Indie Alert: King’s LOVELY clip, Spaltro’s THINGS, and more
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....
Read MoreONE HOUR FANTASY GIRL on Netflix, HEART OF NOW on OpenIndie and more in your Indie New Links
What’s your fantasy? One Hour Fantasy Girl, directed by Edgar Michael Bravo and produced by John Paul Rice, is coming to Netflix. (Netflix) Heart of Now, directed by Zak Forsman, wants to be the first film on OpenIndie to get 100 requests. Worth a click. (OpenIndie) The Butler Brothers, my favorite indie brewers, are taking Confusions of an Unmarried Couple to Pittsburgh. Screening at Indies for Indies tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday. (PittNews) Fin. Got indie film news? Send it to...
Read MoreSWALLOW a go go, GUT ROT: Episode II, and Spaltro’s Wrap in your Sunday evening Indie News Links
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)...
Read MoreThe Butler Brothers’ latest brew, GUT ROT
The Butler Brothers rarely disappoint. When the duo’s latest effort, a web series titled Larry & Burt’s Gut Rot, opened with a nod to Taxi Driver, I knew I was in for another great experience. From Scorsese to Baumbach, the Butler Brothers’ work is inspired by the best. I love their productions because they love movies as much as I do. Check out the first episode of Larry & Burt’s Gut Rot above, then visit Substance Productions for more Butler Brothers...
Read MoreMovie Review: The Notorious Newman Brothers
The Notorious Newman Brothers (2009) My favorite Canadian indie brewers, the Butler Brothers, are back, this time in a feature directed by Ryan Noel (the composer on their last picture) and co-written by los hermanos Butler and Noel. And, yes, it’s funny. The Notorious Newman Brothers follows Max (Noel) a filmmaker whose combination of desperation, ineptitude, and general lack of confidence results in him taking out a classified ad to find subjects for a documentary. And who comes a-callin’? Paulie (Jason Butler) and Thunderclap (Brett Butler) Newman, two toughs who are as bad at being gangsters as Max is at being a director. That’s enough of a plot description because the real fun in The Notorious Newman Brothers is in watching the three actors deliver improvised banter–even when it’s not perfect–rather than seeing the story progress. Just like the...
Read MoreIndie Interview 13: Brett Butler – CONFUSIONS OF AN UNMARRIED COUPLE
It’s been one year since indie interviews became a regular part of TheFilmChair.com. Instead of focusing on a new filmmaker for this month’s anniversary edition, I thought I’d revisit the filmmakers who started it all: the Butler Bros. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect with the Butler Bros. newest feature Confusions of an Unmarried Couple set to debut at Toronto’s Indie Can Film Festival at the end of this month. Here to discuss his growth as a filmmaker over the last year is Butler Brother Brett in this month’s indie interview. The Film Chair: Confusions has a considerably smaller cast than the previous films you have done. Why scale back? Brett Butler: We scaled back because our confidence had grown as filmmakers and storytellers. When you are doing a two-hander such as this, the worry is that the audience may lose interest...
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