Science fiction has such flexibility and breadth as a genre that it should come to no surprise that so many popular sci-fi movies get released worldwide year after year. With so many sci-fi projects crowding the cinema and various streaming services, it's easy to miss some hidden gems in the genre that don't enjoy the same publicized fanfare. This oversight affects even the most critically acclaimed sci-fi movies which, despite the buzz, don't always get the general audience awareness they truly deserve.
From indie darlings to foreign films that don't receive major attention during their international distribution, there are plenty of overlooked sci-fi movies. For the purposes of this list, we've narrowed it down to movies that have scored exceptionally high with critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes, but don't seem to have the wider viewership or recognition, even among sci-fi fans. Here are some near-perfect sci-fi movies that you might...
From indie darlings to foreign films that don't receive major attention during their international distribution, there are plenty of overlooked sci-fi movies. For the purposes of this list, we've narrowed it down to movies that have scored exceptionally high with critics' scores on Rotten Tomatoes, but don't seem to have the wider viewership or recognition, even among sci-fi fans. Here are some near-perfect sci-fi movies that you might...
- 4/21/2024
- by Samuel Stone
- Slash Film
Read More: Exclusive: Clip From Fantastic Fest Winner 'The History of Future Folk' Music Box Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Andrew Horn's "Twisted F*cking Sister." The rock documentary premiered at the 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) and screened at the Goteborg Film Festival earlier this year. 'We Are Twisted F*cking Sister' gives an insider's perspective on the iconic 1980's heavy metal band and recounts the tumultuous ten years before they reached global superstardom. Twisted Sister's manager, their biggest fans and the group itself reveal how "the band that killed disco" came from nothing in never-before-seen interviews. "Andrew Horn has delivered a quintessential rock documentary," said Ed Arentz, Music Box Films' managing partner. "It's a film that obviously speaks to Twisted's legion of fans, but will allow a whole new audience to experience the seventies NYC...
- 6/3/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
Dave, a cult leader who has lost control of his flock, has a brilliant idea: fake a prophecy instructing his followers to make a movie to share their story with the world. This brilliant plan is supposed to quell the infighting among the cult members and considering they don't know the first thing about making a movie, it works. The group unites in their common goal but just as they're finding their footing, Dave gets a real prophecy that will undo the good of his fake one and put the entire group into jeopardy.
It's sounds kind of ridiculous and the trailer for Rover (or Beyond Human: The Venusian Future and the Return of the Next Level) is exactly as strange as expected. It shares the same low-fi sci-fi feel of The History of Future Folk ( [Continued ...]...
It's sounds kind of ridiculous and the trailer for Rover (or Beyond Human: The Venusian Future and the Return of the Next Level) is exactly as strange as expected. It shares the same low-fi sci-fi feel of The History of Future Folk ( [Continued ...]...
- 1/6/2014
- QuietEarth.us
Episode-six of the “Hey You Geeks!!” podcast is the first of our Indie Geek Out episodes, a theme we’ll be revisiting every few months on the show. This week, we invite director Richard Griffin onto the show to discuss the three new films he has coming out over the next eight months; Exhumed, Murder University and Dr. Frankenstein’s Wax Museum of the Hungry Dead. Richard gives invaluable insight into what it truly means to make independent films in today’s digital age. After that, alien folk-rock duo Future Folk join us for a hilarious and musical interview about earthly domination, muzak, and their new film, The History of Future Folk. Look for “Hey You Geeks!!” episode #7 coming July 17th.
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- 7/12/2013
- by Tony Nunes
- SoundOnSight
0:00-1:45 – Introduction
1:45-4:15 – Our lunch sponsor: Excellent musician Mike Masse, aka Mike the Sound Guy
4:15-17:10 – “Man of Steel” review
17:10-26:50 – “This Is the End” review
26:50-33:30 – “Before Midnight” review
33:30-39:00 – “The East” review
39:00-46:20 – Qotw (which movie’s cast of characters you’d want to be with when the Apocalypse happens); ending with an impromptu Pitch Me, kind of
46:20-48:00 – No show next week! Jeff is traveling
48:00-1:04:40 – The stars of “The History of Future Folk,” Nils D’Aulaire and Jay Klaitz, ending with a song
1:04:40-1:07:25 – Wrap-up and goodbyes
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1:45-4:15 – Our lunch sponsor: Excellent musician Mike Masse, aka Mike the Sound Guy
4:15-17:10 – “Man of Steel” review
17:10-26:50 – “This Is the End” review
26:50-33:30 – “Before Midnight” review
33:30-39:00 – “The East” review
39:00-46:20 – Qotw (which movie’s cast of characters you’d want to be with when the Apocalypse happens); ending with an impromptu Pitch Me, kind of
46:20-48:00 – No show next week! Jeff is traveling
48:00-1:04:40 – The stars of “The History of Future Folk,” Nils D’Aulaire and Jay Klaitz, ending with a song
1:04:40-1:07:25 – Wrap-up and goodbyes
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- 6/14/2013
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Musical comedies are so tough to pull off that hardly anyone tries anymore. Part of the reason "The Blues Brothers" has maintained its appeal over the years is that it fuses numerous successful ingredients into a satisfying whole: It hits the right comedic beats along with musical ones, often simultaneously. Such an outlandishly entertaining package hardly correlates with rigid studio formulas, which is why the musical comedy has migrated to the indie sector. Last fall, "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best" followed a trio of musicians on an inoffensively familiar road trip, but "The History of Future Folk" (which opens in Los Angeles this week, but has already been released in New York and various digital platforms) does a greater service to this under-appreciated form by taking it to a new level of innovation. It's the first feel-good hipster alien invasion musical comedy. "The History of Future Folk," a microbudget Brooklyn-set...
- 6/6/2013
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
This year, we're seeing a lot of movies in which the fate of the Earth is threatened, but we're willing to bet that none of them feature bluegrass music and a guy from Twisted Sister. Yes, those are just two elements in the delightfully bizarre "The History Of Future Folk," the debut feature film from co-directors Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Mitchell.Starring Nils D’Aulaire, Jay Klaitz, Julie Ann Emery, April Hernandez and Dee Snider (yes, that Dee Snider), the film tells the bonkers story of General Trius aka Bill, sent from the planet Hondo to take over Earth when their home is threatened by a comet. Once here, he becomes enchanted by the strange human concoction called "music," and decides to stay, settle down and start a family. But that existence is interrupted when Hondo sends the assassin Kevin to get the take-over-Earth mission back on track, but...
- 6/6/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Check out a new clip from Variance Films' The History of Future Folk comedy sci-fi/music pic directed by J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker, which opened May 31st. The film stars Nils D’Aulaire, Jay Klaitz, Julie Ann Emery, April Hernandez, and Dee Snider. The clip called "Once Upon a Time" opens with a persistent little girl who wants a story before she gets in bed, with dad saying "Alright, once upon a time, on a planet called Hondo, there was a little boy anmed Trius. Everyone in Hondo was scared because there was a Ginormous comet in space, heading right for their planet."...
- 6/1/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Editor’s note: Now that this excellent film is opening in limited theatrical release we’re re-running Neil’s review from last year’s Fantastic Fest. Don’t worry if you don’t live in NY or La either as the movie hits VOD starting June 4th. Charming and heartwarming aren’t words that you’d easily associate with the movies of Fantastic Fest. Looking back over our barrage of coverage from the past week and change, a lot of what we’re talking about is the hyper-violent, the intensely frightening and in many cases, the downright disturbing. It’s a film festival with plenty of edge, to be sure. And then there’s a film like The History of Future Folk, which sticks out like a sore thumb and fits like a glove all the same. A science fiction oddity that centers on a plot that would destroy all of humanity weaved in with an impossibly...
- 5/31/2013
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Sci-fi comedy The History of Future Folk documents the origin story of real-life NYC-based bluegrass duo Future Folk, a pair of bucket helmet-wearing aliens hailing from the comet-threatened planet Hondo. General Trius -- aka Bill, as he's known on Earth -- came to this planet many years ago in search of a new home for his fellow Hondonians, but decided to stay after hearing music for the first time and becoming enamored with musical instruments and a beautiful Earth woman. But soon, his peaceful new life is disturbed by the appearance of another Hondonian -- the wonky Kevin, who, after failing to kill Trius, becomes his closest friend and ally. Despite the sci-fi elements, The History of Future Folk is actually a story about love...
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- 5/30/2013
- Screen Anarchy
No, we're not high. This is actually a movie about a folk music duo, aliens, action and romance. The History of Future Folk is an indie about two aliens (Nils d'Aulaire, Jay Klaitz) from a planet called Hondo who came to our planet and wipe out civilization, but our music changed their mind. Now with their Devo-inspired look and catchy folk tunes, they're an upstart musical duo just trying to get by on Earth. But the rest of Hondo is still hellbent on taking over Earth, and it's up to this strange team to stop them. This first trailer is funny, charming, and wholly original, and we'll be seeking out the film this summer. Watch! J. Anderson Mitchell & Jeremy Kipp Walker's The History of Future Folk, originally from Apple: The citizens of the planet Hondo have sent General Trius (Nils d'Aulaire) to find a new home on Earth and...
- 5/2/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Perhaps one of the most charming sci-fi movies of the last few years is Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Mitchell's tale of alien takeover thwarted by music. Yes. Music. The History of Future Folk tracks the adventures of Bill and Kevin, two alien invaders from Hondor who discover the miracle of music and choose to partake in the act of making and sharing music rather than destroy our meagre planet. When the duo discover a second mission to finish the job they weren't able to do, they fight to save our planet. [Continued ...]...
- 5/1/2013
- QuietEarth.us
Directors: John Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker Starring: Nils d'Aulaire, Jay Klaitz, Julie Ann Emery, April L. Hernandez, Dee Snider, Onata Aprile J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker’s The History of Future Folk is a clever micro-budget sci-fi homage with with a message that poses the question: "Can['t] we all just get along?" If anything, maybe music will save the Milky Way galaxy from total annihilation, as Bill (Nils d’Aulaire) and Kevin (Jay Klaitz) from Hondo ("Hondo!") fall in love with Earthling music...
- 6/24/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
After seeing a couple stills in the festival guide, sci-fi comedy The History Of Future Folk immediately became one of my most anticipated films at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival. Flight of the Conchords is a natural reference point if you've got two attractive outsiders acting and singing in a more magical Brooklyn than we're all used to, but the similarities pretty much end there. The History Of Future Folk is sweet and charming, a colorful little story about a couple of bluegrass-playing space aliens from the planet Hondo who learn to live and love on Earth. After The History Of Future Folk's Laff premiere, we spoke with co-director/screenwriter J. Anderson Mitchell, co-director/producer Jeremy Kipp Walker and actor Jay Klaitz (The Mighty...
- 6/18/2012
- Screen Anarchy
It's part sci-fi action indie, part musical comedy concert doc; it's Jeremy Kipp Walker and J. Anderson Mitchell's The History Of Future Folk and Twitch has got the exclusive debut of the clip "Space Worms" and the film's poster, right there on left and just down below! We've got a full review from last night La Film Fest world premiere and an interview with the filmmakers coming down the pipe. But for now, watch General Trius and Kevin make their onstage debut as a teaser of more good things to come. Hondo!...
- 6/16/2012
- Screen Anarchy
The lineup of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival was announced today, and while there are a lot of impressive entries heading to the West Coast, not many of them are horror films. But there are a few that caught our eye so read on for the details.
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
- 5/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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