Slamdance 2021: Best of the Fest
by Benjamin Leonard, Managing Editor, Zine, Best Boy
This weekend, Slamdance are selling passes for $10 ($5 for students) to watch all of their award winners, which they’ve named their Best of the Fest.
Slamdance 2021: NO TRACE (NULLE TRACE) is engaging slow cinema
by Benjamin Leonard, Managing Editor, Zine, Best Boy
No Trace was the opening night feature at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and is writer/director Simon Lavoie’s sixth feature film
Slamdance 2021: BLEEDING AUDIO shows passion for fans of unknown bands
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Despite their music being 100% in my wheelhouse, and as someone who lived and breathed pop punk from 2000-2004, I had somehow never heard of The Matches.
BAD ATTITUDE: THE ART OF SPAIN RODRIGUEZ is a surprisingly cohesive look at a true eccentric
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Pioneering comix artist Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez would have received a documentary before now, but he isn't a lunatic.
2021 Slamdance Festival Preview
by Benjamin Leonard, Managing Editor, Zine, Best Boy
Like just about every other film festival, the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival is available virtually making it available to a larger audience.
Murmur
Written and directed by Heather Young
Starring Shan MacDonald and Andria Edwards
Running time: 1 hour and 24 minutes
by Audrey Callerstrom
It’s a common sight, in an acting class, for the instructor to frame each scene with a primary question: “What does your character want?” Trying to get what your character wants is what drives each scene. Without identifying your character’s objective, your scene becomes listless. The whole process makes every line, every moment, every look feel loaded. You’re no longer just slamming a (pretend) door shut. You are making a statement that you are unhappy in your marriage!
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