MidWest WeirdFest have announced the full program for 2023. The 7th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – takes place March 3rd – 5th, 2025 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Among the fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground and documentary cinema, are several fantastic films that will be premiering at the event. One of these is Braek (pictured above), a genre-bending crime caper come rural horror movie. Says Braek director John Fallon:
The making of Braek was a suicide mission and I couldn’t have pulled it off without my small yet efficient cast/crew. Better to go to war with 15 lions than a 100 sheep as they say. We are very proud to have our USA premiere at Midwest WeirdFest, a festival that I’ve always esteemed. Braek is more than just another ‘home invasion’ type...
Among the fest’s fantastic line-up of horror, sci-fi, underground and documentary cinema, are several fantastic films that will be premiering at the event. One of these is Braek (pictured above), a genre-bending crime caper come rural horror movie. Says Braek director John Fallon:
The making of Braek was a suicide mission and I couldn’t have pulled it off without my small yet efficient cast/crew. Better to go to war with 15 lions than a 100 sheep as they say. We are very proud to have our USA premiere at Midwest WeirdFest, a festival that I’ve always esteemed. Braek is more than just another ‘home invasion’ type...
- 2/20/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
How Do You Hide a 255-Foot Superyacht? If you’re Putin crony and sanctioned-billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, the answer is relatively straightforward: pay someone else to do it for you. Unfortunately for Vekselberg, the men he delegated the task to fell short of expectations, causing his 90 million superyacht, Tango, to become one in a series of Russian-owned luxury vessels seized by federal authorities back in April.
Superyachts are conspicuous by design, hard enough to conceal from the insatiable readers to SuperyachtFan.com, let alone the U.S. government. But the yacht itself...
Superyachts are conspicuous by design, hard enough to conceal from the insatiable readers to SuperyachtFan.com, let alone the U.S. government. But the yacht itself...
- 1/24/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Willem Dafoe has that rare energy as an actor where you could see him playing a benevolent and angelic character just as easily as you could see him playing an outright villain. Since his first screen appearance in 1980 in a background role as a cockfighter in Michael Cimino's troubled epic "Heaven's Gate," Dafoe has racked up close to 150 credits. That's at least three per year -- a far less common rate now that studios no longer have the power to work their stars into the ground. Dafoe's stardom is more akin to the New Hollywood hotshots that emerged in the '60s and '70s (think Henry Fonda or Faye Dunaway) than those celestial bodies of the classic era. He's always prioritized getting deep into a challenging character over playing admirable and attractive heroes.
In those 40-some years, he's played roles as wicked as the lecherous, greased-up gangster Bobby Peru...
In those 40-some years, he's played roles as wicked as the lecherous, greased-up gangster Bobby Peru...
- 1/8/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
Premier League football could go D2C in Asia at some point in the coming years, according to Richard Masters, CEO of one of the world’s most lucrative sports leagues.
Speaking at Apos 2022 yesterday, Masters said there are “narrow opportunities in Asia to go D2C if we choose to do so,” although current broadcasting contracts, which were recently renewed, will have to elapse, taking at least three years.
Masters said these D2C conversations were happening in the region prior to the pandemic “as an experiment.”
“Four years ago we were talking about the prospect of the Premier League going D2C in certain markets but the pandemic changed everyone’s plans and we are now contracted for three years in some places and six in many,” he added. “It’s going to be a long journey but you will see sports rights holders skilling up, understanding how to build relationships.
Speaking at Apos 2022 yesterday, Masters said there are “narrow opportunities in Asia to go D2C if we choose to do so,” although current broadcasting contracts, which were recently renewed, will have to elapse, taking at least three years.
Masters said these D2C conversations were happening in the region prior to the pandemic “as an experiment.”
“Four years ago we were talking about the prospect of the Premier League going D2C in certain markets but the pandemic changed everyone’s plans and we are now contracted for three years in some places and six in many,” he added. “It’s going to be a long journey but you will see sports rights holders skilling up, understanding how to build relationships.
- 9/28/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
London, Sep 9 (Ians) The Premier League, top division of English football, has postponed the matches scheduled this weekend, as a mark of respect following the death of Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The country is now in a state of national mourning.
“At a meeting this morning, Premier League clubs paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” the Premier League said in a statement on Friday.
“To honour her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening’s game,” it added.
A total of ten Premier League matches were scheduled this weekend.
Richard Masters, Premier League Chief Executive, said, “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died on Thursday aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The country is now in a state of national mourning.
“At a meeting this morning, Premier League clubs paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” the Premier League said in a statement on Friday.
“To honour her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening’s game,” it added.
A total of ten Premier League matches were scheduled this weekend.
Richard Masters, Premier League Chief Executive, said, “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.
- 9/9/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Click here to read the full article.
Due to Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the English Premier League is postponing all soccer matches that had been scheduled for this weekend and Monday.
“At a meeting this morning, Premier League clubs paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” the league said in a statement. “To honor her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening’s game.”
Said Premier League CEO Richard Masters: “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country. As our longest-serving monarch, she has been an inspiration and leaves behind an incredible legacy following a life of dedication. This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation, but also for the millions of people...
Due to Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the English Premier League is postponing all soccer matches that had been scheduled for this weekend and Monday.
“At a meeting this morning, Premier League clubs paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” the league said in a statement. “To honor her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening’s game.”
Said Premier League CEO Richard Masters: “We and our clubs would like to pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country. As our longest-serving monarch, she has been an inspiration and leaves behind an incredible legacy following a life of dedication. This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation, but also for the millions of people...
- 9/9/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Presented by Deadhouse Films, The 10th annual A Night of Horror International Film Festival, and Fantastic Planet: Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, screen simultaneously at Dendy Cinemas Newtown from November 24 to December 4, 2016. Says festival director Dean Bertram:
The 10th annual festival is going to be our biggest event yet. Featuring over 100 films, several international filmmaker guests, multiple parties and a horror filmmaking master class; Sydney’s genre fans and filmmaking community are going to be treated to eleven days of the best and freshest horror, sci-fi, and fantasy from around the globe.
The festival opens on Thursday November 24, with the Australian premiere of the international festival hit Peelers, plus a Q&A with special international guest: Canadian director Sevé Schelenz. And in keeping with the spirit of the bloody hilarious film, the screening will be followed by a “zombie and strippers” themed after party.
The closing night film,...
The 10th annual festival is going to be our biggest event yet. Featuring over 100 films, several international filmmaker guests, multiple parties and a horror filmmaking master class; Sydney’s genre fans and filmmaking community are going to be treated to eleven days of the best and freshest horror, sci-fi, and fantasy from around the globe.
The festival opens on Thursday November 24, with the Australian premiere of the international festival hit Peelers, plus a Q&A with special international guest: Canadian director Sevé Schelenz. And in keeping with the spirit of the bloody hilarious film, the screening will be followed by a “zombie and strippers” themed after party.
The closing night film,...
- 11/8/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Revelation Perth is wrapping up ripping it up Down Under today. Or, it may have just concluded by the time you read this — the time difference thing always makes me crazy. Anyway, there’s been loads of press for the event. Sbs interviewed filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft about his provocative new documentary The Last Days of Joe Blow that just World Premiered at Rev. (They give him a good grilling.) (Photo above is from the doc.) Meanwhile, ABC has a fantastic video interview with Rev founder Richard Sowada about the death of Hollywood that everyone’s gabbing about these days. The video has lots of great clips of this year’s Rev lineup. Then, at Fandor, Jonathan Marlow interviews filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer about his controversial film The Act of Killing, which has played Rev and lots of other underground fests so far this year. Helpful tip of the day: Beware of Icy Breasts.
- 7/14/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The end of a sexy era is chronicled in Richard Wolstencroft’s intimate documentary The Last Days of Joe Blow. Michael Tierney was a struggling Hollywood filmmaker and actor who transformed himself into the male adult film star “Joe Blow,” living the good life until the Internet killed his industry and his profession.
Tierney, the nephew of iconic tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney (Reservoir Dogs, Prizzi’s Honor), wrote, directed and starred in the indie film Evicted before moving into adult films “looking for adventure,” as he says in the trailer above. Tierney further intimates that his career choice led him into some dark territory that he decides to ultimately abandon — if he can truly leave that lifestyle.
The Last Days of Joe Blow recently had its World Premiere at the 16th annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival on July 8 and will be making the festival rounds before its full release.
Tierney, the nephew of iconic tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney (Reservoir Dogs, Prizzi’s Honor), wrote, directed and starred in the indie film Evicted before moving into adult films “looking for adventure,” as he says in the trailer above. Tierney further intimates that his career choice led him into some dark territory that he decides to ultimately abandon — if he can truly leave that lifestyle.
The Last Days of Joe Blow recently had its World Premiere at the 16th annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival on July 8 and will be making the festival rounds before its full release.
- 7/11/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Whether you were aware of it or not, there was a major upheaval in the Internet last week that — among other things — seriously affects Bad Lit’s links posts.
Once again proving the old adage “The Internet doesn’t owe you anything,” Google decided to shut down their Reader app for the reason, it is assumed, that it wasn’t making them any money. (They publicly claimed not that many people were using it anymore.)
For those who didn’t use Google Reader, it was a free RSS feed app that compiled and saved in a very organized, neat and helpful way the posts from the websites that one subscribed to. Plus, Reader had the ability to scan the Internet for keywords — like, lets pick two at random, “underground” and “film” — that would display articles from other websites that contain those keywords. Over the past few years, Bad Lit has...
Once again proving the old adage “The Internet doesn’t owe you anything,” Google decided to shut down their Reader app for the reason, it is assumed, that it wasn’t making them any money. (They publicly claimed not that many people were using it anymore.)
For those who didn’t use Google Reader, it was a free RSS feed app that compiled and saved in a very organized, neat and helpful way the posts from the websites that one subscribed to. Plus, Reader had the ability to scan the Internet for keywords — like, lets pick two at random, “underground” and “film” — that would display articles from other websites that contain those keywords. Over the past few years, Bad Lit has...
- 3/17/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Over on his personal blog, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival — has announced the theme of this year’s fest. And that theme is: Mavericks!
The announcement was made accompanied by a few photos — once of which that features filmmakers Donald Cammell, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowski and Kenneth Anger appears above. To check out that photo at a larger size, as well as another provocative photo, please visit Wolstencroft’s site.
2012 will mark Muff’s 13th year. So far, dates have not yet been announced, although it is roughly scheduled to run in late August and/or early September.
Each year, Muff is bestowed with a theme. The last couple recent ones have been:
2011: Destroy All Movies
2010: The Surface of Things
2009: Muff Attacks...
The announcement was made accompanied by a few photos — once of which that features filmmakers Donald Cammell, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowski and Kenneth Anger appears above. To check out that photo at a larger size, as well as another provocative photo, please visit Wolstencroft’s site.
2012 will mark Muff’s 13th year. So far, dates have not yet been announced, although it is roughly scheduled to run in late August and/or early September.
Each year, Muff is bestowed with a theme. The last couple recent ones have been:
2011: Destroy All Movies
2010: The Surface of Things
2009: Muff Attacks...
- 7/17/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Australian cult hit Bloodlust is hitting DVD in a bonus packed special edition!Directed by Jon Hewitt (Acolytes, X) and Richard Wolstencroft, the new DVD edition includes: All-New Audio Commentary, Cast Reunion, Behind-The-Scenes Featurette, Blooper Reel, Trailer, Limited Edition Slipcase and Poster.The notorious Australian Cult Classic Bloodlust arrives in a 21st Anniversary deluxe special edition! Available for the first time on DVD, this infamous genre gem focuses on a group of modern day vampires. Armed with an arsenal of weapons and a dangerous hunger, they prowl a twilight world of bizarre nightclubs and seedy streets looking for kicks - with an insatiable appetite for carnage. A blood drenched saga of epic proportions which features enough ammunition to blow the roof off, the film erupts into...
- 6/3/2012
- Screen Anarchy
After Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film published an editorial last week entitled “Do Underground Film Festivals Have to Screen Only Underground Films?, Bryan Wendorf, the Artistic Director of the Chicago Underground Film Festival, initiated a conversation on Facebook amongst a few of his fellow festival directors around the world.
With their permission, we have reprinted that conversation below. It’s a frank and candid discussion that should help filmmakers gain an insight into exactly what considerations go into programming a major festival.
Bryan initiated the dialogue by asking for comments, Wolstencroft was the first to respond:
Richard Wolstencroft (Melbourne Underground Film Festival)
I have been criticized for playing a lot of genre cinema at Muff. To me, anything outside the mainstream and the ‘normal’ qualifies. Well done, edgy Genre can be as exciting as any traditional underground cinema and equally avant-garde at times. Adding transgressive genre cinema from...
With their permission, we have reprinted that conversation below. It’s a frank and candid discussion that should help filmmakers gain an insight into exactly what considerations go into programming a major festival.
Bryan initiated the dialogue by asking for comments, Wolstencroft was the first to respond:
Richard Wolstencroft (Melbourne Underground Film Festival)
I have been criticized for playing a lot of genre cinema at Muff. To me, anything outside the mainstream and the ‘normal’ qualifies. Well done, edgy Genre can be as exciting as any traditional underground cinema and equally avant-garde at times. Adding transgressive genre cinema from...
- 4/3/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Over the New Year’s weekend, Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film launched another large-scale project aimed at providing the most comprehensive coverage of the avant-garde, experimental and cult film world. This project consists of creating enhanced index pages for the underground filmmakers written about on the site, containing biographical information, filmographies and lists of all the articles written about them.
While a version of these index pages have existed on Bad Lit for a little over a year, they were very poorly formatted and bordered on the edge of useless. From appearances, it may look as if these index pages have improved only in design and layout, but an entire new back-end system is now being used to create them, allowing for even more helpful information to be added in the future.
As of this writing, there are only 132 underground filmmakers with an enhanced index page, most of...
While a version of these index pages have existed on Bad Lit for a little over a year, they were very poorly formatted and bordered on the edge of useless. From appearances, it may look as if these index pages have improved only in design and layout, but an entire new back-end system is now being used to create them, allowing for even more helpful information to be added in the future.
As of this writing, there are only 132 underground filmmakers with an enhanced index page, most of...
- 1/3/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
(Below is a letter we received from Richard Wolstencroft, founder and director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.)
Dear Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film,
The Australian Censors have got me mad. They have really pissed me off this time.
Not only do they ban La Zombie in 2010, harass me personally as a Fest Director and haul me before a judge to fine me, but then they ban A Serbian Film in a cut format (though the uncut is available online everywhere as a torrent!) hurting my friends at Accent Films who spent a lot to promote and buy it.
They then ban what I consider to be one of the greatest Horror films of the last ten years: The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). A profound reflection of child abuse and its consequences in adult life that is both ethical, daring and brilliantly executed. It is dark, nuanced, confronting,...
Dear Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film,
The Australian Censors have got me mad. They have really pissed me off this time.
Not only do they ban La Zombie in 2010, harass me personally as a Fest Director and haul me before a judge to fine me, but then they ban A Serbian Film in a cut format (though the uncut is available online everywhere as a torrent!) hurting my friends at Accent Films who spent a lot to promote and buy it.
They then ban what I consider to be one of the greatest Horror films of the last ten years: The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). A profound reflection of child abuse and its consequences in adult life that is both ethical, daring and brilliantly executed. It is dark, nuanced, confronting,...
- 12/1/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This week’s Must Read: Photographic portraits of the filmmaker as a young man: The early creative life of Nathaniel Dorsky. Pictures, yes, plus lots of great autobio info.Underground film distributor Canyon Cinema is moving this weekend and Maia Cybelle has some Flickr photos of the move. A brief post-move mention on the Canyon blog says they have moved to Yosemite Place in San Francisco, CA.The Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which begins this week, has an official blog written by Jj DeCeglie. Although the fest is yet to start, DeCeglie is already busy interviewing founder Richard Wolstencroft and Jury Head Jimmy Jack; and has written other articles.Cinemad has a new podcast up, this time with comedian, actor and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait.Rick Trembles sends Final Destination 5 to Motion Picture Purgatory.The Arizona Underground Film Festival has a snazzy, newly redesigned website you need to check out.
- 8/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Destroy All Movies! That’s the cheeky theme to the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which will run on August 19-28.
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Melbourne Underground Film Festival director Richard Wolstencroft has announced on Facebook that filmmaker Srdjan Spasojevic’s controversial A Serbian Film will be opening the 12th annual Muff. No dates for the fest have been set yet, but it should run sometime in late August.
This is a bold move for the fest especially in light of last year’s secret screening of Bruce Labruce’s L.A. Zombie, which landed Wolstencroft in hot water with authorities and sent him to court. Australia has a low tolerance for mature-themed films. (Ridiculously low in this writer’s opinion.)
Luckily, in this case though, A Serbian Film has already been through the Australian censorship process. As Wolstencroft told Australian newspaper The Age recently, “I’m very reticent to play another banned film. I’m going to have to behave myself for a while and just play films the censors say I can.”
Wolstencroft...
This is a bold move for the fest especially in light of last year’s secret screening of Bruce Labruce’s L.A. Zombie, which landed Wolstencroft in hot water with authorities and sent him to court. Australia has a low tolerance for mature-themed films. (Ridiculously low in this writer’s opinion.)
Luckily, in this case though, A Serbian Film has already been through the Australian censorship process. As Wolstencroft told Australian newspaper The Age recently, “I’m very reticent to play another banned film. I’m going to have to behave myself for a while and just play films the censors say I can.”
Wolstencroft...
- 7/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This week’s Must Read: While I’m not familiar with the films of Winnipeg director Winston Moxam, he sadly passed away very young back in April. Cineflyer has a round-up of articles and reviews about Moxam’s last feature film, Billy, which just opened in the filmmaker’s hometown. Plus, Randall King of the Winnipeg Free Press gave the film a glowing review.Battle for Brooklyn opened in NYC this week, so the New York Times published a semi-positive review by Neil Genzlinger. On the one hand Neil had some good things to say and the paper made the film a Critics Pick for the week, but way too brief reviews of very powerful movies like this always make me sad.Australia’s Beat magazine profiled Richard Wolstencroft about his latest venture, the just ended genre film festival Bloodfest Fantastique.Filmmaker Nathan Wrann has started a new Tumblr blog...
- 6/19/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Go grill and chill with some great links:
I’ve been beating people over the head with this all week, but in case you missed it, I participated in an online roundtable discussion instigated by the Edinburgh International Film Festival all about film writing on the web. Go check out my essays and the ones by my fabulous co-panelists! (Best if you start at the bottom and work your way up.) (And thanks to the fest for making the awesome above image based on my idea.)The Migrating Forms fest ends tonight. Here’s CinemaScope on one of the films that screened over the past week: Liu Jiayin’s Oxhide.Travalanche has a long, lovely profile of underground film star the Rev. Jen.For Moving Image Source, Tom McCormack has a detailed history of the “supercut,” i.e. media montage making, from the films of Bruce Conner to Lost cut-ups.
I’ve been beating people over the head with this all week, but in case you missed it, I participated in an online roundtable discussion instigated by the Edinburgh International Film Festival all about film writing on the web. Go check out my essays and the ones by my fabulous co-panelists! (Best if you start at the bottom and work your way up.) (And thanks to the fest for making the awesome above image based on my idea.)The Migrating Forms fest ends tonight. Here’s CinemaScope on one of the films that screened over the past week: Liu Jiayin’s Oxhide.Travalanche has a long, lovely profile of underground film star the Rev. Jen.For Moving Image Source, Tom McCormack has a detailed history of the “supercut,” i.e. media montage making, from the films of Bruce Conner to Lost cut-ups.
- 5/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The sick and twisted minds behind the Melbourne Underground Film Festival have launched a brand new horror and sci-fi themed fest: Bloodfest Fantastique! Australia gets a lot more blood-soaked on June 10-18, nine nights of some of the most gruesome, terrifying and far-out films, past and present, from around the world.
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
- 5/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Richard Wolstencroft, founder and director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, announced on Twitter and Facebook that he has paid the $750 fine he was charged for screening a banned movie in Australia last year at his fest. The money has been donated to the Royal Children’s Hospital.
The banned movie was Bruce Labruce’s La Zombie, a hardcore gay zombie movie, which was not approved by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification. All films screening at a film festival Down Under must be approved by the Oflc.
In defiance of the unfair censorship, Wolstencroft screened the film anyway and was subsequently served with a Diversion Notice for doing so. A Diversion Notice is typically given by the court to a first time offender so that he can avoid a felony charge. Read more about this case here.
But, the lesson in all this is clear: Screen a...
The banned movie was Bruce Labruce’s La Zombie, a hardcore gay zombie movie, which was not approved by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification. All films screening at a film festival Down Under must be approved by the Oflc.
In defiance of the unfair censorship, Wolstencroft screened the film anyway and was subsequently served with a Diversion Notice for doing so. A Diversion Notice is typically given by the court to a first time offender so that he can avoid a felony charge. Read more about this case here.
But, the lesson in all this is clear: Screen a...
- 5/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Been meaning to link to this for a few weeks now, but Rupert Owen has posted up the slides from a talk he gave about starting a viable streaming video business. Of course, these would be much better with Owen talking along with them, but still very interesting to flip through and gives much to think about.News worth rejoicing over: Waylon Bacon’s putting together a compilation DVD of his amazing short films. He picked the best picture for the cover, too.Felix Vasquez Jr. of Cinema Crazed recently interviewed two of my favorite documentary people, Vic Zimet and Stephanie Silber of Random Lunacy fame.For the L Magazine, Mark Asch has a quick round-up of some of this year’s SXSW films, including the much anticipated The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier. Asch says it’s “as intensely familiar to the doc’s core...
- 3/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Is there something major going on in film tonight? Who knows? So, enjoy these links about movies that don’t get all the attention!
The big news this week is that the last lab in the UK has just stopped printing 16mm film. That’s right: It is now impossible to get your 16mm film printed in England! Thanks, Deluxe! Filmmaker Tacita Dean writes an impassioned, personal article about this devastating blow to the film world for the Guardian.(By the way, the image above was taken by documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs and is of Craig Baldwin’s 16mm film archive.)At Africa Is a Country, Sean Jacobs interviews South African filmmaker Dylan Valley about the documentary The Uprising of Hangberg, which Valley co-directed with Bad Lit fave Aryan Kaganof. The film documents the South African police crackdown of a small village full of “alleged” squatters. Heavy emphasis on “alleged.
The big news this week is that the last lab in the UK has just stopped printing 16mm film. That’s right: It is now impossible to get your 16mm film printed in England! Thanks, Deluxe! Filmmaker Tacita Dean writes an impassioned, personal article about this devastating blow to the film world for the Guardian.(By the way, the image above was taken by documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs and is of Craig Baldwin’s 16mm film archive.)At Africa Is a Country, Sean Jacobs interviews South African filmmaker Dylan Valley about the documentary The Uprising of Hangberg, which Valley co-directed with Bad Lit fave Aryan Kaganof. The film documents the South African police crackdown of a small village full of “alleged” squatters. Heavy emphasis on “alleged.
- 2/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
Harassed director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Richard Wolstencroft, has Tweeted and posted on his Facebook wall that his Diversion Notice was “held and accepted” by Magistrate Luisa Bazzani on Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia. Wolstencroft had been charged for screening an “obscene” movie in defiance of the government’s Office of Film and Literature Classification board.
Down Under, a Diversion Notice can be offered to first time offenders so that felony charges do not appear on the defendant’s record and that the only real penalty is a modest fine. In Wolstencroft’s case, he has been ordered to make a donation to charity.
Wolstencroft’s harassment dates back to the 11th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which was held at the end of August 2010. On the 29th of that month, Muff held a secret screening of Bruce Labruce‘s homoerotic horror movie L.A. Zombie, which had been labeled as unclassified by the Oflc.
Down Under, a Diversion Notice can be offered to first time offenders so that felony charges do not appear on the defendant’s record and that the only real penalty is a modest fine. In Wolstencroft’s case, he has been ordered to make a donation to charity.
Wolstencroft’s harassment dates back to the 11th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which was held at the end of August 2010. On the 29th of that month, Muff held a secret screening of Bruce Labruce‘s homoerotic horror movie L.A. Zombie, which had been labeled as unclassified by the Oflc.
- 2/23/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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