Posted 11 Dec 2020

The Past Inside The Present
(2015, Dir. James Siewert, 12 mins)

Produced by Larry Fessenden and Chris Skotchdopole.

Starring Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Schuyler Helford.

An allegorical tale of a couple who attempt to renew their dying relationship by plugging directly into recordings of their memories. When their illusion breaks, they must face the barren reality of the present.

Composed of over seven thousand frames of pen and charcoal meticulously drawn over the course of almost two years.

PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT features indie director Miles Joris–Peyrafitte, known for As You Are (2016), Dreamland (2019) and Tank Girl.

James Siewert is an artist an animator who joined the glass Eye Pix family after attending Bard College in professor Kelly Reichardt’s film class. He directed several music videos for GEP and continues to pursue that art form with notable work such as “Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper).” He has also served as director of photography on several GEP features and shorts including LIKE ME, THE RANGER, DEPRAVED (with Chris Skotchdopole), SIZE UP and THE EGG AND THE HATCHET.

Siewert is also responsible for visual effects in DEPRAVED, LIKE ME, STRAY BULLETS and FOXHOLE; he created the hand-constructed camera rigs seen in such films as DEPRAVED, LIKE ME and THE RANGER and he crafted the animations that constituted the inner workings of the brain in Fessenden’s DEPRAVED. Siewert is truly “the artist in residence” at Glass Eye Pix. For more on Siewert, visit jamessiewert.biz

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From Screen Rant: With Kristen Stewart’s sci-fi movie Underwater coming out soon, there is a renewed interest in underwater horror. Anyone who wants to delve deep and search the bottom floor of horror for some similar films should keep reading. We’ve got ten of the most underrated, aquatic horror movies. Each one will certainly make you want to stick to dry land.

See Full List Here

From Criterion: THE COMEDY “Never mind the title, this unsparing dissection of privilege and the limits of hipster irony is a modern tragedy. Tim Heidecker gives a fearless performance as Swanson, an aging trust-fund Brooklynite whose sole mode of interacting with the world is a repellently “transgressive” sarcasm—a crudely offensive emotional barrier that he uses to mask his profound alienation. A singularly discomforting experience that never stops pushing the envelope, THE COMEDY is one of the most provocative and polarizing films of the last decade.”

Check out New Jerusalem and the Fessenden executive produced Entertainment,
also available on the Criterion Channel.

TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE The Podcast, a weekly show curated by the Pale Men Glenn McQuaid and Larry Fessenden, launched October 1st, 2019—with a brief hiatus during he Covid Summer of 2020—is hereby announcing a temporary sabbatical.

Says McQuaid: Getting our Tales out to new ears via the podcast has been a wild and rewarding ride and I can’t wait to get back to it but as I’m currently developing a feature film in Ireland it’s time to take a little break. We’ll be back in the near future with new content, in the meantime  I hope people will enjoy the incredible wealth of audio-dramas we’ve released over the years. Thank you to all the collaborators thus far, and thank you Larry Fessenden for being the best partner!

Says Fessenden: Thanks Glenn, so grateful for our partnership and for the artistic outlet that has been Tales. Thanks also to our podcast tech gurus Lee Nussbaum and James Felix McKenney. We will be back with more, just need to wrangle our collaborators and come up with a plan for a new crop of stories. Thanks to all who have stayed tuned and supported our efforts. Until next time, listeners, this is McQuaid and Fessenden, signing off.

We leave you with our documentary chronicling the origins of TALES
created during the live productions at Dixon Place in NYC for Season 2 entitled

BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Now available as an audio podcast
(for the sonically adventurous)
and on YouTube for the first time!

Episode #47  BEHIND THE CURTAIN

A Tales Docucast: Join us for a  trip down memory lane
as we peek Behind The Curtain of Tales From Beyond The Pale

Released as a video documentary in 2012

for more TALES physical media, info and Swag, visit
www.talesfrombeyondtheplae.com

Rue Morgue has the scoop:

TRAILER PREMIERES FOR “AUTOMATONS” AND “SATAN HATES YOU” CREATOR’S MICROBUDGET “WRACK”

In the midst of the pandemic, writer/director James Felix McKenney pulled off an unusual fantasy-thriller for minimal expense.

McKenney, whose credits also include HYPOTHERMIA, also produced WRACK with veteran filmmaker J. Christian Ingvordsen (BLUE VENGEANCE, BOG CREATURES). Carol Ames, John Christian, Braxton Sohns, Emma Sugler and Jennifer Boutell star in the movie, which was filmed in Delaware County, New York. The synopsis: “In the distant future, centuries after nearly all life has been wiped out by war, disease and environmental collapse, the planet has begun to heal itself. WRACK focuses on four mutated humans who, despite being the only known people left on their world, still cannot get along. All of the characters speak in a fictional language created for the film, with subtitles in English.”

“I wanted to see how little my friends and I could make a fantasy-based feature film for,” McKenney says. “My goal was to do it for less than $1,500, and we managed to pull it off.” To keep costs down, McKenney employed no crew on WRACK, aside from the cast and the occasional helping hand. The filmmaker created the props and costumes himself, often repurposing wardrobe and hardware from Glass Eye Pix productions like Glenn McQuaid’s I SELL THE DEAD and his own AUTOMATONS. WRACK is targeting a release in 2021; keep your eyes here and sign up for the mailing list at the official website of McKenney’s Studio Midnight.

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IT’S DECEMBER FIRST! AND SO IT BEGINS!

50 original films
by artists, animators and filmmakers from 2008 and 2018
Revisit 2 films a day right up through December 25th!

Check it! 

2008 Creepy Christmas Film Fest 

2018 Creepy Christmas Film Fest