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American Grindhouse to premiere at SXSW

Mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:41:57 +0000

Great news! The documentary American Grindhouse (for which I provided some animated “film burn” titles) will be premiering next month at South by Southwest in Austin, TX!

Dates have been confirmed for:
Saturday, March 13th at 9 pm
Tuesday, March 16th at 10 pm

It’s terrific documentary about the history of exploitation film in America. Great interviews and tons of clips — featuring interviews with master filmmakers Joe Dante, Larry Cohen, John Landis, Herschell Gordon Lewis, William Lustig, Ted V. Mikels, Fred Olen Ray, Lewis Teague and more.

ALSO, the movie will be playing at the Boston Underground Film Festival the week of March 25 – April 1.

Congrats to director Elijah Drenner and crew!

Here is the official SXSW Greenband Preview. Warning, includes some sexiness…

Weird Tales: The Strange Life of H.P. Lovecraft

subterranea — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:50:22 +0000

UPDATE: The files are no longer on Youtube, but I found another source.
Click here to download.

Here’s an excellent BBC radio documentary about H.P. Lovecraft I found on Youtube. For anyone wondering about my fascination with the author, this is a great introduction to his life and work.

Weird Tales: The Strange Life of H.P. Lovecraft

The American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, known then simply as weird fiction. Lovecraft’s major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Originally aired on BBC Radio in 2006 with contributions from Neil Gaiman, S.T. Joshi, Kelly Link, Peter Straub, China Mieville and others. Divided in 5 parts.