THE POOL’s NY Premiere was a great time. It was Wednesday night at the Film Forum in NYC and the party after was across the street at Steak Frites. From The New York Times: In “The Pool,” a recurrent image that develops into a symbol of the gap between affluence and poverty shows the waiflike Indian protagonist, Venkatesh… more »
I first met Manny Marquez in 2004. My friend Donita Sparks introduced me to Manny. Donita is a musician (you may remember her as the lead singer of punk/grunge band L7) and Manny was part of the music video scene in Los Angeles. Manny stopped by the office and showed us some footage of… more »
Our own Barry Poltermann spent five months in India back in 2006 editing Chris Smith’s latest, “The Pool”, which won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. “The Pool” opens this weekend in New York at the Film Forum. This is the second time that Barry has collaborated with Chris, the first being… more »
From Milwaukee Magazine: Local filmmaker Frankie Latina brings some national attention to Milwaukee’s film underground with his latest project, “Modus Operandi.” The film, which is described on IMDB as “a revenge tale about a desperate C.I.A. agent on a mission to find the man who murdered his wife,” is still in production but associate producer… more »
This is kind of cool… San Francisco’s A+E Interactive names their top ten concert docs of all time. “Rock the Bells”, directed by September Club directors Denis Henry Hennelly and Casey Suchan, makes the list at number 6. Denis and Casey join the likes of Demme, Pennebaker and Scorcese. Lot’s of us involved with this one: directed and… more »
As we reach the end of 2007, September Club luminaries Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson’s “The Life of Reilly” retains a perfect “100% Fresh” rating from critics at Rotten Tomatoes and is currently listed as the best reviewed film of 2007. Here is the trailer from the SXSW premiere: In case that isn’t cool enough, the film has appeared… more »
“The Life of Reilly” had a great premiere tonight at the Cinema Village in New York. We had a pre-party at the Paris Commune. After the screening Stiller and Meara joined us for a great Q&A, excerpted in this video. Wish CNR could have made it… you were missed.
How weird is this: A post about unknown/forgotten gems on dvd that includes ASWANG, JOSEY AND THE PUSSYCATS (starring our friend Rachel Leigh Cook) and AMERICAN MOVIE. Did you ever see this, John? You gotta show Rachel. About ASWANG: The unnecessary plot takes the East Asian baby sucker, and sticks it into a (then) modern Rosemary’s… more »
Purple Onion is the September Club’s “Mother Ship”. And Andy Gorzalski is flying the flag. Although Milwaukee’s collective film consciousness is arguably somewhat newly developed, Purple Onion’s stake in independent film is anything but. Celebrating its 20th birthday this year, the company began producing commercials in 1987, back when there was virtually “nothing like that going… more »
(Music Video, MAPS, 2007) A lonely garage inventor builds a seven-foot, banruku style puppet, and then takes it to a town dance competition, in this music video for the UK based band, Maps. Shot in Wisconsin at the Historic Mill in Cedarburg, an art studio in Milwaukee’s Riverwest, and the Chandelier Ballroom in Hartford, the video and stars Didier Leplae… more »
Sad news today. Our friend Charles Nelson Reilly passed away over the weekend. From the New York Times: Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and “Match Game,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 76 and lived… more »
The “New York Times” gave us a great review today for ROCK THE BELLS to make for the perfect beginning to the film’s NYC theatrical premiere. “Rock the Bells” is the story of one man’s labor of love to reunite the original members of the Wu-Tang Clan for a 2004 hip-hop concert in San Bernardino,… more »
Profile on the film “The Life of Reilly” on HDNet’s HIGHER DEFINITION, hosted by film critic Robert Wilonsky.
THE LIFE OF REILLY, directed by Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson premiered today at 6:30 at the Austin Civic Center. It was reported in IndieWire like this: A sizeable crowd showed up at the convention center in Austin for the world premiere screening of directors Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson‘s “The Life of Reilly,” a… more »
(“Making of” Featurette, 2005) In the fall of 2004 we spent one incredible week with the iconic television and stage star, Charles Nelson Reilly, shooting his stage show (which would later be released as “The Life of Reilly”. This series of short documentaries, shot by the September Club’s David Dahlman, and edited by our team,… more »
(Short Film, 2004) Mock trailer for a non-existent french new wave film. Directed by Wrye Martin, filmed by Mike Welckle, edited by Barry Poltermann. Circa 2002-ish. We never did anything with this except use it for the reel. It’s stuck in our memory though! For other music videos and odds and ends, explore the Attic.
(“Making of” Featurette, 2003) Our friends at Mondo Macabro made this half hour documentary for the DVD release of Aswang. It seemed like the perfect solution to an unwanted pregnancy. Marry the heir to a wealthy estate, deceive his dying mother, give them the baby when it’s born. Things are never as easy as they… more »
From Roger Ebert’s Review of AMERICAN MOVIE: “If you’ve ever wanted to make a movie, see “American Movie,” a documentary about someone who wants to make a movie more than you do. Mark Borchardt may want to make a movie more than anyone else in the world. He is a 30-year-old, odd-job man from Menomonee Falls, Wis.,… more »
“AMERICAN MOVIE” was shortlisted for an Academy Award! It’s an honor to share it with our good friends who made AMARGOSA!
American Movie wins the Grand Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival! Chris Smith’s American Movie, which was produced by C-Hundred Film Corp’s Jim McKay and Michael Stipe, won the documentary competition Grand Jury Prize. The film, which documents Midwest filmmaker Mark Borchardt, was acquired this week by Sony Pictures Classsics.
(Documentary Short, 1996, Premiere IFC Channel) Sunflower Cablevision was profiled in this piece from John Pierson’s Split Screen which debuted as part of episode #2, first broadcast in 1996.