Phelps Changed Everything

—Ooh! They added Submarine, Richard Ayoade's debut film. Only one screening, though, and on a Wednesday night. What if I get a job before…May 4?

—You're right. Add to cart.


Submarine aside, I'm disappointed with the San Francisco International Film Festival's selections this year. The concurrent Independent Film Festival Boston programmed the two films* that I had hoped to see at SFIFF – plus Submarine! [grumbles]

* and they are:


Bellflower
Woodrow and Aiden spend their time building flamethrowers and other weapons in the hope that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the way for their imaginary gang, Mother Medusa, to reign supreme. While waiting for destruction to commence, Woodrow meets a charismatic young woman and falls in love—hard. Quickly integrating into her group of friends, Woodrow and Aiden set off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, and extreme violence more devastating than any of their apocalyptic fantasies.

After The Tree of Life, Bellflower is the 2011 film that I most want to see. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film company acquired its distribution rights for an [sigh] August release.

Writer, director, and star Evan Glodell custom-built the camera that he used to shoot Bellflower and spent two years refining its editing and sound design.


The Catechism Cataclysm
A conflicted priest and life-long loser (Steve Little, Eastbound and Down) invites his childhood idol on a canoe trip that devolves into a David Lynch-esque nightmare.

You had me at that film still.

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