Indie Alert: THERE ARE NO GOODBYES, THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND, and more

Posted by on Aug 9, 2011 in Indie | 2 comments

John C. Lyons just launched the website for his second feature film, There Are No Goodbyes. You can catch a sneak preview of this rust belt drama at the Boonies International Film Festival in Warren, Pennsylvania, August 17-20.  You can also get Lyons’s first feature, Schism, on Amazon VOD. Things I Don’t Understand, the second feature from David Spaltro, just wrapped production. You can check out character posters and stay up to date on the film’s Facebook page. If you want to check out Spaltro’s first feature, Around…, you can catch it on Amazon VOD. Zak Forsman is seeking funding for his crime thriller Down and Dangerous. You can help him reach his $30,000 goal on Kickstarter. Seattle-based filmmaker David Spies also needs your help to get his Christmas short, Silver Bells, into production. You can help him reach his...

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Indie Alert: King’s LOVELY clip, Spaltro’s THINGS, and more

Posted by on Sep 11, 2010 in Indie | 0 comments

A little bit of indie to start your Saturday. Filmmaker Gary King posted a clip from his film What’s Up Lovely. Check it out below. And you can catch the World Premiere screening Oct. 6 in NYC. David Spaltro, the filmmaker behind …Around, is seeking pre-production funds for Things I Don’t Understand on IndieGoGo. Spaltro says, “The film is a meditation of life, death, growing-up and protecting the homes we make for ourselves.” Derek Young is making Josie. From the IndieGoGo page: “Josie is a sadistic female. This film will take a female and throw her in the role of Michael Myers but 10 times crazier!” And yes, the Butler Brothers are still making Gut Rot. Watch it now....

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SWALLOW a go go, GUT ROT: Episode II, and Spaltro’s Wrap in your Sunday evening Indie News Links

Posted by on Feb 28, 2010 in Indie | 0 comments

Do it with others. Justin D. Hilliard wants you… to help him make Swallow. And you should. (IndieGoGo) The Butler brothers, my favorite Canadian indie brewers, just posted the second episode of their web series Larry & Burt’s Gut Rot. (YouTube) David Spaltro writes about making his spectacular indie …Around for The Wrap. (The Wrap)...

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Movie Review: …Around

Posted by on Feb 3, 2009 in Movie Review | 0 comments

…Around (2008) “You know the charming guy in the movie with obstacles and the entire world on his back. Walks a line between redemption and oblivion. Constant shit thrown at him. He always does a heroic thing and rises above it all with a great, witty line while he saves the girl and comes out on top unexpectedly… I’m the coyote who falls of the cliff.” — Doyle Simms “Embrace the fall.” Those are the first words you see on the screen when you watch “…Around,” a little NYC indie with a lot to say and a lead actor with enough charisma to make you want to hear it. The sage wisdom imparted on Doyle Simms is just what this guy with a me against the world attitude needs. It’s certainly uplifting to watch Doyle get back up after...

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