2013 San Antonio Film Festival: Official Lineup
The San Antonio Film Festival celebrates their astounding 19th year in high style on June 19-23 when it commandeers three separate theaters — the Embassy, Northwest 14, and Palladium — with a densely-packed screening schedule of thought-provoking and entertaining independent movies.
Opening Night: While the fest’s first day and night of programming on the 19th includes 11 feature films and one block of shorts, the main event is the 7:00 p.m. screening of Story of Luke at the Palladium that will feature appearances by film stars Seth Green and Lou Taylor Pucci and director Alonso Mayo.
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UnionDocs: David Holzman’s Diary + I Heart Staten Island
June 20
6:30 p.m.
UnionDocs
322 Union Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hosted by: Northside Festival
As part of Brooklyn’s Northside Festival, this must-attend screening promises to be a particularly mind-altering event.
First up, filmmaker Jef Taylor will be present to introduce his mesmerizing short film I Heart Staten Island, a beguiling work that combines the hyper-real and the surreal to tell a demented tale about the curse of unrestrained desire and ambition. (I Heart Staten Island is also one of several films by the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective screening during Northside.)
Following I Heart Staten Island will be a screening of the iconic ’60s underground film David Holzman’s Diary and a discussion between lead actor L.M. Kit Carson and Clinton Krute of BOMBLOG.
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Short Film: Beef Barley Brothers
Charity begins — and probably should end — at home. A well-meaning yuppie buys lunch for a homeless fellow in Luke Black’s charmingly comedic short film Beef Barley Brothers, but as do-gooder Steve starts immediately patting himself on the back for his charitable heart, his mealtime companion has other ideas — and none of them sane.
Michael Melamedoff’s The Exhibitionists has its soundtrack now available for free listening and download on the website of composer Teddy Blanks. Read More…
La Danza de la Realidad (The Dance of Reality) is the first film in nearly 25 years by famed cult movie director Alejandro Jodorowsky. It is described as an “imaginary biography” of Jodorowsky’s troubled youth. Read More…
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The Underground Film Journal was sad to hear about the recent passing of actor Allan Arbus, who died on April 19. He was 95 years old and starred in the underground comedy Greaser’s Palace, directed by Robert Downey Sr. Read More…
Mike Plante interviews Toby Huss, the fantastic character actor known for his role as Artie, the Strongest Man in the World on The Adventures of Pete & Pete; and who appears in films like 42 and God Bless America. Read More…
