With his witty wordplay and wacky props, Leo Gallagher became one of the biggest comedy acts of the 1980s. The comedian’s most famous bit: smashing a watermelon with a giant mallet to the messy delight of audiences. His signature act was a gift and a curse, shooting him to superstardom while breeding both dismissive detractors… more »
Riddled with survivor’s guilt after his unit lost 17 men during “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez makes it his mission to reconnect with the Gold Star families of the fallen. By carving and hand-delivering a battlefield cross for each of the families affected by loss, Anthony finds the path to heal… more »
True crime and the paranormal are colliding in Collider’s exclusive first look at the upcoming Hulu docuseries, “Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal,” edited in part by Matt Prekop. The eight-episode production will ring in the spooky season in a one-two-punch kind of way. While there are plenty of similar projects out there that spend… more »
In an exclusive article published by Variety Abramorama has acquired worldwide theatrical distribution rights for “Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story,” the feature documentary about the seminal L.A. cult rock band. Andrew Reich directed the doc covering brothers and founders Jeff and Steven McDonald and the band’s place in the Los Angeles music scene from… more »
Nat Geo announced today that they are delving into the world of competitive Bollywood dance in their latest series, and we are doing the edit. Michael Vollmann is the lead editor for the project, which comes from Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra and 100 Foot Wave producer Joe Lewis. The six-part series follows on two… more »
The Deseret News reports that: On Monday, a flash mob of dancers dressed as Napoleon Dynamite took over Main Street in Park City. In a video posted on Sundance Film Festival’s official X account, they wore shirts that read “Re-elect Pedro 2024” and busted out the hilarious moves from the famous dance scene in the… more »
All year the LA TIMES will be marking the 25th anniversary of pop culture milestones that remade the world as we knew it then and created the world we live in now. They are calling it The 1999 Project and today they reflect upon the Sundance premiere of “AMERICAN MOVIE” — which was edited by… more »
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Ethan Hawke’s portrait of Flannery O’Connor, Wildcat, starring and executive produced by Maya Hawke. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival. Oscilloscope will release the film in theaters in the Spring
A Disturbance in the Force, the feature documentary about the making of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, has been ranked the #6 documentary of 2023 by Rotten Tomatoes. It’s not just CERTIFIED FRESH, it’s just one of thirteen films to receive a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes this year. Here is the full list: STILL:… more »
The Salt Lake City Tribune announced that Napoleon Dynamite produced and edited by September Club founder Jeremy Coon is scheduled to return to the Sundance Film Festival in January. A remastered 4K version of the 2004 comedy “Napoleon Dynamite” is one of eight classic independent films that got their start in Park City that will… more »
This year’s Rome International Film Festival is kicking off with a screening of “Wildcat,” a new film about Georgia author Flannery O’Connor and her struggle to publish her first novel, “Wise Blood.” There is a nice interview in Rough Draft Atlanta. “I started thinking, the only reason not to is because I was scared to… more »
Thirty years ago this coming January, at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, ASWANG premiered in the midnight film category of the Sundance Film Festival. This week, the Sundance Institute celebrated Halloween by publishing Sundance After Dark: 8 Fang-tastic Films About Vampires to Watch this Halloween They describe ASWANG as: Vampiric beings with a gruesome appetite… more »
Deadline announced yesterday the Wildcat premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, which was held this morning. The festival guide described the film as: Maya Hawke stars in and co-produced this imaginative depiction of crucially formative moments in the life of Flannery O’Connor, one of 20th century America’s most celebrated novelists and short-story writers. Writer- director… more »
The first screenings of BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY edited by our own Erin Elders will be at the in-Edit Festival in Barcelona. Next up is London and the Doc’n Roll Festival. As for all of you Americans, there will be two additional American festivals before the end of the year. The Barcelona festival… more »
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 44TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS NEW YORK (July 27, 2023) – Nominations for the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). MELTDOWN: THREE MILE ISLAND, edited by Matt Prekop at September Club, was nominated as OUTSTANDING… more »
Ethan Hawke’s latest directorial effort, WILDCAT, will have a TIFF international premiere. September Club co-founder Barry Poltermann has been editing the drama for Hawke, continuing his collaboration which began with the 6-part Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward doc-series THE LAST MOVIE STARS. The film stars Maya Hawke as the celebrated author Flannery O’Connor and was shot… more »
The premiere of A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE at SXSW was a great time, and the reviews are in! 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. What “Disturbance” arguably does best… [is] the way it maps a transitional moment between old showbiz razzle-dazzle and New Hollywood blockbuster entertainment. — Rolling Stone Maybe it really wasn’t all that… more »
Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos spoke about recently launched documentary THE ROMANTICS, which was edited by our own Michael Vollmann, and documents the advent of Yash Raj Films and Yash Chopra’s legacy in Indian cinema. Sarandos emphasized how it helped him understand the country, its culture, and Indian cinema. Sarandos’s take on Indian culture, cinema Sarandos… more »
Shortly after DocNYC acclaimed THE ROMANTICS as their pick of the week, IndieWire called it “A stunning new docu-series — Essential and unprecendented”. We’ve been reading reviews today from all around the world, as THE ROMANTICS quickly became the most watched program in the world. Congratulations to editors Michael Vollmann and Michael Bourne on this… more »
From Variety: The American Cinema Editors (ACE) has nominated THE LAST MOVIE STARS for the 73rd annual ACE Eddie Awards. The winners will be announced during the ACE Eddie Awards on March 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL) “The Andy Warhol Diaries: Collab: Andy & Basquiat”- Steve Ross “George Carlin’s American Dream” –… more »
Variety announced today that “THE ROMANTICS”, edited by September Club’s Michael Vollmann and Michael Bourne, will premiere on February 14th throughout the world. From Netflix: Netflix will celebrate the cultural legacy of iconic Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra and his studio Yash Raj Films (YRF) with documentary series “The Romantics.” The star-studded, four-part series will feature… more »