Following the screening of CALL ME LUCKY, the latest film from Director Bobcat Goldthwait, subject Barry Crimmins talks a bit about some of the challenges in revisiting his difficult past. Read our review of Call Me Lucky
Bobcat Goldthwait is hands down one of my favorite IFFBoston staples. I always look forward to what he brings to the festival. This year, he returns with “Call Me Lucky,” a documentary about a fellow comedian, Barry Crimmins.
We’ve been patiently awaiting this years list of selections for the Independent Film Festival of Boston! Late Friday, the festivals newsletter with some exciting details dropped. The festival opens April 22nd with Director James Ponsoldt’s THE END OF THE TOUR. James Ponsoldt will be in attendance. The festival runs through the 29th, closing with AND EARL AND …
Note: This film was reviewed in 2013 at its premiere at IFFBoston. I’m not a fan of found footage movies. In fact, since “The Blair Witch Project,” the only other found footage film I’ve enjoyed was “Cloverfield.” Then along came “Willow Creek,” Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film, which is certainly a successful departure from his past …
Following the World Premiere at IFFBoston of his latest film, WILLOW CREEK, Bobcat Goldthwait was joined by lead actors Bryce Johnson, Alexie Gilmore to talk about what it was like filming in the forests of Northern California, Bobcat’s belief’s in Bigfoot, and coming of age tween Sasquatch books. Read our review of the film here.
I’m not a fan of found footage movies. In fact, since “The Blair Witch Project,” the only other found footage film I’ve enjoyed was “Cloverfield.” Then along came “Willow Creek,” Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film, which is certainly a successful departure from his past work.
I loved Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film God Bless America – and I could have listened to Goldthwait talk the rest of the evening, but here’s some of the best stuff from his Q & A at IFFBoston. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rKM4MSoVow&rel=0&w=560] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cFyDMreB2I&rel=0&w=560]
Dark comedy is something incredibly difficult to pull off. I always think that it’s many the movie that, only after looking at it and deciding that it’s just completely offensive, the filmmakers decide to tell everyone that they planned it that way all along and that it’s a dark comedy. “World’s Greatest Dad,” written and …