As another year comes to a close, we shut the book on a year of surprising and often excellent movies. We reveal our choices for our favorite movies of year, along with some yearbook-style superlatives! Be sure to let us know which movies in 2021 connected with you! Movie Yearbook Superlatives! Best musical sequence JOSH: … Continue reading Our Favorite Films of 2021
Film Review: Chompy and the Girls
★★★ Chompy and the Girls is as wildly bizarre and fun to watch as the title would suggest, at times going full cosmic horror. Where else can you find the voice of film legend Udo Kier as an omniscient stalker on a mission? The debut film from writer/director Skye Braband expertly blends horror and comedy, … Continue reading Film Review: Chompy and the Girls
Interview: Actor Udo Kier & Screenwriter/Director Todd Stephens
A sharp selection from 2021’s SXSW film slate, Swan Song is a poignant comedy that manages to be both deeply moving and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Retired hair-stylist Pat Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier) is caught off guard when he receives an unexpected visitor at his nursing home. An old client who had a falling-out with Pat has passed … Continue reading Interview: Actor Udo Kier & Screenwriter/Director Todd Stephens
SXSW 2021: Swan Song
★★★★★ Swan Song came out of nowhere, and completely bowled me over with its vibrance, authenticity, and tender love of gay culture. Udo Kier is a legend of independent cinema, and Swan Song lets him spread his wings like he never has before. Kier embodies real-life, Sandusky trailblazer, Mister Pat Pitsenbarger, with every fiber of … Continue reading SXSW 2021: Swan Song