cut to Black is observing his whole-hog attempt to make a film that can assume a place beside his influences, despite the fact that its production value leaves verisimilitude impossible. Eberle also stars as an ex-cop who is hired to watch over an old friend's stripper daughter (Jillaine Gill), who is being stalked; the narrative complexity grows from there, a...
- 10/16/2013
- Village Voice
The 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival (Bff) wrapped on Sunday and the winners have been announced. The awards were spread across a wide pool of winners, but Cary McClelland was a big winner, taking home both the Grand Chameleon Award and Best Documentary for "Without Shepherds." Jeremy O'Keefe's "Somewhere Slow" won Best Narrative Feature. Best New Director went to Nicole Gomez Fisher for "Sleeping With The Fishes." Lastly, the Audience Award went to Amy Finkel's "Furever" and Dan Eberle's "Cut to Black." The festival presented 106 films from 24 different countries including 33 World Premieres, 26 USA Premieres, 20 East Coast Premieres and 22 New York Premieres. The films were selected from over 2,000 submissions coming from 111 countries.Grand Chameleon Award Cary McClelland ("Without Shepherds") Best In CATEGORYNarrative Feature -- Jeremy O'Keefe ("Somewhere Slow")Documentary -- Cary McClelland ("Without Shepherds")Short Subject -- David Figueroa García ("Scoundrels...
- 6/11/2013
- by Madeline Raynor
- Indiewire
The Brooklyn Film Festival (Bff) announced their lineup and their opening feature, "HairBrained," starring Brendan Fraser and Parker Posey. This year's festival runs May 31 - June 9 and takes place in Williamsburg with screenings held at indieScreen and Windmill Studios. "HairBrained" centers on the plight of 14-year-old genius Eli Pettifog as he sets off to Whittman College, a second choice for Ivy League rejects. He is paired with another unlikely student, Leo, who is a 41-year-old seeking to start over after his gambling career ends. While initially less than trilled about their shared dorming situation, the odd pair form a friendship. Read below for the full lineup. Go here for more info. Narrative Features: A Wife Alone (USA) Dir. Justin Reichman - World Premiere Black Out (The Netherlands) Dir. Arne Toonen - East Coast Premiere Cut to Black (USA) Dir. Dan Eberle - World Premiere Detonator (USA) Dir. Damon Maulucci & Keir Politz...
- 5/8/2013
- by Cristina A. Gonzalez
- Indiewire
El Monstro Del Mar, the Australian underground monster movie directed by Stuart Simpson that’s been making waves on the festival circuit this year, has won the Best of Fest award at NYC’s Royal Flush Festival, which was held at the world-famous Knitting Factory on Oct. 11-18.
The film, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit, is a modern-ized throwback to the classic grindhouse cinema of Russ Meyer and Roger Corman. Three female hired killers hide out in a sleepy seaside village, only to awaken a monstrous creature that rises from the ocean’s depths to feast on human blood.
The Royal Flush Festival is a nine-day music and film event held in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory. The fest was originally conceived as the E. Vill City Film Festival in 2005, but joined forces with the magazine Royal Flush and rechristened itself just this year.
In addition to Best of Fest,...
The film, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit, is a modern-ized throwback to the classic grindhouse cinema of Russ Meyer and Roger Corman. Three female hired killers hide out in a sleepy seaside village, only to awaken a monstrous creature that rises from the ocean’s depths to feast on human blood.
The Royal Flush Festival is a nine-day music and film event held in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory. The fest was originally conceived as the E. Vill City Film Festival in 2005, but joined forces with the magazine Royal Flush and rechristened itself just this year.
In addition to Best of Fest,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
From out of the ashes of Evil City (2005-07) rises the Royal Flush Festival, presented in conjunction with Royal Flush magazine. This is a week-long celebration of music, film, art and good times that runs Oct. 11-18 at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan.
Films run Oct. 13-17, beginning with the NYC No Wave documentary Downtown Calling by Shan Nicholson and ends with the raucous Australian underground hit El Monstro Del Mar! by Stuart Simpson, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit.
In between, they’re also screening the nunsploitation short flick Thy Kill Be Done by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, also recently reviewed on this site. Plus, there’s more feature films, including The Vinyl Frontier documentary on killer toys, the Prayer to a Vengeful God revenge flick, and newspaper reporter Robert Patton-Spruill desperate attempt to get the Kinks to reunite in the film Do It Again.
If music’s your thing,...
Films run Oct. 13-17, beginning with the NYC No Wave documentary Downtown Calling by Shan Nicholson and ends with the raucous Australian underground hit El Monstro Del Mar! by Stuart Simpson, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit.
In between, they’re also screening the nunsploitation short flick Thy Kill Be Done by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, also recently reviewed on this site. Plus, there’s more feature films, including The Vinyl Frontier documentary on killer toys, the Prayer to a Vengeful God revenge flick, and newspaper reporter Robert Patton-Spruill desperate attempt to get the Kinks to reunite in the film Do It Again.
If music’s your thing,...
- 10/12/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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