tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32594570524599887592024-03-19T05:33:33.420-07:00Sidfilmz BlogSid's take on indie film, video, and related media. Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-5724562765766653772020-11-19T00:33:00.044-08:002020-12-02T00:44:32.065-08:00Southern Oregon Comedy Film Festival Adapts To Virtual StreamingThe 2020 Killer Valley Comedy Film Festival (KVCFF) follows the 13-year legacy of the horror film festival that introduced “Killer Valley” to the Pacific Northwest, and will stream on their official website from Friday, Nov. 20 - Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. For 10 years, the horror film festival had been a one-night affair, hosted live in Ashland, OR. By its eleventh year (2018) the contributionsSid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-58514302596294700912020-10-09T18:59:00.007-07:002020-10-09T22:45:45.480-07:00Horror Film Festival Celebrates Lucky 13th YearSouthern Oregon’s 2020 Killer Valley Horror Film Festival (KVHFF) celebrates it’s lucky #13 this year, but for the first time ever, it will not be hosted live. In previous years this festival celebrated independent filmmakers with in-person screenings, filmmaker meet-and-greets, and an awards ceremony in Ashland, OR.This year, the 2020 Killer Valley Horror Film Festival&Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-43807055025639434982020-04-16T21:13:00.000-07:002020-04-16T21:14:28.340-07:00Pandemic Playlist - 2020
BINGE THESE
The Great Beaver’s list of niche independent movies to watch during quarantine. All feature films, produced in the Pacific Northwest, are available for rent, and a list of short films and underground cinema are available to stream for free.
- WATCH THE FEATURES -
- WATCH THE SHORTS -
Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-61487409544218264302016-11-10T12:50:00.002-08:002016-11-10T12:50:12.894-08:00Horror Film Festival Haunts Southern Oregon On Nov. 12th
Returning to Ashland, OR for it’s 8th installment, the Killer Valley Horror Film Festival (KVHFF) is a celebration of independent horror and science fiction movies from around the globe. A one-night affair, geared to film-goers 18 years and older, the festival showcases genres that are arguably the most fun for independent filmmakers to create, and provides an atmosphere for CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-11641789242628290532016-11-07T12:08:00.001-08:002020-04-16T20:53:14.686-07:00Review of "Don't Fuck in the Woods" (2016)
When I first got the screener of “Don’t Fuck in the Woods”, I had only a day before been dumped by the love of my life. I was worried that watching a bunch of fun-loving couples get horny and freak on each other beside the campfire for an hour and a half would be too depressing for my broken heart.
Luckily, just as that little bit of sadness started creeping in while the first horny CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-86299695941105264452016-08-24T10:38:00.000-07:002016-08-24T10:39:30.960-07:00Autumn Film Festivals Celebrate “The State of Jefferson”
A region of the Pacific Northwest that has imagined its own independence as far back as the 1850’s, the ‘mythical’ 51st State of Jefferson, is a proposed U.S. state that would span the contiguous, mostly rural area of southern Oregon and Northern California.
Many a liberated spirit claim this State their home, and as of the 2010 US Census, if the Jefferson counties were a state, the state’s CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-55393028986666744052015-12-03T11:32:00.000-08:002020-04-16T20:53:38.603-07:00Review of "Name" - a Short Post-Zombie-Apocalypse Film
What’s in a name? For our lead protagonist, the one thing she can’t remember about the man she loved, a man who died violently from an outbreak that decimated the human race, is his name. All the memories of shared laughs, tears, and lust are there — but why can she not just remember his name?
The irony of this short film, directed by Jeremy M. Brown, is that neither the man or the woman CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-62702820036892148572015-12-03T11:27:00.000-08:002020-04-16T20:54:29.630-07:00Review of "The Mayo Conspiracy"
Promoted as a mockumentary of the seedy underbelly of the condiment industry, The Mayo Conspiracy highlights the cartel referred to as “Big Mayo” and their grip on America’s condiment usage. How much power could Big Mayo hold over the public? If you believe the facts revealed in this film, Big Mayo had hands in some of the biggest events in American history, from the JFK Assassination, to CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-28468426526981085492015-10-04T11:18:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:54:49.209-07:00Review of "The Throbbit"
I know what you’re thinking already, yes “The Throbbit” is a “re-imagining” of “The Hobbit”, but definitely not the XXX version I originally thought by the title. This feature-length spoof film just barely ranks around a PG-13. It contains a good bit of adult humor, but in the way of innuendos and word-play rather than anything explicit.
Now, I may not be the best reviewer to write about a CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-49034792388866312442015-09-14T22:00:00.001-07:002020-04-16T20:55:04.213-07:00Review of "The Jersey Devil"
* Finally, a Faith-Based Christian Film with some meat to it! *
“The Jersey Devil” plays fast and loose with the details of any particular biblical source, but that doesn’t make this film any less worthy as a spiritual guide to help viewers on a path towards an afterlife without all the guilt associated with following any moral code.
Starring Jack Mulcahy as Lucifer and Keith Collins as Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-81229601586473588272015-08-03T21:49:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:55:22.186-07:00Review of "Nuclear Neighborhood"“Nuclear Neighborhood” is a film that looks & feels like it came from graduates of Troma University; a sci-fi/horror film made with little budget but plenty of fun and creativity. Within no time, Matthew J Oliver’s film jumps right into the meat & bones of the story.
Dan’s girlfriend is kidnapped by a strange man in a creeper van, and Dan’s friends conclude that she’s being Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-34562278226339828962015-08-03T21:44:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:49:36.145-07:00Review of "Intrigue", a Short Film
With light-hearted fun, director Mikel J. Wisler brings the audience into a campy spy thriller, and just when you think you think you’ve figured out each of the possible ways the story can go, he pulls the rug out from you in the most unexpected way, bringing some very authentic laughter and finishing the short movie in a most relatable way.
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Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-27948079152236399082015-07-03T17:13:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:51:14.093-07:00Review of "Malady", a European downer with plenty of sex“Malady” is a dark & moody film, slow to build, and very light on the dialogue, but luckily there’s plenty of sex to stave off any depression. It’s on the verge of being an art film, as the nearly 1hr-40min. running time has only about 15 minutes of story within, and even adding to that the 20 minutes of sex, the audience is still left with over an hour of the director/cinematographer CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-53528247297208753632015-06-03T17:11:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:52:02.567-07:00An Interview with David Conley, Cinematographer & DirectorWith “Mad Max: Fury Road” currently blowing audiences hair back nationwide, I wanted to revisit another post-apocalyptic action film, very much inspired by George Millers previous Mad Max films, “Bounty Killer” (2013). You can read two previous reviews of the film itself here and here, but for this issue I sat down with cinematographer David Conley to talk about his contribution to the film as CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-70521161589889148832015-05-02T16:13:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:56:27.939-07:00Review of "Wipeout", a short filmA man with chronic Obsessive Compulsive Disorder falls in love with a beautiful female jogger, and takes up running in a bid to win her heart. Made in 7 days in conjunction with the Aarhus Short Film Challenge 2014 in Denmark, this silent film is full of heart and plenty of chuckles.
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CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-41109717819931827752015-05-02T16:07:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:57:40.004-07:00Review of "The Unearthing"The Unearthing is the first feature film from writer/director Tristan James Jensen. It plays like a PG version of Stephen King’s “IT” – a small group of random teens become friends, discover love for one another, and fight a supernatural evil. Unlike “IT”, however, “The Unearthing” is not a horror film, but a coming-of-age tale wrapped in a ghost story.
The movie starts off by introducing CameramanActorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297309198274944784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-48955532552525278652015-04-02T08:29:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:58:08.399-07:00Review of "Reverb", a short filmPill-popper Helia has just lost her boyfriend, and is living in a big empty house all by herself. The first night we meet Helia, she is annoyed by late-night phone call attempts from her ex, “Cupcake” (although she denies to friends having heard from him). Soon, though, she is soon more disturbed by a creepy presence outside her home at night. Could it be her ex, hoping to get some of his things?Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-27946509850236352902015-04-02T07:33:00.000-07:002020-04-16T20:58:37.196-07:00Review of "World Spins Madly On" - hipster cell-phone commercial or art film?This short is wonderfully shot by Roger Metcalf, but it feels like an extended Verizon commercial that Director Jeremy Jed Hammel wanted to fit at least 3 of his favorite indie bands’ songs into (though he bested my sarcasm by actually fitting 5 in).
The highlight of this short came from the performances of the 2 guys behind the main character in line at the crosswalk (Dennis Hurley and QuentinSid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-36958772461953987762015-03-02T09:10:00.000-08:002020-04-16T21:04:39.431-07:00Review of "Bounty Killer" - A fun-as-f*** thrill-ride through a dystopian wastelandIn an alternate universe (or the near future), where corporations have taken control over world governments and destroyed civilization through the latest batch of corporate sponsored world wars, the remaining people’s only hope lay in the hands of a select crew of Bounty Killers.
These bounty killers are sanctioned by the grassroots “Council of Nine” to execute all white-collar criminals, and Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-72917105862987649092015-03-02T08:23:00.000-08:002020-04-16T21:05:43.361-07:00Review of "Sad Clown", a short film
What do you do if your job is to make people laugh, but you can’t find joy for yourself?
I recently watched Jason ’P. Schumacher’s short film, “Sad Clown”, a new 11-minute story featuring the tortured but treasured and timeless character. The film opens with a professional clown, putting on his makeup before a live show. The ringmaster enters and is alarmed, as this clown is not wearing a Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-7071369230319659982015-03-02T08:07:00.000-08:002020-04-16T21:06:11.021-07:00Review of "A Killer Conversation"
“What’s the use of having an ‘almost’ shitty life? The ‘almost’ is hardly any consolation, is it?”
A Killer Conversation, written by Michael Haberfelner and directed by David V G Davies, stars Melanie Denholme (also serving as producer), Ryan Hunter, and Rudy Barrow.
It takes less than 1 minute for Karl (Hunter) to hear a knock at the door, and upon answering, be knocked out by a burglar (Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-82470278353326859422015-02-02T17:02:00.000-08:002020-04-16T21:06:40.093-07:00Review of "54 Days" - A Successful Experiment in Rugged FilmmakingAt the beginning of this gritty Sci-Fi drama, diplomats are fleeing Beijing and Moscow as Washington is increasing sanctions against the East. Meanwhile, a posh party among social elites is getting underway on a downtown Sydney rooftop. Just as things seem to be getting off to a good start – boom! International war breaks out and everyone must flee for shelter against nuclear and chemical weaponsSid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-61838609251698407342015-02-02T10:00:00.000-08:002020-04-16T21:07:14.509-07:00Review of "How I Buried My Ex-Boyfriend's Body"
“The perfect crime… kind of… not really”
An action comedy from Fat Foot Films, directed by Dennis Nadeau, “How I Dumped My Ex-Boyfriend’s Body” (HIDMEBB) tells the story of Maxine and Shae as they look for a way to discretely dispose of a dead body, Maxine having accidentally killed her ex-boyfriend during an argument. Missteps along the way push the girls to ask Shae’s cousin Mikey (who has Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-2436314568972796522014-12-06T23:30:00.000-08:002015-02-09T22:02:40.428-08:00Chelsea Peretti Says “LIKE” 430+ Times in Her New Comedy Special
Readers be like, "430 times, huh? He actually CLOCKED THIS?"
Yes, I did. It’d be easy to write a clickbait headline exaggerating something along the lines of “Chelsea Peretti Says ‘Like’ a Hundred Million Times” but I couldn’t in good conscience write an article based on hyperbole. (I tried to make a cool visual chart of the data, but failed miserably. If anyone has the skills to do so, Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259457052459988759.post-47760664884744590012014-11-25T14:30:00.000-08:002015-02-09T22:02:53.233-08:00What is a Movie Review?
I am a big movie buff. My favorite genres include comedy, action, horror, and occasionally sci-fi. That said, I don’t get a chance to go out to the movies as much anymore and therefore I tend to read a lot of user reviews before deciding which film to make the effort for.
Why user reviews over critic reviews? I think they are just more honest and fun. Also, when looking to brush up on Sid Levicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359818513370239277noreply@blogger.com0