The birthplace of such recent gems as Hannah Ha Ha, Retrograde, The Civil Dead, Yelling Fire In An Empty Theater, and Waiting for the Light to Change, the Slamdance Film Festival returns for its 29th edition, kicking off January 20 in Utah and January 23 online. One title that especially caught our eye is Love and Work, the latest from Pete Ohs, who last directed the SXSW hit Jethica. Starring Stephanie Hunt, Will Madden, Frank Mosley, Alexi Pappas, and John S. Davies, we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the film’s first teaser ahead of a Slamdance debut on January 20.
Here’s a synopsis:
Diane arrives at the shoe factory looking for a job. She meets the boss, nails the interview and gets hired on the spot, immediately joining a small team of co-workers led by a helpful Texan named Fox.
She’s great at her job but before her first day of work ends,...
Here’s a synopsis:
Diane arrives at the shoe factory looking for a job. She meets the boss, nails the interview and gets hired on the spot, immediately joining a small team of co-workers led by a helpful Texan named Fox.
She’s great at her job but before her first day of work ends,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film, The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to ask why he hasn’t watched his short film. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure who keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and […]
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- 10/26/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film, The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to ask why he hasn’t watched his short film. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure who keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and […]
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- 10/26/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film The Event. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure that keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and will finish its run this November at the Cucalorus Film Festival. Click here to read Mosley and De Sousa’s interview with Patrick […]
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- 10/26/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film The Event. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure that keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and will finish its run this November at the Cucalorus Film Festival. Click here to read Mosley and De Sousa’s interview with Patrick […]
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- 10/26/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Chances are, if you’re scrolling through the pages of Directors Notes, you are either a filmmaker who has shown their work to friends and family or are said friend or family member who has had to watch a film made by a filmmaker friend or relative. The awkwardness of that slightly obligatory social transaction is brilliantly explored in Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa’s tight comedy drama The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to question him as to why he hasn’t watched his new short film yet. It’s a witty and acerbic comedy short, and incredibly relatable for anyone in the vicinity of the film industry. Dn invited Mosley and De Sousa for a conversation about the construction of The Event, breaking down everything from the sharp screenwriting to the heightened, locked-off camerawork.
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The concept at...
- 1/30/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
They Want Me Gone Trailer — Drew Britton‘s They Want Me Gone (2022) movie trailer has been released by Gravitas Veritas. The They Want Me Gone trailer stars Alexia Rasmussen, Jennifer Lafleur, Stephen Plunkett, Frank Mosley, and Delaney Wilk. Crew Drew Britton and Jessica Farrell wrote the screenplay for They Want Me Gone. Poster They Want Me [...]
Continue reading: They Want Me Gone (2022) Movie Trailer: Alexia Rasmussen Seeks to Escape Poverty for Herself & Her Daughter...
Continue reading: They Want Me Gone (2022) Movie Trailer: Alexia Rasmussen Seeks to Escape Poverty for Herself & Her Daughter...
- 9/3/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I think she wants us to have a new home." Gravitas Ventures has released an official traler for an indie film titled They Want Me Gone, which is another very literal and unoriginal title that is describing the plot of the film. This will be available to watch next week on VOD for those curious to see what it's all about. As she struggles to escape rural poverty with her young daughter, a loving mother suspects those closest to them in the community are starting to turn on her. "This slow-burn thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat, turning its suspenseful screws as it builds to a shocking climax." The film stars Alexia Rasmussen as Monica, with Jennifer Lafleur, Stephen Plunkett, Frank Mosley, and Delaney Wilk. This is quite an unsettling trailer, with almost a supernatural or cult vibe to it. Check it out. ›››
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- 9/1/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
They Want Me Gone trailer: Alexia Rasmussen thriller reaches theatres and VOD next month – Exclusive
Gravitas Ventures will be giving the horror thriller They Want Me Gone a theatrical and VOD release on September 9th, and today we’re proud to share the Exclusive first look at the film’s trailer! You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Drew Britton, who also wrote the screenplay with Jessica Farrell, They Want Me Gone stars Alexia Rasmussen (Proxy). The film has the following logline:
As she struggles to escape rural poverty with her daughter, a loving mother suspects those closest to them of turning on her.
And here’s the synopsis:
Working hard to support her daughter, Monica’s a single mother trying to make ends meet while trapped in rural poverty. From years of struggling and feeling confined, she becomes anxious that she still has a chance to leave. But the surroundings begin to take hold as she gets caught in threatening circumstances.
Directed by Drew Britton, who also wrote the screenplay with Jessica Farrell, They Want Me Gone stars Alexia Rasmussen (Proxy). The film has the following logline:
As she struggles to escape rural poverty with her daughter, a loving mother suspects those closest to them of turning on her.
And here’s the synopsis:
Working hard to support her daughter, Monica’s a single mother trying to make ends meet while trapped in rural poverty. From years of struggling and feeling confined, she becomes anxious that she still has a chance to leave. But the surroundings begin to take hold as she gets caught in threatening circumstances.
- 8/31/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Physics-captivated scholar turned filmmaker Geoff Marslett (“Mars”) will head to the Annecy Film Festival to premiere animated feature “Quantum Cowboys,” the first installment of what’s set to be a trilogy. The film’s ensemble cast includes Lily Gladstone, who stars in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and David Arquette.
The film, which competes in the Contrechamps strand, is a captivating out West fever dream that takes place across a surreal frontier. A patchwork tapestry of time and space, it follows the ill-fated duo Frank (Kiowa Gordon) and Bruno (John Way) on an inter-dimensional search for redemption along infinite timelines.
A technical and curious sojourn
An ambitious collaboration, characters are conceived in 8K and 16Mm live-action and across 12 different animation techniques that include stop-motion animation, hand-drawn digital rotoscoping, acrylic paintings combined with live-action characters, digital collage, CGI 3D animation, and hand-drawn traditional 2D animation.
The...
The film, which competes in the Contrechamps strand, is a captivating out West fever dream that takes place across a surreal frontier. A patchwork tapestry of time and space, it follows the ill-fated duo Frank (Kiowa Gordon) and Bruno (John Way) on an inter-dimensional search for redemption along infinite timelines.
A technical and curious sojourn
An ambitious collaboration, characters are conceived in 8K and 16Mm live-action and across 12 different animation techniques that include stop-motion animation, hand-drawn digital rotoscoping, acrylic paintings combined with live-action characters, digital collage, CGI 3D animation, and hand-drawn traditional 2D animation.
The...
- 6/9/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
All the Old Knives (Janus Metz Pedersen)
All the Old Knives wants you to sweat and swoon in equal measure. Playing in the same tried and true sandbox as some of the great espionage thrillers before it, director Janus Metz Pedersen’s adaptation of Olen Steinhaur’s 2015 novel traffics in all necessary trappings of its genre. Between the clandestine correspondence and popped peacoat collars against wet European streets, it’s certainly not shy about cinematic crushes. This infatuation is wholly appropriate, because––chilly demeanor notwithstanding––All the Old Knives is a burning romantic at heart. – Conor O. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon Prime
Bull (Paul Andrew Williams)
It’s been ten years since Bull’s (Neil Maskell) son Aiden was taken...
All the Old Knives (Janus Metz Pedersen)
All the Old Knives wants you to sweat and swoon in equal measure. Playing in the same tried and true sandbox as some of the great espionage thrillers before it, director Janus Metz Pedersen’s adaptation of Olen Steinhaur’s 2015 novel traffics in all necessary trappings of its genre. Between the clandestine correspondence and popped peacoat collars against wet European streets, it’s certainly not shy about cinematic crushes. This infatuation is wholly appropriate, because––chilly demeanor notwithstanding––All the Old Knives is a burning romantic at heart. – Conor O. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon Prime
Bull (Paul Andrew Williams)
It’s been ten years since Bull’s (Neil Maskell) son Aiden was taken...
- 4/8/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It always feels like a W in the win column when Geoff Marslett puts a film out there in the world — life as a filmmaker who includes rotoscope techniques in his tool belt means it’s not about the race, but the marathon mentality. Insert his third feature film with The Boardinghouse Reach, which enlisted David Arquette, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Lily Gladstone, Frank Mosley and filmmaker Alex Cox for some Far West and far out ideas. Production on the film was completed in 2019 and project was part of 2020’s U.S. in Progress at Wroclaw’s American Film Festival. Marslett’s last short The Phantom 52 was selected for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.…...
- 11/24/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Boiling Point (Philip Barantini)
More often than not, one-take films struggle to justify their gimmick. Whether shot in one go or utilizing an intensive editing process to appear like so, the technique almost always threatens to overshadow whatever story is at the center rather than emphasizing it. Used correctly, it can prove immersive in the exact same way as a theatrical production—breaking down barriers between performer and audience, who can see their work unfold in real-time. Unfortunately, the impracticality of telling a story this way is usually highlighted via several scenes of actors slowly walking between filming locations. – Alistair R. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
The Feast (Lee Haven Jones)
Lee Haven Jones’ slow-burn eco-horror The Feast may feature extended...
Boiling Point (Philip Barantini)
More often than not, one-take films struggle to justify their gimmick. Whether shot in one go or utilizing an intensive editing process to appear like so, the technique almost always threatens to overshadow whatever story is at the center rather than emphasizing it. Used correctly, it can prove immersive in the exact same way as a theatrical production—breaking down barriers between performer and audience, who can see their work unfold in real-time. Unfortunately, the impracticality of telling a story this way is usually highlighted via several scenes of actors slowly walking between filming locations. – Alistair R. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
The Feast (Lee Haven Jones)
Lee Haven Jones’ slow-burn eco-horror The Feast may feature extended...
- 11/19/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"We focus on bringing in the harvest..." Dark Star Pictures has revealed the official US trailer for an indie film titled Freeland, which first premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival. It's finally opening this fall for those who want to catch up with it. The film stars Krisha Fairchild, best known as the star of the film Krisha, as an aging pot farmer who finds her world shattered as she races to bring in what could be her final harvest. She has been breeding legendary marijuana strains for decades, but when cannabis is legalized, she suddenly finds herself fighting for her survival. Shot on off-the-grid pot farms during a harvest, directors Mario Furloni & Kate McLean "imbue this emotional thriller with a deep and empathetic authenticity." The cast also includes Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, and John Craven. I'm glad that they're making films about the farmers that are losing their livelihood after legalization,...
- 9/17/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After breaking out with a major leading role in Trey Edward Shults’ debut Krisha, actress Krisha Fairchild takes the lead once again in Freeland. The SXSW premiere, which will arrive in theaters on October 15 and on demand on November 19, followed Fairchild as Devi, who has been breeding legendary pot strains for decades on the remote homestead she built herself. But when cannabis is legalized, she suddenly finds herself fighting for her survival. Directed by Mario Furloni and Kate McLean, with a cast also including John Craven, Frank Mosley, and Lily Gladstone, we’re pleased to premiere the exclusive trailer via Dark Star Pictures.
John Fink said in his review, “Capturing the rhythms of life on a rural Humble County, California commune in a changing cultural landscape, Kate McLean and Mario Furloni’s beautifully crafted Freeland is a restrained, nuanced drama centered around a quietly thrilling performance by Krisha Fairchild as aging hippie Devi.
John Fink said in his review, “Capturing the rhythms of life on a rural Humble County, California commune in a changing cultural landscape, Kate McLean and Mario Furloni’s beautifully crafted Freeland is a restrained, nuanced drama centered around a quietly thrilling performance by Krisha Fairchild as aging hippie Devi.
- 9/16/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Los Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Freeland, Mario Furloni and Kate McLean’s feature debut which recently premiered at SXSW.
Pic stars Krisha Fairchild (Waves), alongside Lily Gladstone (First Cow), Frank Mosley (The Carnivores), John Craven, Cameron James Matthews and Michelle Maxson. It was produced by Laura Heberton (Thou Wast Mild).
Film follows Devi (Fairchild) an aging pot-farmer who has been breeding legendary strains for decades on the remote homestead she built for herself. But when cannabis is legalized she suddenly finds herself fighting for her, and her workers’, survival.
Dark Star is lining up a late September theatrical release in targeted markets followed by on demand, digital and DVD to follow in October.
Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch negotiated the deal with ICM Partners Charlotte Lichtman and Producer Laura Heberton on behalf of the filmmakers during the Cannes virtual market. Dark Star...
Pic stars Krisha Fairchild (Waves), alongside Lily Gladstone (First Cow), Frank Mosley (The Carnivores), John Craven, Cameron James Matthews and Michelle Maxson. It was produced by Laura Heberton (Thou Wast Mild).
Film follows Devi (Fairchild) an aging pot-farmer who has been breeding legendary strains for decades on the remote homestead she built for herself. But when cannabis is legalized she suddenly finds herself fighting for her, and her workers’, survival.
Dark Star is lining up a late September theatrical release in targeted markets followed by on demand, digital and DVD to follow in October.
Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch negotiated the deal with ICM Partners Charlotte Lichtman and Producer Laura Heberton on behalf of the filmmakers during the Cannes virtual market. Dark Star...
- 7/6/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past decade, Frank Mosley has been independent cinema’s go-to actor. Upstream Color, Thunder Road, Some Beasts, Chained For Life, Freeland, The Ghost Who Walks are just a few examples of films that benefit from the authenticity, deep-rooted intensity, and “all-in” approach he brings to every performance. His talents extend to the other side of the camera as well. His uncompromising, visionary shorts and features have played around the world, from Slamdance to the Champs-Elysées. In this hour, he informs, inspires, and reflects on this wonderful and insane creative endeavor that he can’t stay away from without getting withdrawal […]
The post Back to One, Episode 160: Frank Mosley first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Back to One, Episode 160: Frank Mosley first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/29/2021
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
For the past decade, Frank Mosley has been independent cinema’s go-to actor. Upstream Color, Thunder Road, Some Beasts, Chained For Life, Freeland, The Ghost Who Walks are just a few examples of films that benefit from the authenticity, deep-rooted intensity, and “all-in” approach he brings to every performance. His talents extend to the other side of the camera as well. His uncompromising, visionary shorts and features have played around the world, from Slamdance to the Champs-Elysées. In this hour, he informs, inspires, and reflects on this wonderful and insane creative endeavor that he can’t stay away from without getting withdrawal […]
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The post Back to One, Episode 160: Frank Mosley first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/29/2021
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The classic nutshell version of the Turbulent Sixties becoming the Me Decade 1970s is that idealism curdled into hedonism. For some, that was more a fork in the road than a one-way, and the two starring roles Krisha Fairchild has had in indie dramas illustrate alternative generational paths.
Playing the eponymous (but fictive) protagonist in real-life nephew Trey Edward Shults’ auspicious debut feature “Krisha” five years ago, she was a casualty: a woman who clearly stayed at the counterculture party too long, burned too many bridges, and now finds no one trusts her or her fragile sobriety. In the new “Freeland,” which was scheduled to premiere at SXSW, Fairchild plays another figure reaching a retirement age that the life she’s lived has ill-prepared her for. But in this case, Devi is a survivor who kept her ideals burning all these years, even if now she’s the only torch-bearer left.
Playing the eponymous (but fictive) protagonist in real-life nephew Trey Edward Shults’ auspicious debut feature “Krisha” five years ago, she was a casualty: a woman who clearly stayed at the counterculture party too long, burned too many bridges, and now finds no one trusts her or her fragile sobriety. In the new “Freeland,” which was scheduled to premiere at SXSW, Fairchild plays another figure reaching a retirement age that the life she’s lived has ill-prepared her for. But in this case, Devi is a survivor who kept her ideals burning all these years, even if now she’s the only torch-bearer left.
- 7/15/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Capturing the rhythms of life on a rural Humble County, California commune in a changing cultural landscape, Kate McLean and Mario Furloni’s beautifully crafted Freeland is a restrained, nuanced drama centered around a quietly thrilling performance by Krisha Fairchild as aging hippie Devi. Devi built Freeland, a sanctuary that has survived by shipping its products throughout the North East. Life on the farm, here with young people including the enterprising de facto leader of her team Josh (Frank Mosley), is perhaps as simple as it ever was as their evenings are spent joking around a communal dinner table. The group, mostly young and likely around the same age as Devi when she arrived in Freeland, have taken time away from their lives to work the land. Devi, despite her age and experience, has simply never chosen to move on to a house in the suburbs.
Making a living from...
Making a living from...
- 3/20/2020
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
While the 2020 SXSW Film Festival has been canceled due to the coronavirus, IndieWire is covering select titles from this year’s edition.
The opening moments of Trey Shults’ 2015 debut “Krisha” established one of the most commanding faces in recent American cinema: The director’s aunt, Krisha Fairchild, embodied a world-weary alcoholic trainwreck through a map of withered features and sunken eyes and created a fiery portrait of rage and profound sadness. It’s hard to imagine another movie as suited to carry that commanding presence than Shults’ semi-biographical debut, but five years later, “Freeland” comes close.
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Co-directors Mario Furloni and Kate McLean’s scrappy character study about an aging pot farmer coming to grips with legalization was shot on actual marijuana farms and adapted from real events,...
The opening moments of Trey Shults’ 2015 debut “Krisha” established one of the most commanding faces in recent American cinema: The director’s aunt, Krisha Fairchild, embodied a world-weary alcoholic trainwreck through a map of withered features and sunken eyes and created a fiery portrait of rage and profound sadness. It’s hard to imagine another movie as suited to carry that commanding presence than Shults’ semi-biographical debut, but five years later, “Freeland” comes close.
More from IndieWireSXSW 2020 Will Still Hand Out Film Awards Despite Cancellation'i Used to Go Here' Review: Gillian Jacobs Carries a Funny and Smart Study of Millennial Ennui
Co-directors Mario Furloni and Kate McLean’s scrappy character study about an aging pot farmer coming to grips with legalization was shot on actual marijuana farms and adapted from real events,...
- 3/12/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Just in time for Black Friday―and the holiday season in general―comes a booster pack for a new character called "The Sleigher" for the Mixtape Massacre game. Also in today's : A Feast of Man DVD and digital debut and details on the new director for Witchula.
Details on Mixtape Massacre's New The Sleigher Booster Pack: "'Rotten! Rotten souls, all of them,” a voice kept whispering to Bruce as he sat there in his Santa outfit awaiting the excited children of Tall Oaks Mall. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shake this feeling something was coming over him. As the kids came and went, the voice got louder and louder. Suddenly a local girl screamed, “Look! Santa has horns!” It was too late. Bruce was gone and in his place, was something feral…
What’S In A Booster Pack?
1 New Slasher character piece
1 Character profile card...
Details on Mixtape Massacre's New The Sleigher Booster Pack: "'Rotten! Rotten souls, all of them,” a voice kept whispering to Bruce as he sat there in his Santa outfit awaiting the excited children of Tall Oaks Mall. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shake this feeling something was coming over him. As the kids came and went, the voice got louder and louder. Suddenly a local girl screamed, “Look! Santa has horns!” It was too late. Bruce was gone and in his place, was something feral…
What’S In A Booster Pack?
1 New Slasher character piece
1 Character profile card...
- 11/20/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The Ghost Who Walks will screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) Friday, Nov 15 at 9:30pmas part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.Writer and Director Cody Stokes and producer Dan Gartner will be in attendance and will host a post-screening Q&a. Ticket information can be found Here
Shot in St. Louis by former St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase award-winner Cody Stokes, The Ghost Who Walks is a breathlessly paced ride through the hidden underbelly of the city. After five years in prison, Nolan (Garland Scott) is given his freedom, but his release required that he rat on his former boss — a betrayal that carries a death sentence. Nolan must now scramble to find his ex, Lena (Alexia Rasmussen), and the 5-year-old daughter he’s never met before Donnie (Gil Darnell) can track him down and kill him. Nolan’s quest is simple: Put his family back together and escape.
Shot in St. Louis by former St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase award-winner Cody Stokes, The Ghost Who Walks is a breathlessly paced ride through the hidden underbelly of the city. After five years in prison, Nolan (Garland Scott) is given his freedom, but his release required that he rat on his former boss — a betrayal that carries a death sentence. Nolan must now scramble to find his ex, Lena (Alexia Rasmussen), and the 5-year-old daughter he’s never met before Donnie (Gil Darnell) can track him down and kill him. Nolan’s quest is simple: Put his family back together and escape.
- 11/14/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"If I was you, kid, I'd run like hell..." Ghost Walker Films has released the official trailer for an indie crime drama titled The Ghost Who Walks, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / cinematographer Cody Stokes. This is playing at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Alabama coming up this month, and is still looking for a distributor after premiering this summer. This "action-packed tale of redemption" is about a criminal fresh out of jail who rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was. Garland Scott stars, along with Frank Mosley, Alexia Rasmussen, Gil Darnell, Dasha Nekrasova, Nattalyee Randall, Linda Kennedy, and Peter Mayer. The plot isn't that original, but the film looks like it has an energy and vibrant style that sets it apart from everything else. And it's an awesome trailer with some seriously slick, intense editing at the end.
- 8/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cody Stokes first came onto our radar back in 2014 as co-writer, editor, and cinematographer of Nathan Silver’s Uncertain Terms, and now he’s completed his directorial feature debut The Ghost Who Walks. A stylish, holiday-set crime thriller-meets-family drama, it’s set to make its world premiere at the Sidewalk Film Festival this month and we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the trailer.
“When I talk about my film The Ghost Who Walks, my elevator pitch is that it’s Carlito’s Way meets It’s a Wonderful Life,” says Stokes. “It’s a Christmas film, a crime thriller, and a family drama all rolled into one. Then doused in hard liquor and covered with broken glass.”
In developing the story of an imprisoned criminal who rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was, Stokes says “I came...
“When I talk about my film The Ghost Who Walks, my elevator pitch is that it’s Carlito’s Way meets It’s a Wonderful Life,” says Stokes. “It’s a Christmas film, a crime thriller, and a family drama all rolled into one. Then doused in hard liquor and covered with broken glass.”
In developing the story of an imprisoned criminal who rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was, Stokes says “I came...
- 8/16/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
And the winner is……..St. Louis!
With this years St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, we’ve again proven that our city is packed with ridiculously talented filmmakers, actors, and other artisans.
The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that screened at Washington University’s Brown Hall from July 12-14 & 19-21 . The programs ranged from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis were strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate the amazingly talented St.
With this years St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, we’ve again proven that our city is packed with ridiculously talented filmmakers, actors, and other artisans.
The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that screened at Washington University’s Brown Hall from July 12-14 & 19-21 . The programs ranged from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis were strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate the amazingly talented St.
- 7/22/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Indie Beat coming ’round the bend once again! For this episode, we spoke with actor and filmmaker Frank Mosley.
Born, raised, and still residing in good ol’ Texas, Mosley started filmmaking at an early age remaking Disney flicks with his father. After pushing through school (which included a stint running his high school drama program and allowed him to put on a production of “Dr. Strangelove“) and making a few low-fi short films he teamed up with director Robby Storey for his first feature, “Hold,” in 2009.
Continue reading Filmmaker Frank Mosley Talks Balancing Acting/Directing & The Influence Of Horror Films [Indie Beat Podcast] at The Playlist.
Born, raised, and still residing in good ol’ Texas, Mosley started filmmaking at an early age remaking Disney flicks with his father. After pushing through school (which included a stint running his high school drama program and allowed him to put on a production of “Dr. Strangelove“) and making a few low-fi short films he teamed up with director Robby Storey for his first feature, “Hold,” in 2009.
Continue reading Filmmaker Frank Mosley Talks Balancing Acting/Directing & The Influence Of Horror Films [Indie Beat Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 10/27/2018
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
As the restoration of Andrei Rublev begins its run, a Germaine Dulac series commences.
Spectacle
Fans of Asian cinema (or anything remotely outside the mainstream) cannot miss the series on Sogo Ishii, “the godfather of Japanese cyberpunk cinema.”
A one-night retrospective of actor-director Frank Mosley is being held, as the below trailer will evince.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
As the restoration of Andrei Rublev begins its run, a Germaine Dulac series commences.
Spectacle
Fans of Asian cinema (or anything remotely outside the mainstream) cannot miss the series on Sogo Ishii, “the godfather of Japanese cyberpunk cinema.”
A one-night retrospective of actor-director Frank Mosley is being held, as the below trailer will evince.
- 8/24/2018
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
MaryAnn’s quick take… Embarrassingly bad CGI; pratfalls; genital humor; denigration of cat ladies; horrible clichés and stereotypes. This is the cinematic equivalent of stepping in dog poop. You know, for kids! I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Miss Congeniality, but for dogs. Did we need this? We did not. Director Raja Gosnell has previously perpetrated two Smurfs movies and two Scooby-Doo movies, and I guess he felt that he needed to even out the ranks of his terrible talking-dog “comedies” since he only had the one, Beverly Hills Chihuahua. “Nobody makes talking dog movies anymore,” one of the talking dogs in this talking-dog movie explains. And yet here we are.
These are indeed dark times.
It’s funny cuz there’s a dog wearing sunglasses.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Miss Congeniality, but for dogs. Did we need this? We did not. Director Raja Gosnell has previously perpetrated two Smurfs movies and two Scooby-Doo movies, and I guess he felt that he needed to even out the ranks of his terrible talking-dog “comedies” since he only had the one, Beverly Hills Chihuahua. “Nobody makes talking dog movies anymore,” one of the talking dogs in this talking-dog movie explains. And yet here we are.
These are indeed dark times.
It’s funny cuz there’s a dog wearing sunglasses.
- 5/18/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Blake Eckard’s Coyotes Kill For Fun screens Saturday, November 4th at 7:00pm at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information can be found Here.
In “Coyotes Kill for Fun,” the latest from Northwest Missouri indie filmmaker and Sliff favorite Blake Eckard, a backwoods babysitter agrees to help an abused mother of two escape her lunatic boyfriend, but his psychotic brother is headed back to the area, and he has a fraught history with everyone involved. Filmed over three years in Missouri, Montana, and La, “Coyotes” had a long gestation: Two-thirds was first shot back in March 2014, and a trio of cinematographers — Eckard, St. Louisan Cody Stokes, and American-indie legend Jon Jost — passed the baton behind the camera. Despite the prolonged production, “Coyotes” maintains a totally consistent — and utterly original — vision. The film features such Eckard regulars as Tyler Messner,...
In “Coyotes Kill for Fun,” the latest from Northwest Missouri indie filmmaker and Sliff favorite Blake Eckard, a backwoods babysitter agrees to help an abused mother of two escape her lunatic boyfriend, but his psychotic brother is headed back to the area, and he has a fraught history with everyone involved. Filmed over three years in Missouri, Montana, and La, “Coyotes” had a long gestation: Two-thirds was first shot back in March 2014, and a trio of cinematographers — Eckard, St. Louisan Cody Stokes, and American-indie legend Jon Jost — passed the baton behind the camera. Despite the prolonged production, “Coyotes” maintains a totally consistent — and utterly original — vision. The film features such Eckard regulars as Tyler Messner,...
- 11/2/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Blake Eckard’s Coyotes Kill For Fun screens Saturday, November 4th at 7:00pm at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information can be found Here.
Blake Eckard’s Backroad Blues screens Sunday, November 5th at 1:30pm at the .Zack (3224 Locust St.). The Backroad Blues screening is a free event.
In Coyotes Kill For Fun, the latest from Northwest Missouri indie filmmaker and Sliff favorite Blake Eckard, a backwoods babysitter agrees to help an abused mother of two escape her lunatic boyfriend, but his psychotic brother is headed back to the area, and he has a fraught history with everyone involved. Filmed over three years in Missouri, Montana, and La, “Coyotes” had a long gestation: Two-thirds was first shot back in March 2014, and a trio of cinematographers — Eckard, St. Louisan Cody Stokes, and American-indie legend Jon Jost...
Blake Eckard’s Backroad Blues screens Sunday, November 5th at 1:30pm at the .Zack (3224 Locust St.). The Backroad Blues screening is a free event.
In Coyotes Kill For Fun, the latest from Northwest Missouri indie filmmaker and Sliff favorite Blake Eckard, a backwoods babysitter agrees to help an abused mother of two escape her lunatic boyfriend, but his psychotic brother is headed back to the area, and he has a fraught history with everyone involved. Filmed over three years in Missouri, Montana, and La, “Coyotes” had a long gestation: Two-thirds was first shot back in March 2014, and a trio of cinematographers — Eckard, St. Louisan Cody Stokes, and American-indie legend Jon Jost...
- 10/31/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For the third year Filmmaker is happy to exclusively host online selections from the currently underway Eastern Oregon Film Festival. These films will stream exclusively here on the site until Sunday morning at 9:00 Am. This year, we’re hosting a work of philosophical science fiction by Blake Salzman, a new drama from festival veteran Frank Mosley, and an inspiring London-set work from Tal Amiran. You can watch all the films embedded below, and check out the rest of the lineup at Eastern Oregon Film Festival. Midwife (dir. Blake Salzman, 2017) Synopsis: In a bleak future where women are dying rapidly, […]...
- 10/20/2017
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Currently underway at Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek is one of the finest-curated film festivals of the year. BAMcinemaFest brings the best of American independent cinema, from favorites at Sundance and SXSW to new discoveries. Along with their feature line-up, they also premiere a handful of shorts and we’re pleased to debut the first trailer for a promising one coming this week.
Innards, directed by Tyler Rubenfeld, follows a former child actor (Frank Mosley) as he reconnects with his twin brother to discuss a role they once shared — as the lead in the titular schlocky, shot-on-video cannibal film. Ahead of a premiere before Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21, check out the preview below which intrigues with evocative imagery across just a few shots.
Innards screens with Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21. Get tickets here.
Innards, directed by Tyler Rubenfeld, follows a former child actor (Frank Mosley) as he reconnects with his twin brother to discuss a role they once shared — as the lead in the titular schlocky, shot-on-video cannibal film. Ahead of a premiere before Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21, check out the preview below which intrigues with evocative imagery across just a few shots.
Innards screens with Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21. Get tickets here.
- 6/19/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The latest Indie Beat is pulling into the station. Hop on and take a seat…
Read More: Indie Beat Talks With Slow Cinema Distributor Nadin Mai [Podcast]
Our guest this episode is filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson, director of the feature “Some Beasts,” starring indie hard hitters Frank Mosley and Lindsay Burdge. Nelson toured with the film extensively and won some accolades along the way (Best Film at Virginia Film Festival and Best Cinematography at Dallas International Film Festival).
Continue reading Podcast: Indie Beat Talks With ‘Some Beasts’ Director Cameron Bruce Nelson at The Playlist.
Read More: Indie Beat Talks With Slow Cinema Distributor Nadin Mai [Podcast]
Our guest this episode is filmmaker Cameron Bruce Nelson, director of the feature “Some Beasts,” starring indie hard hitters Frank Mosley and Lindsay Burdge. Nelson toured with the film extensively and won some accolades along the way (Best Film at Virginia Film Festival and Best Cinematography at Dallas International Film Festival).
Continue reading Podcast: Indie Beat Talks With ‘Some Beasts’ Director Cameron Bruce Nelson at The Playlist.
- 5/17/2017
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
We’ve featured the work of Frank Mosley on the site before, and we’re happy now to share the trailer for his latest short, Parthenon. Here’s the teasing logline: A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. Parthenon is a new short film by Frank Mosley — a slippery, dizzying provocation on art, control, and perception. The film premieres at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 1.
- 3/16/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
With the East Oregon Film Festival underway this weekend in La Grande, Oregon, Filmmaker is happy to once again host the festival online selections here at the site. Starting now, for 48 hours, you can watch Monica Peña’s haunting and haunted relationship mystery, Hearts of Palm, preceded by a short, Frank Mosley’s multi-layered psychological drama Spider Veins. From the filmmakers, here are their two short synopses: Spider Veins: Two women reunite in a quiet neighborhood before a party begins. But by turns mysterious and shocking, the film’s narrative begins to unravel even as the women’s relationship teeters on the edge of […]...
- 10/21/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Every week, a bevy of new releases (independent or otherwise), open in theaters. That’s why we created the Weekly Film Guide, filled with basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 5. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Bazodee
Director: Todd Kessler
Cast: Chris Smith, Kabir Bedi, Kriss Dosanjh, Machel Montano, Natalie Perera, Staz Nair
Synopsis: Anita Ponchouri (Natalie Perera), the dutiful Indian daughter of a deep-in-debt businessman (Kabir Bedi) is about to marry a wealthy Londoner (Staz Nair) when a chance encounter with local singer,...
For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 5. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Bazodee
Director: Todd Kessler
Cast: Chris Smith, Kabir Bedi, Kriss Dosanjh, Machel Montano, Natalie Perera, Staz Nair
Synopsis: Anita Ponchouri (Natalie Perera), the dutiful Indian daughter of a deep-in-debt businessman (Kabir Bedi) is about to marry a wealthy Londoner (Staz Nair) when a chance encounter with local singer,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Well, here we are in the closing weeks of summer movie season. It’s the last gasp for big-budget blockbusters before the coming fall festival season, but there are plenty of indie alternatives for whatever your tastes may be. Below, you’ll see every planned theatrical release for the month of August, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week, we’ll give you an update with screening locations for these various titles. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of August 5 Wide
Suicide Squad
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood
Synopsis: A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned...
Each week, we’ll give you an update with screening locations for these various titles. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!
Week of August 5 Wide
Suicide Squad
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood
Synopsis: A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned...
- 8/1/2016
- by Kate Halliwell, Kyle Kizu and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Take a gander at this preview for Fallout 4: Far Harbor, which will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on May 19th. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: a trailer / release details for Don’t Look in the Basement 2, info on a live digital séance from the team behind The Darkness, Crypt TV’s “One Sentence Scare” Contest, and details and teaser images for Hunting the Legend Part II.
Fallout 4: Far Harbor Gameplay Details and Trailer: “Preview your journey to Far Harbor, the next game on for Fallout 4. Far Harbor docks on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on Thursday, May 19th.
In Far Harbor, a new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency leads you on a search for a young woman and a secret colony of synths. Travel off the coast of Maine to the mysterious island of Far Harbor, where higher levels of radiation have created a more feral world.
Fallout 4: Far Harbor Gameplay Details and Trailer: “Preview your journey to Far Harbor, the next game on for Fallout 4. Far Harbor docks on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on Thursday, May 19th.
In Far Harbor, a new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency leads you on a search for a young woman and a secret colony of synths. Travel off the coast of Maine to the mysterious island of Far Harbor, where higher levels of radiation have created a more feral world.
- 5/5/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
[Editors Note: Project of the Day is presented in partnership with BlackMagic Design, one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of creative video technology.] Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. The Day Before the Wedding Logline: "The Day Before The Wedding" is a comedy horror about deer hunting in the Colorado Mountains gone horribly wrong...and inevitably losing your friends once you decide to get married. Elevator Pitch: "The Day Before The Wedding" is the first film that Geoff Marslett ("Mars," "Loves Her Gun," "Yakona") is making since moving up to the Colorado mountains. It features a cast including Jennifer Prediger, Frank Mosley, Kira Pearson and Geoff. Though it's really a giant analogy...
- 11/25/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
SXSW Regular Geoff Marslett (Monkey Vs Robot, Mars, Loves Her Gun) is crowdfunding his latest film 'The Day Before Wedding", a film that starts out like your usual indie mumblecore and escalates into something shockingly different. You can visit the Indiegogo page here for more information. Every dollar helps!
"The Day Before The Wedding is director Geoff Marslett's first thriller. It is a short film set in and shot on location in and around Denver, Colorado. Geoff recently relocated from Austin, Texas, to Colorado with hopes of bringing his experience making localized independent films here to a new and exciting artistic community.
The film stars Marslett along with Frank Mosley (Upstream Color, Ain't Them Bodies Saints), Jennifer Prediger (A Teacher, Apartment Troubles, Uncle Kent) and Kira Pearson (The Greggs). The film itself is a comedic horror set in the woods of Colorado. It is a surreal look at the...
"The Day Before The Wedding is director Geoff Marslett's first thriller. It is a short film set in and shot on location in and around Denver, Colorado. Geoff recently relocated from Austin, Texas, to Colorado with hopes of bringing his experience making localized independent films here to a new and exciting artistic community.
The film stars Marslett along with Frank Mosley (Upstream Color, Ain't Them Bodies Saints), Jennifer Prediger (A Teacher, Apartment Troubles, Uncle Kent) and Kira Pearson (The Greggs). The film itself is a comedic horror set in the woods of Colorado. It is a surreal look at the...
- 11/10/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Aaron Hunt)
- Cinelinx
Her Wilderness
Written & Directed by Frank Mosley
USA, 2014
Her Wilderness almost put me to sleep, which in this rare case is a good thing. The movie’s first four minutes allows viewers to sit and stare at a soothing white background. Eventually, the sound of rushing water and singing birds gently redirects the audiences’s focus as the camera glides across a tranquil wooded area and settles its gaze on a boat floating atop a picturesque lake.
The film’s writer and director, Frank Mosley, takes his time gaining the viewer’s attention. The film’s opening scene unfolds at the languid pace of honey spilling down the side of a jar, which is exactly the point. This film is never about establishing a traditional structure. Instead, Mosley created a film about feeling. Right off the bat, Mosley sets the tone of the film by reaching out to the audience on a soothing,...
Written & Directed by Frank Mosley
USA, 2014
Her Wilderness almost put me to sleep, which in this rare case is a good thing. The movie’s first four minutes allows viewers to sit and stare at a soothing white background. Eventually, the sound of rushing water and singing birds gently redirects the audiences’s focus as the camera glides across a tranquil wooded area and settles its gaze on a boat floating atop a picturesque lake.
The film’s writer and director, Frank Mosley, takes his time gaining the viewer’s attention. The film’s opening scene unfolds at the languid pace of honey spilling down the side of a jar, which is exactly the point. This film is never about establishing a traditional structure. Instead, Mosley created a film about feeling. Right off the bat, Mosley sets the tone of the film by reaching out to the audience on a soothing,...
- 7/15/2015
- by Victor Stiff
- SoundOnSight
Reviewed by Jonathan Weichsel
MoreHorror.com
The Ladies of the House
Starring: Farah White, Melodie Sisk, Brina Palencia, Belladonna, Gabriel Horn, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rj Hanson, and Frank Mosley
Directed by: John Stewart Wildman
When you're a film critic, your inbox and Facebook messenger can get clogged with so many requests to review films that it can be overwhelming. I get maybe five or six requests to review movies a day, coming from everybody from professional publicists, to teenage filmmakers making movies in their parent's backyards, and everybody in between. And the thing is, you have to say no to most of these movies, because you know that most of them are going to suck and you'd drive yourself crazy watching them, and also because you simply don't have the time.
Still, when director John Stewart Wildman sent me an unsolicited email to review his film (how these people find my...
MoreHorror.com
The Ladies of the House
Starring: Farah White, Melodie Sisk, Brina Palencia, Belladonna, Gabriel Horn, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rj Hanson, and Frank Mosley
Directed by: John Stewart Wildman
When you're a film critic, your inbox and Facebook messenger can get clogged with so many requests to review films that it can be overwhelming. I get maybe five or six requests to review movies a day, coming from everybody from professional publicists, to teenage filmmakers making movies in their parent's backyards, and everybody in between. And the thing is, you have to say no to most of these movies, because you know that most of them are going to suck and you'd drive yourself crazy watching them, and also because you simply don't have the time.
Still, when director John Stewart Wildman sent me an unsolicited email to review his film (how these people find my...
- 6/25/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
The Dallas International Film Fest kicked off last night and today sees the first full day of screenings. One of the films making its premiere tonight is Cameron Nelson's Some Beasts and we've got the debut of the film's very attractive poster for you here. Billed as a "Thoreau-style narrative that incorporates both the land itself and the non-actors who inhabit it into the story, Nelson's film combines aspects of narrative filmmaking with ethnographic documentary techniques to achieve a heightened sense of realism." The film stars Frank Mosley, Lindsay Burdge and Heather Kafka. The poster is designed by filmmaker and artist Yen Tan who also has a short film he directed called The Outfit playing at the fest. Tan recently won the SXSW 2015 poster...
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- 4/10/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Goings on over the next few days: Walerian Borowczyk and Wojciech Bąkowski retrospectives in New York, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Hal Hartley series in Los Angeles, Orson Welles in Austin, Barbara Stanwyck and Noah Baumbach in Nashville, João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata at Harvard, Robert Siodmak and the final cut of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner in London—plus Frank Mosley's Her Wilderness, Noir City, a "journey of 12 nights and 26 films through the side streets and back alleys of film noir," and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/2/2015
- Keyframe
Goings on over the next few days: Walerian Borowczyk and Wojciech Bąkowski retrospectives in New York, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Hal Hartley series in Los Angeles, Orson Welles in Austin, Barbara Stanwyck and Noah Baumbach in Nashville, João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata at Harvard, Robert Siodmak and the final cut of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner in London—plus Frank Mosley's Her Wilderness, Noir City, a "journey of 12 nights and 26 films through the side streets and back alleys of film noir," and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/2/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
There are filmmakers out there playing with the form, breaking the rules of narrative, and creating some truly unique works with distinctive voices. To find them, you might have to go down less familiar paths, but the rewards are films like Frank Mosley's "Her Wilderness," and today we have the exclusive trailer for his movie. Starring Lauren McCune, Morgana Shaw, Crystal Pate, Jack Elliott, and Riley Templeton, the fairy tale film follows four women wondering just how much power they wield in choosing their next stage in life. And Mosley — as writer, director, and editor — expands "Her Wilderness" across platforms, with an interactive online component paired with main feature that allows a richer exploration into the themes of responsibility, identity, and choice. Having already screened at Sidewalk Film Fest and Dallas Videofest, "Her Wilderness" will next appear at 14 Pews in Houston, Texas on March 7th, Kinoscope in New York.
- 2/26/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
• Ariana Grande, Katie Homes, Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Matthew Morrison (Glee), John Leguizamo (Chef), Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included), Taran Killam (12 Years a Slave), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), and Chazz Palminteri (Rizzoli & Isles) have signed on to voice The Weinstein Company's Underdogs, EW has confirmed. The film, from Argentinian director Juan Jose Campanella, is being re-voiced in English by TWC with a script that has been reworked for domestic audiences. The story follows football player Jake (Morrison) and his love interest, Laura (Grande). With Laura's support, Jake beats the town bully, Ace (Hoult), in a foosball game.
- 10/15/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
With one feature under his belt, filmmaker Brandon Colvin is taking another big step forward with his next feature "Sabbatical." Boasting some big names in the cast, including Robert Longstreet ("Thou Wast Mild And Lovely," "The Catechism Cataclysm") and Thomas Jay Ryan (Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool" trilogy), the director is putting forth a very distinct aesthetic, and today we have the exclusive trailer for the film. Also featuring Rhoda Griffis, Kentucker Audley, Rebecca Koon, and Frank Mosley, "Sabbatical" centers on Ben, who returns home to care for his ill mother and to work on a new book. However, he soon finds his relationships with his mother, his brother, his ex-wife, and his high school pal tested, and he'll have to decide whether or not engage or abandon those responsibilities. "Sabbatical" will screen at the New Orleans Film Festival in October. Check out the trailer below.
- 9/24/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
S.F. Brownriggs cult classic Dont Look In the Basement gets a sequel 40 years later. Anthony Brownrigg the son of S.F. Brownriggs wrote and directed the sequel Id Dont Look in the Basement 2. The film is said to be a true sequel that completes the story that S.F. was unable to before his passing. Synopsis Dont Look In the Basement 2 will pick up the story of Sam after the end of the first film 40 years later. After Sam is moved to a new asylum in 2013 strange things begin happening there to the patients as well as the doctors. One doctor must find out whats causing everyone go delve even deeper into insanity before it overcomes him as well. Starring Andrew Sensenig Frank Mosley Arianne Margot Willie Minor...
- 5/7/2014
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
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