Variety: Indie label views big picture

Darius Van Arman, co-owner of indie record label Jagjaguwar, always viewed the imprint’s recent adventures in the screen trade as a kind of experiment, which might explain his attitude about branching out as less make-or-break than whatever-happens-happens… Read More

Calgary Screen: Unflinching and unfunny

The Comedy is a painfully important character study.

“That was something that brought me and Heidecker and Wareheim and Turkington together — we all have a fascination and an interest in discomfort,” he says. “I think so much entertainment is traditionally built around safety and comfort, and it’s become a lopsided, grotesque kind of thing. So the claustrophobia interested me. I also get irritated about a kind of audience entitlement we’ve been conditioned to, to expect to be told everything about an environment. Our imaginations are literally destroyed. They’re a muscle that we don’t utilize anymore.”.. .Read More

We’re all excited about the imminent  home Vid release of Ti West’s THE INNKEEPERS. Hope you’ll be first in line to purchase a copy at your favorite mom and pop’s video store. And if that aint happening, get on-line and pre-order now. Here are the folks at dread central creaming over the promo disc.

Beloved East Village Pizzaria Two Boots, with one of the last walk-in Video Rental Outlets  in NYC, TWO BOOTS VIDEO, adds a Glass Eye Pix shelf to its fabulous and diverse selection of titles.

Check out the array of movies from Glass Eye Pix, from Fessenden’s East Village indie HABIT, to Kelly Reichardt’s WENDY AND LUCY, to Alex Wolf’s music doc SANTO DOMINGO BLUES, and of course the regular Glass Eye stable of unique horror films, including Fessenden’s THE LAST WINTER, Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, Jim Mickle’s STAKE LAND, and James McKenney’s AUTOMATONS. You will find some gems here that are exclusive to Two Boots Video including STUNT: A MUSICAL MOTION PICTURE (1989; David “The Impact Addict” Leslie), and if all goes well, we’ll feed Two Boots some more exclusive titles from the Glass Eye Pix Archives. Stay tuned Cinephiles!

So why not head on down to TWO BOOTS VIDEO and enjoy the lost art of browsing for tonight’s entertainment? 42 Avenue A at 3rd Street. Grab a pie and a flick and  enjoy a night in with a couple of the two dozen Glass Eye Pix titles! Something for everyone.

The Comedy (Rick Alverson) NY Premiere
Drawing comparisons to La Dolce Vita and the work of Lars von Trier, Alverson’s divisive portrait of a privileged Williamsburg Brooklynite—played by a razor-sharp Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!)—pushing the boundaries of propriety, is a darkly affecting satire of our current anesthetized generation. With Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric), James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), and Kate Lyn Sheil (Green). Read more

The Comedy (Rick Alverson, 92m) — A second viewing of Alverson’s “hipster culture white male privilege mumblecore destroyer” has me now convinced that it’s not just one of the most startlingly bold American narrative premieres of 2012, but that it’s a seminal work of deformed genius. Alverson’s indescribable blend of bitterness, sorrow, and humor makes for a truly unique experience. Not for everyone, to be sure, but having said that, if you don’t get and appreciate this movie, I’m not sure if I ever wanna be your soul bud. see post

Josh Johnson reviews Rick Alverson’s THE COMEDY at SXSW Film Festival

“Director Rick Alverson shows considerable control over the proceedings, always stretching a scene to the breaking point without losing the tension he has worked so hard to build. He has created a work that many will reject but that also shows a thoughtfulness and an awareness of modern social structures that most dramatic films can only pretend at. He has fearlessly captured the confusion, isolation, and inability to connect that plagues many people but he also has the intelligence to avoid offering definitive explanations. It is enough to accurately present the dilemma and to that end THE COMEDY is a masterpiece of observation.”

Read more at gordonandthewhale.com

RISING STAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH GLENN McQUAID
DIRECTOR OF ‘I SELL THE DEAD’ AND ‘V/H/S’ 

“Sometimes there comes along a director, whose talent is so apparent that you wonder why they’re not more famous. Glenn McQuaid is such a director, and his first feature, I Sell the Dead, in 2008, offered everything I want from a horror film…” read more at Dangerous Minds

Glass Eye Pix production The Comedy sited as one of the top 10 films at the fest…“one of the most galvanizing character studies in years. Oh, and the soundtrack is totally killer.”

also sited: V/H/S featuring Glass Eye Pals Glenn McQuaid, Ti West, Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, et al…“The most effective horror anthology since the birth of DVD”

image: Kate Lyn Sheil featured in both films…

Check it: at Movies.com

Greetings Glass Eye Pix visitors. Welcome to our new home page.

We have long resisted the drift towards the conformity of these new rss websites, but I know when I’m licked. So we are changing our site interface and beefing up our social media presence. All the better to reach you and keep you posted.

Hope you’ll keep checking back, linking, doing the thumbs up and the tweeting… but most of all, we want you to seek out our movies and buy our swag and join us in fighting the good fight for independent media that kicks ass.

Loads of piss and vinegar and kisses from Glass Eye Pix.

Larry Fessenden’s Mashup of 25 Frankenstein Flicks created for a live benefit February 18 2012 in support of RadioHole’s forthcoming off-Broadway production “Inflatable Frankenstein”