Synopsis: “There’s a bunch of empty pools and a bunch of fucked up houses. That’s why I’m here. I’m here to skate. But besides skating, I want to go see waterfalls, I want to go see rockslides, I want to go fishing, I want to go in a canoe, I want to go exploring in the woods… There’s no woods here, but we’ll find something.” Killer Films presents the transmissions of a lost kid falling in love in the suburbs of Fullerton, California. Featuring skateboarding, the usual drugs, and stray glimpses of unusual beauty. [Synopsis courtesy of SXSW]
The Camden International Film Festival on the coast of Maine, one of the strongest industry events for documentary filmmaking in New England, has announced its features lineup for its 2011 edition. Included in the lineup are world premieres from Lyda Kuth's "Love and Other Anxieties" and Gabriel De...
Read More »Tristan Patterson's skater doc "Dragonslayer," winner of the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW, makes its theatrical debut this Friday in New York. Tt's the pick of the week for opening specialty films, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.
Read More »The measured vérité style of Frederick Wiseman meets the visual polish of Terrence Malick in "Dragonslayer," a fascinating slice of crude Americana from first-time director Tristan Patterson. However, it stands alone with an infectious hard rock attitude. Patterson doesn't have the epic aims of thos...
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