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In partnership with Forbidden Planet, the series kicks off with an advance screening of Larry Fessenden’s “Depraved.”

IFC Midnight and Forbidden Planet announced today the launch of a new sneak-peek screening series and genre film night at IFC Center called Planet Midnight. The new monthly series will kick off September 12 with New York-based horror legend Larry Fessenden’s new film “Depraved” in advance of its Friday, September 13 release. Dedicated to championing defiantly independent genre films and collaborating with partners who share that passion, Planet Midnight will host a variety of undistributed films and new IFC Midnight titles as well as films from other distributors.

For its first screening, Planet Midnight will show “Depraved,” a modern take on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” by way of Brooklyn. A fixture of New York’s indie film scene, veteran genre writer-director Fessenden teamed up with indie producer and fellow filmmaker Joe Swanberg for his unique vision of the literary classic.

Planet Midnight screenings will be free-of-charge for IFC Midnight newsletter subscribers and include giveaways, special guest appearances, and complimentary popcorn. More information can be found here.

Indiewire has the scoop

From Joseph Earp at THE UNDERLOOK:

Depraved, like most of Larry Fessenden’s films, starts out as a story that you definitely know: a tormented man named Henry (David Call) assembles a pile of dead bodies and — with a jolt of electricity — brings the mess of flesh to life.

So yes, this is Fessenden’s Frankenstein picture, and like James Whale before him, the New York-based auteur has a lot on his mind about the nature of mortality, art, and the existential terror that comes when you’ve replaced gods with scientists.

But unlike Whale, Fessenden doesn’t have to worry about rushing to his big final setpiece. Fessenden gets to the burning mill eventually, of course — or at least, his version of it — and one of the great pleasures of the film is guessing when it will click into the grooves of Mary Shelley’s story. Yet, for the most part, the film is remarkably bloodless. It’s almost painterly, as Adam (Alex Breaux), the reanimated monster at the heart of the film, visits art galleries, discovers drugs, and is slowly introduced to the pleasures and pains of life. Which of course, is the other Fessenden trademark: a constant sense of surprise.

Depraved has enough to say about the nature of art — and the people who fund it — that it can’t help feeling autobiographical, at least in an oblique sense. But this is no navel-gazing work of self-obsession. Instead, it’s a remarkably open-minded film, one fascinated with people, and ultimately convinced, despite everything else, that they can be good.

The resulting film isn’t just one of Fessenden’s most astounding projects. It’s one of the most unexpectedly extraordinary American movies of the last ten years. That sounds faintly ridiculous to say of a film that opens with a brutal murder and closes with a ten minute climax of pure, fiery destruction. But hasn’t that always been the magic trick of Larry Fessenden? Stripping the recognisable of its parts, until suddenly everything is new, and fresh, and wonderful.

It’s a masterpiece, basically. I talked to Fesenden about it.

Read interview here

Glass Eye Pix & Forager Film Company
are pleased to announce Larry Fessenden’s DEPRAVED

Coming to Theaters & VOD Friday the 13th of September 

Check Local Listings!

Special screenings at IFC Center, NYC

Q&A with Fessenden and guests
follows these screenings

Thursday, Sept 12 – 9:30PM showtime
(PLANET MIDNIGHT Sneak Peek Screening)
Friday, Sept 13 – 10:00PM showtime
Saturday, Sept 13 – 10:00PM showtime

9/13/2019
Gateway Film Center 
Columbus, OH

9/13/2019
SIE Film Center
Denver, CO

9/13/2019
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Montecillo
El Paso, TX

9/13/2019
Broadway Metro 7
Eugene, OR

9/13/2019
Celebration Cinema Woodland 14
Grand Rapids, MI

9/13/2019
Red Cinemas Midtown Stadium 15
Greensboro, NC

9/13/2019
Marketplace Cinemas
Winston-Salem, NC

9/13/2019
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Vintage Park
Houston, TX

9/13/2019
Screenland Crossroads
Kansas City, MO

9/13/2019
Arena CineLounge – Sunset
Hollywood, CA

9/13/2019
Film Noir Cinema
Brooklyn, NY

9/13/2019
IFC Center
New York, NY

9/13/2019
Barnstorm Theater
The Villages, FL

9/13/2019
PFS Theater at the Roxy
Philadelphia, PA

9/13/2019
Garden 7
Greenfield, MA

9/13/2019
The Loft Cinema
Tucson, AZ

9/13/2019
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Winchester
Winchester, VA

9/28/2019
Alamo Drafthouse Mueller 6
Austin, TX

9/28/2019
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Brookline, MA

9/28/2019
Alamo Drafthouse Park North
San Antonio, TX

10/17/2019
Central Cinema
Knoxville, TN

8/12/2019
Savor Cinema
Fort Lauderdale, FL

8/30/2019
SoHo House Chicago
Chicago, IL

8/30/2019
SoHo House West Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA

8/30/2019
SoHo House Ludlow
New York, NY

8/30/2019
SoHo House NY
New York, NY

8/29/2019
Screenland Armour
North Kansas Cirt, MO

UK distribution outfit Blue Finch has boarded UK and Ireland distribution on Larry Fessenden’s horror Depraved.

The company is planning a winter release on the title, which recently had its UK premiere at horror festival FrightFest. It has also played festivals including Fantasia and Sydney.

Genre sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures handles rights and struck the deal with Blue Finch.

Depraved is a contemporary re-imaging of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, centering on a field surgeon (played by David Call) who creates a man out of body parts in a makeshift lab in Brooklyn. After being successful in his endeavour but consumed with remorse over the results, he tries to protect his creation (played by Alex Breaux) from the world. Also starring are Joshua Leonard, Ana Kayne, Chloe Levine, and Addison Timlin.

The project was produced by Fessenden, Chadd Harbold and Jenn Wexler for New York outfit Glass Eye Pix and executive produced by Joe Swanberg, Peter Gilbert, Andrew Mer, and Edwin Linker of Forager Film Company.

Read Full Article HERE

This Labor Day Weekend, revisit Kelly Reichardt’s first film, RIVER OF GRASS.
Starring Lisa Bowman and Larry Fessenden. Now streaming on Hulu. 

Congratulations to Reichardt for her latest film FIRST COW
unspooling at New York Film Fest in the Fall!

Thoughtful discussion of Fessenden’s 1997 film HABIT.

From Supermassive Games, the developers who brought you UNTIL DAWN,
comes a brand new interactive drama horror game MAN OF MEDAN.
Screenplay penned by Graham Reznick and Fessenden! 

Read Review HERE