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VULCANIZADORA Trailer: Joel Potrykus and Joshua Burge Journey to the Woods in Unpredictable Dark Comedy

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:25:13 +0000

“You feel better now. But tomorrow you’re gonna feel bad again.” Beloved microbudget indie filmmaker Joel Potrykus (Relaxer; The Alchemist Cookbook) is back with a multihyphenate of roles in his newest dark slacker comedy, Vulcanizadora. Aside from serving as editor-writer-director, […]

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A Conversation with Joel Potrykus & Joshua Burge (VULCANIZADORA)

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:31:24 +0000

With a working relationship spanning over a decade, Michigan-based guerilla filmmaker Joel Potrykus and actor Joshua Burge have collaborated on five feature films. Such films that solidified their craft in the “metal slackerism” genre include Buzzard and Relaxer. Their most […]

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SOUND UNSEEN ’23 HEADS TO AUSTIN

Melanie Addington — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:26:43 +0000

Regional film festivals allow people to connect and validate our own life experience by truly being seen by others. Film festival attendees are often a unique breed of people. We are drawn together for a deep obsession with storytelling and […]

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Short Film Contest Winner/Runner-Up: Winter ’19

Don R. Lewis — Mon, 20 May 2019 18:33:03 +0000

Yeah, it’s spring. Like, pretty deep into spring and yet, here we are with the announcement of the winners for our WINTER contest. Alas, the contest launched in the winter and we’re still trying to figure out a sweet spot […]

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THE SHOW ABOUT THE SHOW

Don R. Lewis — Tue, 16 May 2017 18:39:30 +0000

It would be akin to explaining time travel to try and explain the nuts and bolts of The Show About the Show so, just stick with the title and see the film for clarity.

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Short Film Contest Winner/Runners-Up: Winter ’16

Don R. Lewis — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:41:25 +0000

It’s been just over 2 weeks since the deadline came and went for our winter shorts contest so obviously, the listing of the winners is a bit late. But I have good excuses! First off, there were a whole bunch […]

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SUN DON’T SHINE

Cullen Gallagher — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:26 +0000

Anticipation and frenzy emanates from every frame in Amy Seimetz's debut, leaving the audience with bated breath. A more compelling and original mystery hasn’t hit the screen in years.

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SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL ’13: JURY DUTY

Michael Tully — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:52:22 +0000

Though I’ve attended the Sarasota Film Festival every year since I flew into the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport for the first time back in the spring of 2006, my participatory role this year was of a different capacity than it ever […]

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No $$$ Anywhere: Notes on a Typical Roundtable

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:23:18 +0000

Firstly, we are Nandan and Zach—two filmmakers who recently launched an alternative theatrical self-distribution tool in the form of a website called Simple Machine, which we traveled to SXSW this year to promote. Hoping to better our own understanding of […]

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PAVILION

Mike S. Ryan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:15 +0000

This is a world in which you, the viewer, are forced to look at the mundane in an immediate and raw way—not unlike how reality was like before we were overwhelmed by cell phones, ‘social media,’ and crafty corporate ‘genius’ markateers who are leading us into the bold, new, insidious frontier of consumerism redefined.

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