Where’s My Film?

2005 Festival Program
4 WEEKENDS: April 22 - May 16, 2005
Saturdays & Sundays: Screenings Day–Night

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Arlene’s Grocery Saturday, May 14

1-2pm
89-DF The Staten Island Catapult 56:00 Dir. Gregorio Smith Everything you ever watned to know about Staten Island. I mean everything.

2-3pm
271-NS Tits n’Blood 9:00 Dir. Lola RocknRolla And plenty of it! Star-studded cast lead by the World Famous Bob. Fun, fun, fun!

145-MV Me & Mrs Mayhem 1:00 Dir. Dan Thorin The poet laureate of the Arlene’s Grocery Picture Show lays another down.

146-MV War & Reccesion“Suckers Luck” 4:00 Dir. Dan Thorin Live performance of New York band with a political conscience.

147-ES Pissed 4:00 Dir. Dan Thorin Encore presentation of poem a poem from savage local wordsmith.

116-NS Pet The Goat 26:00 Dir. Jacob Klein Like Citizen Ruth meets Farhenheit 9/11 with a touch of Robert Altman. Brilliant political parody with set to music.

63-MV “Ya Grandma’s a Gangsta” 4:00 Dir. Tim Greene Like a shot of female viagra!

3pm-5pm
BEN GAZZARA Q&A
BEN GAZZARA BOOK SIGNING

5PM-6PM
360-AS Nelson: Rock and Roll Detectives 6:00 Dir. Jay Barba and Brian Farelly Cartoon pop brothers enlist the help of music legends to unite musical genres. Starring George Clinton and Boston.

327-MV “Goods (All in Your Head)” Mates of State 5:00 Dir. Jonathan Yi; Sam Goetz  Cheery music video reminding us that friendship is forever.

357-MV “Coma” Smith Island 6:00 Dir. Gabrielle Stubbert Stunning photography set to beautiful vocal performance and rocking song.

331-NS The Petersons: Mrs. P & Julio Go to Washington 13:00 Dir. Matt Saldivar From the comedic genius of the Petersons comes a brilliant skewering of an America gone mad with politics.

314-DS Bird GrabbingDir. 3:00 Take your mind out of the gutter.

290-NS The Sucking 14:00 Dir. John Bergdahl The greatest Halloween movie ever made starring new York City’s greatest rock band.

306-MV Looker “Bullet Train” 4:00 Dir. Ben Waters Clever music video of talented band. A pleasure.

358-NS Hot Keys 10:00 Dir. John Bergdahl Two-fisted, ball-breaking, ass-busting action.

The Living Room Saturday May 14, 2005

1pm-2pm
176-DF Watch This! 69:00 Dir. Olga Vladt A political polemic that would give Michael Moore a boner – perhaps his first.

2pm-3pm

70-NS Bean Dip/Bean Trip 20:00 Dir. Matthew Licht Revenge is a dish best served in bean dip. Scatological joy.

88-NS Bent 9:00 Dir. Ivan Velez You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.

113-DS Derf 4:00 Dir. Jeremy Newman Famous (we think) cartoonist explains his two great inspirations: Jeffrey Dahmer and garbarge.

11-NS Roommates 8:00 Dir. Vance TuckerRoommate vs.roommate in Roadrunner vs.Wile E. Coyote style.

49-NS Bum Runner 9:00 Dir. Steve Herold & Kurt Christiansen Homeless don’t mean helpless.

3pm-4pm
334-NS Spatula Boy 6:00 Dir. Jon Elmer  Lookout New York, there’s a new kinda superhero in the City. Action packed, ass-kicking fun!

335-NS The Ware House 24:00 Dir. Jon Elmer Kids in the Hall-esqu. comedy. Some good yucks.

201-DS Wedding Dresses 7:00 Dir. Precious Chong & Delaina Mitchell Two LA girls hit the town to find answers. Love the Brazilian wax scene!

317-NS Bengt 7:00 Dir. Justin Leblanc A roommate flick more frightening than Single White Female.

326-MV Mettle 2:00 Hunter Fine Seek and ye shall find.

4pm-5pm
65-NS The White Room 34:00 Dir. Laurie Lee Goretski Rosemary’s Baby meets Groundhog Day at the crossroads of The Matrix.

286-DS Hair 12:00 Jisu Kim Study of artist and her peculiarly personal medium.

5pm-6pm
240-NS Second Chances 6:00 Dir. Joe Hremi Giddy spoof on the popular TV show Blind Date.

276-ES/NS Ma Chere Petite Maxyme 12:00 Dir. Lisa Inserra An evocative, haunting piece of filmmaking.

272-NS The Morriset Canvas 18:00 Dir. Styles Haaz Payton An NYU reporter gets more than she expects interviewing a famous artist.

273-NS Hopeless Romantic 8:00 Dir. Chris Montgomery Kid tries a little liquid courage to achieve nocturnal fantasies.

274-NS Drifting 4:00 Dir. Chris Montgomery There but for the grace of God …

Slipper Room Saturday May 14, 2005

4pm-5pm
55-AS 500 Pound Planet 26:00 Dir. Jesse Brown & Josh Dolgin Life ends, life begins. Solid animation.

207-NSThey Turn Into People 29:00 Dir. Anthony Petracci Agoraphobic man gets a telephone buddy.

5pm-6pm
106-MV Bargain Matinee 5:00 Dir. Josh McKnight A quirky, feel good flick influenced by Spike Jonz.  

107-NS What Happened to Dougy? 3:00 Dir. Josh McKnight Making lemons out of lemondade.

108-NS Das Catta 3:00 Dir. Josh McKnight Television has way too much influence.

178-NS The Lucky Penny 15:00 Dir. Cliff Cronan In the spirit of Chaplin and Keaton – fun silent movie.

179-NS The Lucky Penny 2 14:00 Dir. Cliff Cronan Like French Conncetion II this sequel might be even better than the original!

103-NS Show and Don’t Tell 7:00 Dir. Tony Colon Guns don’t kill people, idiots do.

6pm-7pm
252-NS Critical Mass 18:00 Dir. Jesse Gorham-Engard They say it’s just like riding a bike.

249-NS Der Pendler: The Commuter 8:00 Dir. Keith Ross 9 to 5 meets Austin Powers in this interesting take on procrastination.

325-NS J’adore les Grenouilles 16:00 Dir. Daniel Lir Sweet film about first meetings and the charm of the moment.

322-NS Smoked Winter Fig Pie 17:00 Dir. Harper Jackson A cooking show that makes Emeril and Bobby Flay look like a couple of fairy boys.

7pm-8pm
197-NF The Musical Plumber 53:00 Dir. Joe Quartararo, George Ramano A musical whodunit with plungers and drano. What more could you ask for?

MF Gallery Saturday May 14, 2005

7pm-8pm
214-AS Mutant Factory 2:00 Dir. Ted Voltolina Not so much different form the factory you work in now. Nice animation.

2-NS/ES How Do I Feel About That? 2:00 Dir. Anthony Di Salvo Short but so sweet.

7-DS Rocks Were My Pillow 25:00 Dir. M.B. Enver A musician tells a story of his life through his songs and commentary.

319-NS/ES Battle of Goldleaf & Big Daddy 9:00 Dir. Andre Costantini At once balletic and disturbing – a triumphant film!

324-ES Yo Mama said don’t fight this war! 9:00 Dir. Tom Halsall & Martin Eastwood The anti-war protests artistically rendered.

8pm-9pm
114-NS Sitter 7:00 Dir. A.D. Calvo Not since The Blair Witch Project has independent cinema produced such abject fear.

115-NS Hypnogothic 12:00 Dir. A.D. Calvo What you see is what you get.

362-NS This or That! (“Fudgesicle anyone?”) 28:00  Dir. Fred Kahl and Mark Cyr
The infamous “fudgesicle” episode from inarguably the best game show in America.

9pm-10pm
321-NS Amazing 13:00 Dir. Paul Lang A wine-inspired tale of romance that surpasses in Sideways in it’s truth.

99-DS Why Protest the RNC? 9:00 Dir. Benjamin J. Weisman Girls just want to have fun – and protest.

156-DS Shiteatboy 4:00 Dir. Bobby Langlais The most disturbing film we’ve ever shown. Very uncomfortable.

157-MV/ES The Blackest Wood 3:00 Dir. Jon Nothin A silent film. Really, like there’s no sound at all. Haunting.

69-NS La Pornopera Dir. Andrew Bui Cabaret meest KIDS.

Arlene’s Grocery Sunday May 15, 2005

1pm-2pm
227-NF Season in Hell 68:00 Dir. Elliot Passantino Red Dawn meetsStephen King’s The Stand.

2pm-3pm
181-NF Waste & Void: Theatrical one act film 69:00 Dir. Kenneth Khuh Du Several people¹s lives intermix as they deal with depression, psyche
meds and living and dating in New York.

3-4:30pm
183-NF Forever 77:00 Dir. Justin Michael Morales In the Bronx, when you say “forever,” you better fucking mean it. An unflinching feature film.

4:30-6:00
299-NF Friends Like These 71:00 Dir. Sebastian Moreira Three young NJ Shore couples at a dinner party.

6pm-7pm
309-ES Mountain Dew and Vodka 14:00 Dir. Andrew H Bukowski with feeling. Strangely compelling.

329-NS Bigfoot Park 25:00 Dir. Nathaniel Paluga Fright, gore and bestiality all in one cinematic nightmare!

153-NS Marriage 17:00 Dir. Nathaniel Paluga Clockwork Orange meets Eat Man Drink Woman. Peter Greenway look out.

The Living Room Sunday May 15, 2005

1pm-2pm
175-EF Fetish Mode 67:00 Dir. Eric Eskenazi A long, disturbing dream that’s all too real. Unique film.

2-3pm
125-NS Dehydration 6:00 Dir. Kevin Peleschak It’s the elixir of life.

217-MV/EF Dark Side of The Moon 45:00 Dir. Joseph Szutarski Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em and enjoy this audio-visual joy ride.

3pm-4pm
143-NS Station Identification 20:00 Dir. Randall Meehl Hi Fidelity meets Clerks.

139-NS Przypadkowe Spotkonie (“The Encounter”) 7:00 Dir. Dave Gold Romance knows no language. And “no” means “no.”

280-NS Amanda’s Insecurities 23:00 Dir. Styles Haaz Paytonj Don’t tell your therapist everything or she’ll fuck with your mind.

4pm-5pm
142-NS You Better Behave 3:00 Dir. Geoffrey Breny Shrewsbury Gives a new meaning to “getting lucky.”

148-NS Waldo 10:00 Dir. Peter Rinaldi Odd short that polarizes audiences.

137-NS A Chlorophyll Filled Romance 24:00 Dir. Caroline Daniel Ms. Divine continues to delight with burning satire.

133-NS Musician For Hire 14:00 Dir. Eric Green To sell out or not to sell out.

5pm-6pm
190-NS Neverfriend 19:00 Dir. Paul Manzella Incomprehensible horror.

173-ES Sleepwalker 3:00 Dir. Charlie Corts An excellent short about dream analysis.

168-NS Choices 7:00 Dir. Andre Morton Nice tight short about the consequences of our actions.

320-DS Second Position 20:00 Dir. Richard Calavache Moving doc short about how dance gave a young man from the Bronx a better purpose.

Slipper Room Sunday May 15, 2005

4pm-5pm
158-MV 4 Songs from Prepare to Meet Your Maker 15:00 Dir. Peter Dizozza Songs in the key of life.

60-DF Farming With Stanley 35:00 Dir. Jessica Lauretti Straightforward, empathetic look at the current head of a several generations of an American tobacco farming family. Some great old Super-8 home footage.

5pm-6pm
336-ES Conscious Apparatus 3:00 Dir. Janeen Ilardo This film will make you feel better.

253-ES Do You Remember the Question? 8:00 Dir. Roger McLeod Engrossing and strange short black and white film.

262-DS Lee Plaza Volunteer 5:00 Dir. Kristine Trever Interesting tour of a once regal Detroit ballroom.

259-DS People Really Lose On MTV 34:00 Dir. Clive Young Three former contestants on Remote Control recall their triumphs and failures. Heartwarming.

6pm-7pm
340-DS Metal Heads 19:00 Dir. John Reis Lovely group of people enjoying their music.

341-MV Crack the Whip “The Spciy Rizzaks” 4:00 Dir. John Reis Hard rocking good time from our friends The Spicy Rizzacks

258-ES Biopathy 111 3:00 Dir. Justin Hellickson  Really trippy shit.

213-DS Peanut’s Plywood Painting Project 15:00 Dir. Roger McLeod Inspired by Pollack, a ne’r do well inspired a whole community.

159-NS This Happened… 8:00 Dir. Jacob & Matthew Glasson Crazy roommates. A male version of Romie and Michelle.

7pm-8pm
333-DS Survival Techniques for Bohemians 6:00 Dir. Brian Schoenfelder Kids, these days.

264-NSI Am Drugs: Heroine 2:00 Dir. Alan Harris, Sean Crespo A public service announce promoting drug use.

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