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First Cow, the movie that overshadowed Nomadland

July 10, 2021

By: Edison F. Waters

This Friday, July 9, MUBI premieres First Cow, Kelly Reichardt’s film that, in addition to being considered among the 10 best of the year by the National Board of Review, was nominated for the Spirit Awards for best film, direction and supporting actor (Orion Lee), where he lost the first two categories at the hands of another woman’s film, Nomadland, from Chloe Zhao.

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-You were in Buenos Aires in an edition of BAFICI, what are the best memories of your visit?

-A crazy little bird that I saw, sitting at the bar at lunchtime, and I remember some old men making me dance with them, which was quite funny and sweet. That was beautiful. That was great. The audience was very nice.

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-Do you have friends in the world of cinema? I mean people to go to, show them a script, ask for advice.

-Yes, I have friends in the cinema, I am very close to Todd Haynes, and an old friend who makes very different films, Larry Fessenden (Wendigo), kind of friends I’ve been sharing scripts with for decades. And I read their scripts and they read my scripts and share notes and watch cuts from the movies. And I trust that. I mean, Peter Hutton wasn’t so much of a script reader, but he would look at it. I was looking at cuts from the movie, which was great.

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FANGORIA: “Getting Graphic: How UNTIL DAWN Predicted The Slasher Renaissance”

From FANGORIA:

Video game developer Supermassive Games wasn’t a well-known name when it first dabbled in horror during the mid-2010s. When it announced Until Dawn, an interactive survival-horror title heavily inspired by slasher classics and written by horror film notables Graham Reznick and Larry Fessenden, it was a bit of a gamble – a somewhat undiscovered studio breaking into a genre with an original title among peers like Resident Evil and Silent Hill is no easy feat. Despite this, Until Dawn’s approach as essentially an interactive slasher movie landed with players – quickly becoming a cult classic in the horror gaming community since its 2015 release – and in the process, it has reflected the fact that genre fans have been itching for more slasher action in general.

Read article by Brandon Trush at FANGORIA.COM

Readful Things posts Jakob’s Wife figure!!

Fessenden shooting THE LAST WINTER, Iceland 2005

Glass Eye Pix begins production on upstate thriller—Chris Skotchdopole’s CRUMB CATCHER

Fessenden to appear in new Kelly Reichardt film, now shooting

Fessenden continues long-time collaboration with Kelly Reichardt with supporting role in SHOWING UP, produced by A24, now shooting.

Fessenden has worked with Reichardt in various capacities since 1993 as actor (RIVER OF GRASS, WENDY AND LUCY), editor (RIVER OF GRASS), producer (RIVER OF GRASS, WENDY AND LUCY) Executive producer (CERTAIN WOMAN, NIGHT MOVES) videographer (NIGHT MOVES) and director (HABIT).

SHOWING UP stars Michelle Williams and features GEP pal James Le Gros in his third outing with Reichardt.

DEADLINE has the scoop!

Cutting Room #193: Whole Lotta Herzog

Now Streaming: Adam Kritzer’s GOOD FUNK

Now available on your favorite platform!

“The performances have a lovely informality,
with indie film mainstay Larry Fessenden showing up as a sympathetic McDonald’s colleague
and Luqmaan-Harris nicely capturing the deflating depression of struggling with poverty,
and being entirely “too good” for that.

Kitzer makes good use of a modest selection of locations,
streets, apartments, subway platforms and riverside scenes.
The spare plot and limited locations suits the indie nature of it all…

Like Red Hook itself, “Good Funk” is worth a look,
even if you know you’ll need to move on
to find something and some place with more excitement in it.”

— Roger Moore, MOVIE NATION