Film Fest Review for H2N: BAMCinemafest, The Russian Woodpecker

"Fedor’s strong artistic expression and personal narrative runs parallel to that of the filmmakers. Their visions smoothly glide alongside one another, even converging at times, to make a beautiful, thriller-like tale of truth: what artifices do we choose to believe?" - on The Russian Woodpecker for Hammer to Nail

Film Fest Review for H2N: BAMCinemafest, Selected Shorts

"This short is an experimental exploration of identity with Reeder peeking behind the closed doors of teen girl bedrooms to reveal the almost supernatural strangeness beating in the big hearts of every training bra clad chest." - on Blood Below the Skin, dir. Jennifer Reeder

 

Director & craftsman Joe Callender’s first feature was a near comedy about the Rwandan genocide. His next short was a sweetly dark look at the deadly affliction of Type one diabetes. His latest piece is about Gary, a Vietnam war vet who is kind of a total creep.-on Gary Has an AIDS Scare, dir. Joe Callender



These women embody these roles with such vigorous skill and tenderness, loudly pointing out just how underutilized good acting is in contemporary narrative filmmaking. - on Actresses, dir. Jeremy Hersh

Film Fest Review for H2N: BAMCinemafest, Pervert Park

"Pervert Park doesn’t offer judgement or answers but it does offer up a different way of looking at the things that are right next door to us that we continue to ignore, generalize and sweep under the rug until it is too late, perpetuating an American “us” versus “them” mentality that is bleakly bordering on irreconcilable." - on Pervert Park for Hammer to Nail

Interview for Filmmaker Mag: Director David Shapiro, MISSING PEOPLE

"We are all being gentrified. Even our interiorized space, to a large extent, is being coopted through social media. Everything is self-conscious and recouped, our interests, our tastes, our look, our posts — our brand. While people are branding themselves, what’s authentic and what’s cultivated is becoming harder to discern."- artist & filmmaker David Shapiro on his new feature film Missing People interviewed for Filmmaker Magazine, full piece available here.