Latest Podcast
FILM THREAT PODCAST – EPISODE 66 – THE TOWN WE’RE IN IS UNINCORPORATED
Don re-joins the podcast live on-location from the indie film he’s currently producing in Tennessee, the guys talk about “The Avengers” and then discuss film piracy…
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Podcasts by Mark Bell
Latest Features
GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – CANNES TRENDS: DESTINATION UPWARD!
Get ready filmmakers; buyers may not have deep pockets yet, but their pockets are no longer empty or shallow…
Posted on May 22, 2012 in Features, Going Bionic by Hammad Zaidi
MONKEY MAN – 33
Arch-enemy auditions begin, and potentially end, in this week’s Monkey Man!
Posted on May 21, 2012 in Features, Monkey Man by Brian Lynch
Latest Film Festival Stories
19TH ANNUAL CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAM
Running May 31-June 7, 2012, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, now in its 19th year, has announced its full program lineup…
Posted on May 7, 2012 in Festivals by Mark Bell
ROOFTOP FILMS ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR 2012 SUMMER SERIES
Starting on May 11, 2012 and running every weekend until August 18, 2012, Rooftop Films 2012 Summer Series has announced its schedule of 23 feature films and 183 short films…
Posted on May 4, 2012 in Festivals by Mark Bell
FILM INDEPENDENT ANNOUNCES 2012 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP
Film Independent has announced the lineup for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival, running June 14-24, 2012…
Posted on May 1, 2012 in Festivals by Mark Bell
Latest Reviews
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Goldthwait’s distinctive style should leave no one questioning the value of this comedian/actor-turned-filmmaker. He ponders his art and has the ability to execute ideas…
Posted on May 21, 2012 in Reviews by Matthew Sorrento
13 FAMILIES
Ultimately, this is a beautiful tribute to 13 beautiful lives…
Posted on May 20, 2012 in Reviews by Phil Hall
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Weisz is woefully underutilized. She’s far too talented an actress for material this melodramatic and shallow…
Posted on May 19, 2012 in Reviews by Rick Kisonak
Latest Interviews
DAYBREAK: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS DON ARGOTT AND DEMIAN FENTON
Via telephone transmission from Pennsylvania to Tacoma, this flourishing filmmaking team explains that despite the miles worn by both their subject and his band, “Last Days Here” prefers to embrace the future and not wallow in the past…
Posted on April 4, 2012 in Interviews by KJ Doughton
2012 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INTERVIEW WITH SLAMDANCE CO-FOUNDERS DAN MIRVISH AND PAUL RACHMAN
Filmmakers and Slamdance Co-Founders Dan Mirvish and Paul Rachman talk with Nic Baisley about starting Slamdance and share tips for filmmakers wanting to get their movies shown in Park City…
Posted on March 10, 2012 in Interviews by Nic Baisley
Latest News and Blogs
2012 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL – DAY FOUR
A sentiment echoed repeatedly throughout the night was that this was PFF’s finest year yet. With that, I absolutely concur…
Posted on April 3, 2012 in Blogs by Paul Osborne
2012 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL – DAY THREE
It’s a universal truth – as a film festival progresses, the filmmakers move slower and slower. Full days of screenings followed by late nights of partying gradually take their toll as, one by one, the attendees find the limits of their physical endurance…
Posted on April 1, 2012 in Blogs by Paul Osborne
2012 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL – DAY TWO
Last week I got a text from Jason Carney, grand poobah of the Phoenix Film Festival. It read simply, “Wanna do something crazy?”
Posted on March 31, 2012 in Blogs by Paul Osborne
2012 PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL – DAY ONE
Throughout the next four days I will report from these, the PFF trenches. You couldn’t make it here? Then allow me to you entertain you with this – the Phoenix Film Festival vicarious experience…
Posted on March 30, 2012 in Blogs by Paul Osborne
REVISITING THE DOCUMENTARIES: “BHUTTO”
Born on June 21, 1953, Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007. Her murderers remain unknown, and at large…
Posted on March 29, 2012 in Blogs by Amy R. Handler
“CINEMA SIX” TRAILER PREMIERES ONLINE
We here at Film Threat are proud to present the trailer for “Cinema Six,” the latest film from Mark Potts and Cole Selix. “Cinema Six” will be having its World Premiere at the upcoming 2012 Dallas International Film Festival, running April 12-22, 2012…
Posted on February 20, 2012 in News by Mark Bell