Recently Jon Brooks at Kqed wrote up a very nice piece on Tom Noonan’s What Happened Was (1994). That film won multiple awards at Sundance but barely go seen. Unfortunately it does not sleep alone in my bed of barely seen almost-masterpieces. As strong as my track record may be, it still holds some flops, misfires, and damn bad luck experiences. It’s great that Tom’s flick may get some of the love it so richly deserves, albeit twenty years after it’s debut.
On my pleasure planet, Frank Grow‘s revolutionary Love God (1997) would have turned our business on its head. Love God may well have been the first film shot on video and transferred to film. We got funding and support from Sony and Apple to do just that. It premiered in Sundance’s midnight section and we had a few knocks from distributors but they felt...
On my pleasure planet, Frank Grow‘s revolutionary Love God (1997) would have turned our business on its head. Love God may well have been the first film shot on video and transferred to film. We got funding and support from Sony and Apple to do just that. It premiered in Sundance’s midnight section and we had a few knocks from distributors but they felt...
- 11/21/2014
- by Ted Hope
- Hope for Film
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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