April 18, 2022
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Today at MoMA: I SELL THE DEAD

4:30
TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE SEASON 3 TEASER 
(2015, Beck Underwood, 1:13 mins) Animated Teaser for the Glass Eye Pix Radio Series by Glenn McQuaid and Larry Fessenden
I SELL THE DEAD (2008, Glenn McQuaid. Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm) 19th century justice has finally caught up to grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him, young Blake confides in visiting clergyman Father Duffy, recounting fifteen years of adventure in the resurrection trade. The colorful and peculiar history of Grimes and Blake is one filled with adventure, horror, and vicious rivalries that threaten to put all involved in the very graves they’re trying to pilfer. Never Trust A Corpse.

April 17, 2022
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“WIND” by Tom Laverack in new music video by Fessenden

Music video from Glass Eye Pix
Long-time collaborator Tom Laverack writes and performs “WIND”
edit by Fessenden in tribute to the Easter screening of DEPRAVED at MoMA
as the Glass Eye Pix Retrospective winds down

April 17, 2022
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Today at MoMA: THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and DEPRAVED

2:00
THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
 (2009, Ti West 95 mins. Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace) College girl Samantha responds to an ad for a babysitter to land some quick cash for a new apartment.  Her skeptical pal Megan drives her deep into the woods  and deposits her at a big, creaky Victorian house lorded over by a creepy old couple with big plans to celebrate the night’s rare lunar eclipse.

4:30
NEXUS (2014, Larry Fessenden, 5 minutes. Michael Vincent, Lauren Molina, Aaron Beall) On Halloween in NYC, a man hurries to meet his girlfriend for a costume party while a cabbie speeds through the street with his attention on the missing letter of his crossword puzzle.
DEPRAVED (2019, Larry Fessenden; 112 mins. David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Kayne, Maria Dizzia, Chloe Levine, Owen Campbell and Addison Timlin) Henry, a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after combat in the Middle East, creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The creature he creates must navigate a strange new world and the rivalry between Henry and his conniving collaborator Polidori.

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April 16, 2022
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Today at MoMA: RIVER OF GRASS, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND and THE COMEDY

2:00
RIVER OF GRASS 
(1994 Kelly Reichardt 81 mins; Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell, Stan Kaplan, Michael Buscemi) A drowsy, sun-drunk road movie in which a would-be Bonnie and Clyde never really commit a crime, fall in love, or even hit the road.

4:30
AN EXQUISITE TASK (2020, Beck Underwood, 5 min) A vintage doll, a mysterious barn spirit and some mischievous farm critters come together in this stop-motion short about motherhood, creativity, and letting go.
MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
 (2016 Ana Asensio, 91 mins. Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, Brett Azar, Caprice Benedetti, Nick Tucci, Larry Fessenden) One harrowing day in the life of Luciana, a young immigrant woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past, who finds herself a central participant in a cruel game played for the perverse entertainment of a privileged few.

6:30
THE COMEDY 
(2012, Rick Alverson, 94 min. Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim) On the cusp of inheriting his father’s estate, Swanson is a man with unlimited options… As Swanson grows restless of the safety a sheltered life offers him, he tests the limits of acceptable behavior, pushing the envelope in every way he can.

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April 15, 2022
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Today at MoMA: FOXHOLE and LIBERTY KID

5:00
FOXHOLE 
 (2019, Jack Fessenden, 95 mins) James Le Gros, Motell Gyn Foster, Cody Kostro, Angus O’Brien, Alex Hurt, Andi Matichak, Alex Breaux, Asa Spurlock. Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars—The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq—”Foxhole” follows a small group of soldiers trapped in a confined space as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation.

7:30
LIBERTY KID (2007, Ilya Chaiken, 92min. Al Thompson, Kareem Savinon) Two young friends struggle to survive after losing their jobs at the Statue of Liberty tourist site due to 9/11. Derrick, courted by Army recruiters, seeks a life outside of their Brooklyn neighborhood, while Tico leads him on a detour into the street-hustling life.

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April 14, 2022
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Today at MoMA: STRAY BULLETS and BITTER FEAST

4:30
STRAY BULLETS (2016, Jack Fessenden, 83 mins, Asa Spurlock, Jack Fessenden, James Le Gros, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Kevin Corrigan) In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father’s old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.

6:30
BITTER FEAST (2010, Joe Maggio, 103 mins, James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard, Amy Seimetz, Larry Fessenden, Mario Batali) Peter Grey, an overly zealous television chef, kidnaps J.T. Franks, an influential and notoriously snarky food blogger after a particularly nasty review deals the final blow to Grey’s already plummeting career. Sequestered deep in the woods of the Hudson Valley, Grey keeps Franks chained up in a basement, presenting him with a series of deceptively simple food challenges – from preparing a perfect egg over easy, to grilling a steak precisely medium rare – punishing him sadistically for anything less than total perfection.

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April 13, 2022
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Today at MoMA: I CAN SEE YOU and LIKE ME

5:00
I CAN SEE YOU (2008, Graham Reznick, 97 mins. Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles, Christopher Paul Ford, Heather Robb, Olivia Villanti, Larry Fessenden) Three aspiring ad-men take a weekend in the wilderness, brainstorming for their first assignment: to overhaul the image of a once popular cleaning product, Claractix. While in the woods, a girlfriend’s mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality. Personalities contort into extremes and visits are made by a specter from Claractix campaigns of the past as the film careens towards it’s startling climax.

7:30
LIKE ME 
(2017, Robert Mockler, 80 min. Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden) A reckless loner, desperate for human connection, sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. Her reality quickly splinters into a surreal nightmare that escalates out of control and all in time for Christmas.

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April 12, 2022
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Today at MoMA: NO TELLING and AUTOMATONS

5:00
NO TELLING (1991, Larry fessenden, 93 mins. Miriam Healy-Louie, Stephen Ramsey, David Van Tieghem) When Lillian Gaines moves to the country with her husband for a quiet summer retreat, she never suspects that meeting activist Alex Vine will force her to confront her deepest fears about the man she married, and the bizarre experiments under way in his lab.

7:30
AUTOMATONS (2006, James Felix McKenney,  83 min. Christine Spencer, Angus Scrimm, Brenda Cooney) Somewhere in the distant future, The Girl is alone. She is the last of her people, the others having died in a generations-long war that the girl continues to fight with the assistance of a group of antiquated robot helpers and soldiers.

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April 11, 2022
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Just Announced: Ti West to host Easter Screening of THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL at MoMA


Glass Eye Pix alumn Ti West
(THE ROOST, TRIGGER MAN, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE INKEEPERS)
and director of THE SACRAMENT, IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE and X,
will be on hand for a Q&A
after the April 17 2:00 PM screening of THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
part of the GEP Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art 

He Has Risen Dept:
Also Unspooling at MoMA on Easter at 4:30,
Larry Fessenden’s modern Frankenstein film DEPRAVED.

And Join our already scheduled Guests all week long at MoMA:

Tuesday: James Felix McKenney hosts AUTOMATONS at 7:30
Wednesday: Robert Mockler hosts LIKE ME at 7:30
Friday: Ilya Chaiken hosts LIBERTY KID at 7:30
Saturday: Rick Alverson hosts THE COMEDY at 6:30

For more info, visit
Oh The Humanity! The films of Larry Fessenden and Glass Eye Pix at MoMA

April 11, 2022
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Today at MoMA: THE INNKEEPERS and STAKE LAND

4:00
THE INNKEEPERS
 (2010 Ti West, 101 min, Sara Paxton, Pat Healy) After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees—Claire and Luke—are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England’s most haunted hotels. 


6:30
ORIGINS (2010, Larry Fessenden, 9 min. John Speredakos, Jack Fessenden, Eleanor Hutchinson)
STAKE LAND (2010, Jim Mickle, 98 min. Conor Paolo, Nick Damici, and Kelly McGillis) Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.

More info on the Museum of Modern Art Larry Fessenden & Glass Eye Pix retrospective