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eX-Fest 2023 Round-Up
Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, PA Saturday, June 10, 2023 eX-Fest, the annual 12-hour marathon of exploitation and genre films projected almost exclusively in 35mm run by Exhumed Films, is one of my favorite times of year. I start making my plans to attend months in advance. Much like their 24-Hour Horror-thon, they don’t announce what they’re…
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“I’m going to sing to you because I love you.”
“Rock and the Alien” (1988) [dir: Denis Adam Zervos] Since late 2016, I’ve been a member of the Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society. The group is dedicated to the weird and unusual corners of the film world. Every first and third Monday of the month we gather at PhilaMOCA where a chosen member selects a film…
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“Go to America. They’ll put up with anything there…”
“Leningrad Cowboys Go America” (1989) / “Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses” (1994) / “Total Balalaika Show” (1994) [all dir: Aki Kaurismäki] Although they had starred in two feature films and a concert film in their native Finland by this time, I found out about the Leningrad Cowboys in the same way as many others my age…
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“Who Am I Here?”
This was a long time coming, I guess. I’ve wanted to get back into writing for a while now, but life seemed to get in the way. Beyond a couple of articles for Moviejawn, I haven’t written with any regularity since college. I’ve had a few people (friends, relatives, therapists, etc.) encourage me to get…
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