Remember the Fallen

Angus O’Brien in Jack Fessenden’s FOXHOLE, unspooling Fall 2021. Photo by Bahram Foroughi

TBT: Happy Birthday Monsterpants

2013, Fessenden and long-time GEP pal James Felix McKenney
(THE OFF SEASON, AUTOMATONS, SATAN HATES YOU, HYPOTHERMIA)
at the NYCC Glass Eye booth.

Happy Birthday Jim!

Preorder today! JAKOB’S WIFE out on Blu-ray July 20!

Cutting Room 191: William Friedkin revisits the car chase scene from The French Connection

Cinema Paradiso looks to bring foreign and independent films to Avenue A

Cinema Paradiso is hoping to set up shop at 44 Avenue A in the East Village,
where the Pioneer Theatre once was.

The Pioneer Theatre unspooled many Glass Eye classics, such as
HABIT, SANTO DOMINGO BLUES, THE OFF SEASON, THE ROOST,
AUTOMATONS, I CAN SEE YOU, SATAN HATES YOU and more.

The Pioneer also made indy history in March 2002, when it began midnight screenings of
Donnie Darko that ran for 28 consecutive months.

EV Grieve has the scoop.

Adam Kritzer’s GOOD FUNK featuring Fessenden set to debut June 8 2021

Comingsoon.net has the scoop:

Exclusive Good Funk Trailer & Key Art From Adam Kritzer’s Drama

BY KYLIE HEMMERT

ON MAY 17, 2021

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer and key art from the drama movie Good Funk, written and directed by Adam Kritzer. The film is the product of an unprecedented film training and visual literacy program that recruited young Brooklynites to learn filmmaking craft, share their stories, and collaborate for pay on a feature film production. The result is a portrait of love enduring and a testament to discovering family in unexpected places.

Set in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, Good Funk tells the story of three generations of citizens, Afro-Caribbean immigrants, whose lives intersect through acts of kindness both big and small. The polyrhythmic narrative is as much a living, breathing document of a community as it is a touching collection of moments in the lives of its inhabitants—cinematic instances that may initially seem elusive in intent but coalesce into a poignant, meaningful cadence.

Check out the exclusive trailer below along with the key art:

Good Funk stars Leonay Shepherd, Kalae Nouveau, Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo, The Dead Don’t Die), Brandy Burre (The Wire, Perfect Poison, Slash), Cedric Cannon (FBI, Moon and Sun), Dina Shihabi (Daredevil, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Sandra Reaves-Phillips (‘Round Midnight, Lean on Me, Law & Order), Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (Sharp Objects, Room 104), and William Nadylam (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald).

The movie was produced by Kritzer (Lace Crater) and Harrison Atkins (Easy) and is the winner of the Harlem Spotlight for Best Feature at the 2016 Harlem International Film Festival.

Good Funk will be available to purchase or rent digitally on June 8, 2021 from 1091 Pictures. You can pre-order your copy here!

Saturday Matinee Film Discussion: CHINATOWN with Walter Chaw and Larry Fessenden

Fessenden joins film critic Walter Chaw to discuss Roman Polanski’s 1974 film, Chinatown.

Video is set to premiere on FRIDAY, May 14 at 9PM EST.

To attend these weekly discussions live, ask Walter or his filmmaker guests your own questions,
and receive a full recommended filmography list,
please register on Denver Public Library’s Event page.

Visit Spot On Colorado for more info HERE

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