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CineKink Announces Kinky Line-Up for Ninth Annual Festival

2012-01-27T11:46:00.003-05:00

CineKink NYC returns for its ninth annual appearance on Tuesday, February 7th, bringing with it a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. In addition to screenings, plans for the festival also include a short film competition, presentations, audience choice awards, a fund-raising kick-off gala and a concluding afterglow party.

Billing itself as "the kinky film festival," the event will run February 7-12, 2012. Presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, works presented at CineKink NYC will range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit - and everything in between.

The kink-filled festivities begin Tuesday, February 7th, at 8 PM, with a fundraising kick-off extravaganza to be held at Katwalk (2 W. 35th Street), a pansexual celebration that, in addition to music and sexy performances, offers several cinematic gems up on the screen.

The festival then moves to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), Wednesday, February 8 through Saturday, February 11, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day. An awards celebration and an AfterGlow party complete the festivities on Sunday, February 12.

WEDNESDAY
Among the headliners, first up on Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 PM, the festival's CineKink Season Opener screening of CABARET DESIRE, inspired by New York’s real-life Poetry Brothel, weaves together several erotic vignettes. Then, at 9:00 PM, AFTER FALL, WINTER is a sexy, funny and darkly poignant story about two people who desperately crave intimacy, yet resist revealing their true selves.

THURSDAY
On Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 PM, it's (A)SEXUAL, a documentary look at what it’s like to be without sexual desire in a society that is otherwise obsessed. Then, at 9:10 PM, KINK & KINSHIP is a program of short works that celebrate the special sense of community a shared kink tends to engender.

FRIDAY
On Friday, February 10 at 6:30 PM, the lives of several people are turned upside down when they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes DESIRE. At 9:00 PM, COUPLINGS is a sexy collection of shorts about two-somes, three-some and more-somes. And in SEXUALLY FRANK, at 10:40 PM, a group of long-time friends finds that sex is no less befuddling now than it was during puberty.

SATURDAY
Kicking off Saturday, February 11 at 12:30 PM, many hijinks ensue in SWEET PRUDENCE & THE EROTIC ADVENTURE OF BIGFOOT, when the mythical beast is spotted at a remote nudist resort. At 2:45 PM, a special industry showcase, BRING IT!, features a dazzling array of talent from today's adult cinema, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors. At 5:00 PM, STAGE BROTHER follows the quest of a young woman who dreams of making it in the world of adult entertainment. At 7:15 PM, in SIRWIÑAKUY, two Bolivian strangers participate in their own kinky version of a sirwiñakuy, an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.” And, closing out the festival's regular screening schedule at 9:45 PM, the romantic drama “3” tells the story of Hanna and Simon who, on the brink of their 20th anniversary, separately become enamored with the same younger man.

SUNDAY
CineKink NYC concludes the evening of Sunday, February 12 at 6:00 PM, with an Awards Celebration, including encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the week and presentation of the annual festival awards, to be followed at 9:0O PM by the CineKink Afterglow Party, one last chance to mingle with like-minded festival-goers and enjoy a few additional screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. The locations for both events will be announced at a later date.

For more information and advance tickets, visit www.cinekink.com.

Cashiers du Cinemart 17 - Call for Entries

2012-01-25T10:28:00.003-05:00

I've gotten some questions if there's ever going to be a Cashiers du Cinemart 17. Why not? The last issue worked out well in terms of print-on-demand (not so much on the hand-printed issues as I have yet to get those all stapled, folded, and mailed).

Do you want to be a part of CdC #17? Here's the breakdown of what I'd need when:

Idea/pitch of what you want to write about by 2/29/12
Rough draft by 5/31/12
Final version by 7/4/12

Don't forget that I'm a fairly harsh editor. I take a lot of pride in what goes into each issue of CdC -- except when it comes to my own shameless stuff.

Send your ideas/pitches to mwhite at impossiblefunky dot com. Just beware of my spam filter.

How Return of the Jedi Should Have Ended

2012-01-24T08:54:00.001-05:00

Orgasm Inc. (Elizabeth Canner, 2009, USA)

2012-01-21T22:08:00.003-05:00

It’s no secret that the pharmaceutical companies are cash-laden, corrupt entities but it’s still sobering to see them in action in Elizabeth Canner’s documentary Orgasm Inc.. After the phenomenal success of Viagra, it was a cinch that what was good for the goose should be good for the gander. And, suddenly, a new disorder was discovered. Women who had unrealistic expectations about orgasming via vaginal intercourse or who maybe weren’t even always in the mood weren’t just “normal,” they were suffering from FSD – Female Sexual Dysfunction, a disease defined by the drug companies.

Canner was given a gift. She was brought in by the company Vivus to document their quest for a “Viagra for women.” Their product, Alista, was one of several being developed. Canner demonstrates the “race for the cure” via a clever visual metaphor of several anthropomorphic products running across an expansive bed, trying to reach the goal of FDA approval.

Along the way, Canner demonstrates the fallacy of FSD by looking into the way questionnaires are manipulated to provide the answers that make 43% of women seem abnormal while ignoring the hard facts that women exposed either product or placebo both responded favorably to pornography! Canner also features a brief history of female sexual stimulation (a la Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm) and interviews with several sex therapists including shyster Laura Berman who’s been on Pfizer’s payroll doling out Viagra to women despite the FDA’s discouragement. There’s also discussion of female sexual plastic surgery which could be a documentary unto itself.

In all, Canner brings to light a shameful scenario in which a cadre of drug companies works hard and spends untold millions of dollars, banking of a huge payday for a disorder that doesn’t exist. Imagine if this same time, effort, and funds were spent on a real disease! Alas, that just isn’t as lucrative or as sexy.

Buy the DVD.

Downsized!

2012-01-16T13:45:00.004-05:00

I don't like saying that I was "fired." That implies that I did something wrong. Maybe I did but it wasn't just my head on the block last Thursday. It was a number of people. How many? I'm not quite sure yet since I wasn't there.

I don't like saying that I was "laid off" as that implies that I'll be called back. There's no other word for it that "downsized," I suppose.

You see, it was my first day of vacation. Well, "staycation," really. Andrea and my Mom headed off to Hawaii that morning while I stayed at home with our three dogs and my Mom's two. I had plans of hanging out, watching movies, doing some writing, and taking the occasional phone call from work to keep my project there on track. I had brought home my work laptop in anticipation of some documentation updates.

When the phone rang and my boss's name came up I knew something bad was about to happen. Ever since I came back to work after my layoff in 2010, I'd been waiting for the other shoe to drop. I thought that I was going to be able to make it through the current round of cuts, especially as my supervisor kept saying, "Oh, there's nothing to worry about. We've proven just how valuable we are and have so much work coming down that we're safe."

Despite these assurances, I still put two and two together when the phone rang. I'm not sure just how many other people got let go that day but maybe I'll find out Tuesday when I bring my laptop back to work and sign my separation paperwork.

Oddly, things haven't sunk in yet. Maybe because I was in vacation mode. Maybe when next Monday, the day I was supposed to return, rolls around it'll hit me.

I'm trying to take it all in stride and look at the positive things like being able to dedicated more time to a few book projects, my podcast, and some other things. And then the job hunting begins...

Indy Fix

2012-01-03T16:29:00.005-05:00

Mr. Plinkett has given us a new review of Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I always appreciate these dissections.

Part 1

Part 2

Also, be sure to check out Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary -- full-length documentary about Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Get more parts as they're available at Vimeo.

More fun stuff:
When George Lucas Had Talent
Jonesing for the New Indy Film (Revised in Impossibly Funky).

Ken Coffman's Fairhaven

2011-12-31T18:25:00.005-05:00

Too many people abuse the term "homage" as a euphemism of "rip off" (I know I'm guilty of this myself, though I use it facetiously). When I use "homage" in this review, its intended use is the proper definition; "respect or reverence paid or rendered."

Ken Coffman's Fairhaven (ISBN: 978-0982773420) is a loving homage to the works of Charles Willeford, specifically the Hoke Mosely series (Miami Blues, Sideswipe, et cetera). The title plays off "The Grimhaven Manuscript" which I described in "Madness in the 20th Century" as:

An early draft for the second book in the Moseley series, New Hope for the Dead, is commonly known as "The Grimhaven Manuscript." Herein we witness Hoke burnt-out from his job as a homicide detective. He begins a quest for "absolutely nothing" and determines that this may best be attained through killing off his ex-wife and two daughters. Needless to say, Willeford's publisher refused the draft. The second (and successful) stab at the sequel, stands as not only the best of the Moseley books but of Willeford's oeuvre.

The Fairhaven of Coffman's title is Charlie Fairhaven, a rest home nursing assistant who finds too much pleasure in euthanizing patients around the Pacific Northwest. Curmudgeonly retired cop Jake Mosby (not to be confused with Hoke Mosely) gets reluctantly involved in the case when one of the customers at his decrepit bookstore dumps it in his lap.

Initially I was afraid that Mosby's grandson, Nort, would become a precocious source of comic relief a la Grandma Mazur from the Stephanie Plum books. Fortunately, Coffman handles Nort and all of the other oddball characters of Fairhaven well. Likewise, Coffman could have made Fairhaven more of a jokey send-up of Willeford. Instead, his references to Willeford's work are brief, appropriate, and appreciated.

Coffman excels at taught, compelling storytelling and has crafted a must-read for mystery enthusiasts, especially Willeford fans.

Buy it at Amazon.com.

Scripts Wanted

2011-12-29T08:28:00.002-05:00

I'm looking for some scripts for projects that are either completely dead in the water or that underwent significant changes from inception to production (or even thereafter).

Any help would be greatly appreciated:

Isobar by Jim Uhls
Giraffes on Horseback Salads by Salvador Dali
DUNE by Alejandro Jodorowsky
INSECT CITY by Frank Henenlotter
Robocop 2: Corporate Wars by Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner
Eyes by John Carpenter (original version of The Eyes of Laura Mars)
Elric by Chris & Paul Weitz
A Confederate General from Big Sur by Brandon French
A Confederate General from Big Sur by Anthony Lucero
The Abortion by Anthony Lucero

Outside the Cinema: Best of 2011 TONIGHT

2011-12-29T08:00:00.002-05:00

I've been invited to be a part of the Outside the Cinema podcast's "Best of 2011" show. It's going to be broadcast LIVE on 12/29 around 6:30 PM EST.

Watch below or visit http://livestre.am/lJe.

Please Rate The Projection Booth!

2011-12-27T09:51:00.001-05:00

iTunes users - please take a minute to rate The Projection Booth podcast. It's accomplished in three (or four) quick steps:

1) Click here.

2) Click any episode's "View in iTunes" link

3) Under customer ratings, click to rate one to five(!) stars

4) If you're not logged in, iTunes will prompt you to do so.

That's it! Thanks! Oh, and if you want to write a review, that's cool too.

Year in Review

2011-12-26T20:49:00.004-05:00

2011 ended up being a busy year.

Though I took a few months off between touring Impossibly Funky around after 2010, I kept trying to work that publicity angle throughout the early part of 2011. I completed my second book tour in late May/early June and, in effect, I completed book touring altogether unless I suddenly find myself with some kind of lucrative publishing deal some day. I met a lot of great people but I sure didn't sell enough books to make the trip worthwhile.

A lot of the folks I met on my travels with Impossibly Funky in 2010 and 2011 ended up writing for me in the "Revenge of Print" issue of Cashiers du Cinemart. This came out a month early in August though I have yet to get all of the old school photocopied and stapled issues out to my distributor (and, thus, out to stores). In the meantime, CdC 16 is available via a print-on-demand service.

In March I co-founded a podcast, The Projection Booth. Since then there has been a new episode (or two) available each week. Nearly all of them feature interviews with the filmmakers behind the movies covered. It's been great connecting and/or re-connecting with folks and sharing my love of some terrific films.

Doing all of the research for the show has really helped bolster my confidence and led to benefits for other work that I've done in 2011 including the piece I wrote for the new Paracinema magazine all about horror parodies of the '80s and the chapter I wrote on Airplane II: The Sequel for an upcoming book from BearManor Media.

I had a blast hanging out with Greydon Clark in April at Horror Hound and in September. I'm still hoping to work with him on his autobiography (fingers crossed). I also had a lot of fun with the fine folks at the Blue Water Film Festival. BWFF marked the fist time that Chris Gore and I ever officially met (though we were both in The People Vs. George Lucas).

Along with Horror Hound and Blue Water, I also attended the CIMMFest in Chicago in April where I got to see the premiere of Freaks in Love, the Alice Donut documentary.

If you know me, you know how much I love to travel. 2011 marked the first year I'd been to Europe since 1991, and my first time on the Iberian peninsula. Andrea and I had a blast in Barcelona. I miss it just about every day.

Please feel free to go through the archives of this blog for more fun or check out the links below. Stay tuned in 2012 for more good stuff.

Links:

Happy Holidays from Robocop

2011-12-22T16:10:00.005-05:00

As a special holiday gift from me to you, I put together the songs that I used in the Robocop episode of The Projection Booth podcast into a music mix. It's a .zip file for easy download.

Here are some of the songs:

Robocop Theme - Basil Poledouris
Robocop Theme - Nintendo 8-bit version
Robocop (Who R U?) - B.O.S.E
OCP - Gama Bomb
Robocop - Sleaze Boyz
Murphy's Law - Priestess
Robocop: Streets of Detroit - Shiryu
Murphy, It's You - Al & Jon Kaplan

Download the Robocop Music Mix.

It seems that Robocop is in the air at the moment. Be sure to check out the deluxe cover story of Paracinema Magazine all about the film. Go Robo!

Paracinema 14

2011-12-13T09:00:00.002-05:00

I'm really happy to see that my upcoming article on horror parodies of the 1980s has made the front cover of Paracinema 14. Being OCD, I went a little nuts doing the research on this one, talking to Jeff Begun of Saturday the 14th, Alfred Sole of Pandemonium, Greydon Clark of Wacko, Chris Bearde of Hysterical, and more. Stop by Paracinema.net to pre-order a copy now!

Take 5ive! - Episode #1

2011-12-02T09:00:00.001-05:00

Dion Conflict interviews author Mike White (Cashiers du Cinemart) on his book entitled "Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers Du Cinemart Collection" in the rest room of a rep cinema in Detroit, Michigan.

CineKink Announces Dates for Ninth Annual Kinky Film Festival

2011-12-01T23:59:00.000-05:00

NEW YORK, NY; December 1, 2011 - Scheduled for February 7-12, 2012, the ninth annual CineKink NYC will feature a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. In addition to screenings, plans for the festival also include a short film competition, audience choice awards, a special adult entertainment showcase, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off, all to be followed by a national tour.

Billing itself as "the kinky film festival," the event is presented by CineKink, an organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television. With offerings drawn from both the independent cinema world and the adult, works presented at CineKink NYC will range from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, slightly spicy to quite explicit--and everything in between.

"We're once again looking to blur some boundaries and spice things up with our programming," said Lisa Vandever, Co-Founder and Director of CineKink. "Our audience has come to expect a quality selection of smart and sexy works and, judging from the films that have come in so far, the 2012 season will not disappoint!"

CineKink recently completed its 2011 national tour in Chicago, concluding a season that also saw the festival visiting Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland and Washington, DC.

A call for entries to submit works for CineKink/2012 runs until December 12, 2011, and the festival line-up and schedule for CineKink NYC will be announced in early January.

For more information go to http://www.cinekink.com.

More Evidence....

2011-12-01T21:50:00.004-05:00

The People vs. George Lucas came out recently on DVD. If they ever do a sequel, the clip below needs to be in it. I'm reminded of my rant about how the prequels were originally supposed to roll out and which characters were supposed to be in them. Watch it before George suppresses it.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T07:30:00.000-05:00

Cinema's Top Human Villains - Revised

2011-11-21T08:00:00.000-05:00

I like the work done on the supercut "Cinema's Top Human Villains" but didn't like the song. I added Zwan's "Number of the Beast" and a handful of extra clips at the end to hopefully sate the requests from hh1edits's comments.

Here's the original:

Here's my version:

Additional villains:
Salieri from Amadeus
Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Amon Goeth from Schindler's List
Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds (sic)
Pauline from Heavenly Creatures
Layne from River's Edge

Vegas

2011-11-20T14:30:00.000-05:00

I knew that things were going to be good when we rounded the corner to our hotel (The Riviera) and saw that the Village People were playing there. That kind of made up for the Elvis show at the Aria being dark for the week.

Andrea and I went to Las Vegas from November 9-13 ostensibly to get re-re-marries on 11/11/2011. Fittingly, this is our 11th anniversary year and we had originally planned on getting married on 11/11/2001 until the date was changed on us. Long story. Let's just say that family politics were involved and we still shake our fists and gnash our teeth in anger over this one. Regardless, we were there to set the record straight and take advantage of the date. As it turned out, a lot of other couples were in Vegas with similar plans.

Our wedding was one of three that were performed within the twenty minutes we were at A Hollywood Chapel on Las Vegas Blvd. The place had it down to a science, including adding in all of the extra perks to charge people more money. "With the package you get a roll of film. If you'd like, we can give you digital pictures for $20 more..." "No, that's fine, we'll take the film." "With the package, you get the ceremony on VHS. For $30 more, we'll give you a DVD." "That's fine, we'll take the VHS."

There's no VCR in the building and the photographer was obviously using a digital camera. When we were getting ready to leave the same saleswoman told us that the officiant/minister was so nice that he bought us the upgrade. I think we were supposed to then tip him for his generosity but I think he would have been fairly surprised to hear that he'd paid $50 out of his own pocket for us. We laughed about this all day.

Weddings were in the air; one couple even got married on stage at the Village People concert that night as part of the encore. Alas, they were a hetero couple. I had hoped that the Village People might be a little more progressive than that. Maybe the boys were being on good behavior since Felipe's father was in the audience but they were posturing as very straight all evening.

I had figured that the guys going under the name "The Village People" these days would be six twentysomething dudes who might have seen Can't Stop the Music a couple times and knew the lyrics to "Macho Man" as a qualification. Surprisingly, apart from The Leather Man, all of the guys in the Village People had been in the band since 1980 or earlier.

Apart from a couple of teenagers, I think I was the youngest person there. The show was good though they didn't do as many of their original songs as I'd have liked. I had really hoped for more of a Live and Sleazy playlist with some Can't Stop the Music tunes in there too. They did some of their hits and a couple covers but I could have done for a few more hours of Village People music.

Most of our time was spent reading, walking, eating and gambling; in that order. On Thursday and Saturday I was in my glory as we got to hang out with Greydon Clark and Marly a bit.

The other high point of our weekend came just as we were leaving. We took a taxi from the hotel to the airport. The driver did the usual patter, asking us where we were from, asking about the weather and the politics happening in Michigan, and giving us a dismal forecast of the future. He seemed very down on the state of things as he and Andrea talked state funding. I almost said, "It's too early to talk politics," to try and shut him up but I'm so glad I didn't. As we went along we went past the Occupy Las Vegas camp the driver started telling us that the whole Occupy movement is actually a government-created plot to keep people busy, all headed up by a good friend of President Obama.

And then he went off the deep end.

"I'm going to tell you something that's going to blow your mind," he told us. I wished that I had started recording him because what he laid on us was an incredibly dense web of conspiracy theory nuttiness that just couldn't be topped. He told us that Barak Obama's real name was Barry Soetoro and that he had been to Mars as part of the colonization of our sister planet (via Tesla-based teleportation technology, 'natch). He spun this wild tale of Martians, the Rothchilds, and Queen Elizabeth II. When he was at a breaking point, with a straight face, I told him, "That's funny because I had heard something very similar but about Gerald Ford..." I went on to tell him a little bit of the plot outline of Mondo Ford. I hope like hell that he looked it up when he got home and believed every word of this Ricardo Fratelli classic:

The scariest thing about what this guy was spewing is that I just googled "Obama Mars Barry" and came up with two million hits.

Podcasting on a Budget - The Book

2011-11-16T18:24:00.006-05:00

In Podcasting on a Budget Mike White details the nuts and bolts of creating and distributing a podcast all for less than $60. He also reveals the intricacies of audio editing, getting your podcast on iTunes and utilizing social media for free publicity.

Retail Price: $9.97 US
Paperback/eBook: 52 pages
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-105-25405-5
Publication Date: November 15, 2011

ePub:

Paperback

PDF:

Faerie Tale Theater

2011-11-16T16:40:00.000-05:00

Just to help folks (including me) keep things straight:

Television
ABC - Once Upon a Time - Official Blurb: Centers on a woman with a troubled past who is drawn into a small town in Maine where the magic and mystery of Fairy Tales just may be real. Series Premiere October 23rd Sundays 8/7c

NBC - Grimm - Official Blurb: "Grimm" is a new drama series inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales.Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli, "Turn The Beat Around") discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world. Series Premiere October 28th Fridays 9/8c

Movies

Universal - Snow White and The Huntsman - Official Blurb: In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen. This is the one with Charlize Theron and directed by Rupert Sanders. Watch the trailer at Apple.com.

Relativity Media - Mirror! Mirror! - This is the one with Julia Roberts (wearing a false nose... I hope) as the Evil Queen and directed by Tarsem Singh. Oh, yeah, and it seems to be some kind of Bollywood musical.

All of these seem to be taking nods from the comic book series Fables by Bill Willingham.

Fetisch Filmfestival 2011 Awards

2011-11-03T12:54:00.001-04:00

Here are the winners for this year's Fetisch Filmfestival

Best long clip:
ARIEL'S JOB INTERVIEW

Best Female-Performer in a long clip:
Ariel Anderssen in ARIEL'S JOB INTERVIEW

Best Male Performer in a long clip:
FEMDOM COUPLE

Best Trans-Performance in a long clip:
Kallista Rene Eisha
in SISSY SLUT MANUAL

Best short clip:
EROTIC DAYDREAMS
(Restrained Elegance)

Best Female Performers in short clips:
Christina Carter in EROTIC DAYDREAMS (Restrained Elegance)
Janey in LADETTE TO LADY (Restrained Elegance)
Katey Cee in LADETTE TO LADY (Restrained Elegance)

Best Male Performer in a short clip 2011:
WEAR MY SIGN
(Sadoladies/Madame Charlotte)

Best Trans-Performer in a short clip:
SLAVE LIFE WITH MISS O
(menareslaves)

Best Membership-Websites:
http://www.carmenrivera.com
http://www.cruella.com
http://www.lady-asmondena.com
http://www.restrainedelegance.com
http://www.rubbersisters.com
http://www.schlagendegirls.com

Best long narrative film:
VIGASIOSEXPLOITATION
by Sebastiano Montresor

Best Actress in a long narrative film:
Emily Browning in SLEEPING BEAUTY

Best Actor in a long narrative film:
William Van Noland in INDIETRO

Best Trans-Performance in a long narrative film:
Chiara Pavoni in VIGASIOSEXPLOITATION

Best Shortfilm:
FOURPLAY SAN FRANCISCO by Kyle Henry

Best Actresses in a short film:
Anna Linng and Venus O'Hara
in LOVE ME LIKE YOU HATE ME

Best Actor in a short film:
Gary Chason in FOURPLAY SAN FRANCISCO

Best Trans-Performance in a short film:
Paul Soileau in FOURPLAY SAN FRANCISCO

Best long Documentary:
HEUTE WEISS ES JEDER
Directed by Gerhard Stahl

Best short Documentary:
LOVE HUGS KISSES SISSY STEPHANIE
Directed by Mrs G.

Best Website of a filmproducer:
http://www.erikalust.com

Best Musicvideo:
FETISH by Faith Michaels
Directed by Gaetano Guido

Best Concert Clip:
S&M by Rihanna featuring Britney Spears

Mondo Justin Leaves The Projection Booth

2011-10-30T16:01:00.002-04:00

Co-host of The Projection Booth podcast moving on to bigger, better things. Podcast re-tooling with more guest hosts, same hard-hitting movie discussions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

October 30, 2011 - Detroit, MI - It's with a heavy heart that I invite listeners and fans of The Projection Booth to bid a fond adieu to podcast co-founder Mondo Justin as he moves on to bigger and better things.

Mondo Justin brought a unique perspective to The Projection Booth, exploring a vast array of films from Stripteaser to The Warriors to the works of Kenneth Anger and much more. His admirable dedication to all things cinema made for some heated and satisfying discussions.

Some of Mondo Justin's future projects include two books: Naked Noir, a look at the late night erotic thrillers of the mid/late '80s and '90s. Also, Mondo Justin will be collaborating with legendary tough guy actor Wings Hauser on a biography tentatively titled, Tough Guys Do Dance: The Life & Films Of Wings Hauser. Keep up with Mondo Justin and all of his exciting future projects at his website - http://www.mondo-video.com.

Stay tuned to The Projection Booth podcast for more movie adventures including discussions of Hickey & Boggs with The Maltese Touch of Evil co-author Richard Edwards and DailyGrindhouse.com scribe Joe Robin, High & Low with VCinema's Coffin Jon, The World's Greatest Sinner with Timothy Carey expert Marisa Young, The Italian Connection with Eurocrime documentarian Mike Malloy, Straight Time with author Andrew Rausch, Frankenhooker with nerdlebrity Chris Gore.

Watch our website and Facebook group for more exciting announcements:

http://www.projection-booth.com
http://www.facebook.com/groups/projectionbooth/

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People Vs. George Lucas arrives on DVD on 10/25

2011-10-25T08:00:00.000-04:00

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Learn the history behind the immortal phrase and the fans that worship it as Lionsgate debuts The People Vs. George Lucas on DVD, Digital Download and On Demand this fall. Fans of the Star Wars series take their love of the original trilogy – and its creator, George Lucas – seriously, and this hilarious and heart-felt documentary explores the deep conflict surrounding the release of the prequel series. A film festival favorite, the documentary delves into geek culture, but proves “You don't have to be a Star Wars nut to enjoy this fast-paced film” (Los Angeles Times). The DVD is packed with bonus material, including poetry slam selections, a music video for “GL Raped Our Childhood,” and the featurette, “The People vs. Star Wars 3D” (which interviews Comic-Con attendees). The People Vs. George Lucas will bring The Force home when Video on Demand premieres on September 27 th, and DVD and Digital Download arrive on October 25th.

Few films have had the same influence on pop culture as Star Wars. Even fewer have the same devoted fan base as the original trilogy. But since the release of George Lucas’s Star Wars prequels – more than 20 years after the original release – some fans have found their ardor cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship with Luke and Leia’s creator. The People Vs. George Lucas is a hilarious, heartfelt documentary that delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy and explores the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism around one of the industry's most famous franchises. The innovative documentary calls on filmmaker and celebrity interviews taken from more than 600 hours of footage to create the world's first digitally democratic feature documentary. Peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Claymation and more, the film explores the roles of the fan and the creator in making a worldwide cultural phenomenon.

DVD Special Features

(Subject to change)

Poetry slam selects
Gary Kurtz (Producer, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) interview selects
“GL Raped Our Childhood” song and music video
“The People vs. Star Wars 3D” featurette

Details

Rating:	Not Rated
Genre:	Documentary, Comedy
Closed Captioned:	English
Subtitles:	English and Spanish
Format:	Widescreen
Feature Running Time:	97 minutes
DVD Audio Status:	5.1 Dolby Digital
On Demand:	9/27/11
DVD Street Date:	10/25/11
DVD SRP:	$27.98

For more information visit http://www.peoplevsgeorge.com/

Order your copy today.

Monster Mash for Literacy Bash

2011-10-20T21:25:00.002-04:00

What:
The Fourth Annual Monster Mash for Literacy Bash
Charity Fundraiser for the Dominican and Siena Literacy Organizations
presented by the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers

Where:
Dick O'Dow's Irish Pub
160 W. Maple Rd, Birmingham, MI

When:
Saturday October 29, 2011
8:00pm - 1:00am

More Info:
GreatLakesHorror.com