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A Conversation with Joel Potrykus & Joshua Burge (VULCANIZADORA)

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 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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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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HTN’S 20 MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF TRIBECA ’24

The Editorial Staff — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:58:30 +0000

The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 5-16, and as always, we have many boots on the ground. What follows are recommendations of what to see (5 apiece) from critics Melanie Addington and M.J. O’Toole, lead critic Christopher Llewellyn Reed, and editor-at-large […]

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TRIBECA 2024 LINEUP: New Films By Morrisa Maltz, Michael Angarano, Nathan Silver, and More Among the Slate

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:34:49 +0000

The Tribeca Festival has announced its starry 2024 lineup. It will be take place June 5 – 16. Opening the festival is the documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, which captures fashion designer von Furstenberg’s impact as a feminist […]

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RELAXER

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:18:49 +0000

Despite the seemingly simple story, shot in one location, with only a few characters, Relaxer is open to a multitude of interpretations.

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A Conversation With Joel Potrykus (THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK)

Charles Poekel — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:04:46 +0000

(Charles Poekel caught up with Joel Potrykus at BAM Cinemafest regarding his latest film The Alchemist Cookbook. The result is the following chat which is one of the best interviews you’ll read all year! Potrykus’ film is available NOW in a pay-what-you-want format.) I […]

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Mike S. Ryan’s SXSW 2016 Wrap-Up

Mike S. Ryan — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:31:24 +0000

As always the SXSW challenge is trying to find those gems that come out of nowhere. Most of the titles that are in the “Visions” and “Narrative Competition” categories have no buzz because no one except the programmers have seen […]

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Jesse Klein’s SXSW 2016 Wrap-Up

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:07:31 +0000

SXSW drew to a close this weekend in what was another exciting year chock-full of films that pushed, pulled, and prodded, that continued to define and give shape to the ever-expanding and evolving landscape of independent filmmaking here in the […]

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THE 2015 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS

Michael Tully — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 19:43:32 +0000

Introduction Greetings HtN readers, this is Don Lewis, Editor of the site and I wanted to welcome you to the 2015 Hammer to Nail Awards. Next month marks my official one-year anniversary of Editor of the site and it’s been […]

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