It’s lucky 13 for the Antimatter Film Festival in Victoria, BC. That is, their 13th annual fest is all set to run on Oct 8-16. That’s nine mind-blowing nights of experimental short films, live film performances and culture-shattering documentaries.
The fest kicks off on the 8th with a 16mm screening of Sergei Eisenstein’s classic silent film Battleship Potemkin that will be accompanied by a live soundtrack by DJ-son Bitter Herbs [Jason Flower]. The people’s revolution never sounded so funky! Then, the fest concludes on the 16th with the event “Uzos [Underwater Zombies from Outer Space]” and will feature performances by Ryan Beattie, Atomic Vaudeville, Slut Revolver, Wes Borg and more.
Smooshed between those two events will be the debut feature film by acclaimed ethnographic filmmaker Ben Russell, Let Each One Go Where They May, which documents the amazing recreation of a bold escape made by slaves. Other feature length documentaries screening are: Teen Routines,...
The fest kicks off on the 8th with a 16mm screening of Sergei Eisenstein’s classic silent film Battleship Potemkin that will be accompanied by a live soundtrack by DJ-son Bitter Herbs [Jason Flower]. The people’s revolution never sounded so funky! Then, the fest concludes on the 16th with the event “Uzos [Underwater Zombies from Outer Space]” and will feature performances by Ryan Beattie, Atomic Vaudeville, Slut Revolver, Wes Borg and more.
Smooshed between those two events will be the debut feature film by acclaimed ethnographic filmmaker Ben Russell, Let Each One Go Where They May, which documents the amazing recreation of a bold escape made by slaves. Other feature length documentaries screening are: Teen Routines,...
- 10/4/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
I thought I was immune to horror on stage, but watching sock puppets mime real-life torture reminded me it can still beat cinema at its own game
I'm fairly strong-stomached. I'm not necessarily proud of enjoying Blasted or the Lieutenant of Inishmore, say, without a twinge of nausea, but then again I'd be a pretty sorry critic if a trip to the theatre meant I risked puking on my seatmates.
So I was surprised some weeks ago when a performance made me distinctly queasy. During the recent Under the Radar festival in New York, I attended Jerk, a French play acted by Jonathan Capdeville and several sock puppets. Adapted from short stories by Dennis Cooper, Jerk is a crime psychodrama based on real-life serial killer Dean Corll who, with the help of two teenage accomplices, tortured, raped and killed more than two dozen Texan youths. Capdeville plays one of the abettors,...
I'm fairly strong-stomached. I'm not necessarily proud of enjoying Blasted or the Lieutenant of Inishmore, say, without a twinge of nausea, but then again I'd be a pretty sorry critic if a trip to the theatre meant I risked puking on my seatmates.
So I was surprised some weeks ago when a performance made me distinctly queasy. During the recent Under the Radar festival in New York, I attended Jerk, a French play acted by Jonathan Capdeville and several sock puppets. Adapted from short stories by Dennis Cooper, Jerk is a crime psychodrama based on real-life serial killer Dean Corll who, with the help of two teenage accomplices, tortured, raped and killed more than two dozen Texan youths. Capdeville plays one of the abettors,...
- 2/10/2010
- by Alexis Soloski
- The Guardian - Film News
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