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The Awesome Fest Closes Out The Free Summer Series With The Philadelphia Premiere of The SXSW Favorite, "Turkey Bowl" Football Game To Follow

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) September 12, 2011 – The Awesome Fest, along with sponsors Zip Car and FlixFling and partners Scrapple.tv and Weathervane Music & WXPN, concludes its 2011 summer series at the Piazza at Schmidt’s this Thursday, September 15 at 7pm with a screening of Turkey Bowl. The film, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, is an Altman-esque look at a group of old friends who come together once a year to play a traditional game of touch football. In the spirit of the film, The Awesome Fest will organize a free-to-join, open-to-all game of touch football on Sunday, September 18 in Liberty Lands Park (located at 3rd St and Wildey, blocks from the Piazza).

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The Awesome Fest Presents The Philadelphia Premiere of "Black Power Mixtape", Post-Screening Panel Discussion

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) August 31, 2011 – The Awesome Fest, along with sponsors Zip Car and FlixFling and partners Scrapple.tv and Weathervane Music & WXPN, and event partners IFC Films and ReelBlack, continues its 2011 summer series at the Piazza at Schmidt’s next Thursday, September 8 at 7pm with a screening of the documentary The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975. Following the film, a panel of intellectuals and professionals will engage one another, and the audience at large, on the topics and themes addressed within the film.

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RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES
Posted by Josh on 02/03/2012 - 11:11am.

Here's a collection of press/interviews with Director Jon Foy for Mondays DVD Release Party.

Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cinedelphia

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Toronto Announces Midnight Madness Lineup
Posted by Josh on 08/06/2011 - 8:38pm.

.....and Bobcat Goldthwait is in it!!!

From Toronto - The Midnight Madness programme walks on the cinematic wild side at the Toronto International Film Festival® with a riveting roundup of supernatural slayers, crossbow killers, corpse smugglers and a re-imagined Bonnie and Clyde for the 21st century. Programmed by Colin Geddes, the international lineup features nine world premieres and is one of the most highly-anticipated announcements on the radar of genre geeks around the world.

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Christiaan Zwanikken Gallery Photos
Posted by Josh on 08/06/2011 - 8:17pm.

From Hi-Fructose Magazine: Conjoining natural elements such as bone, plant life and taxidermy with mechanical devices into elaborate ‘kinetic’ sculptures, Dutch artist Christiaan Zwanikken has landed in Philadelphia at Jinxed Gallery for his first stateside solo show, 'Convento'.

Read more & see photos, here.

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Convento - Philly Inquirer Coverage
Posted by Josh on 08/06/2011 - 8:13pm.

Two ivory-white goat skulls mounted on elaborate mechanical bodies butt heads in a goofy Punch-and-Judy show. They bob and weave, retreat - then strike.
Elegant, long-beaked bird skulls fly around the room, attached to mechanical arms suspended from the ceiling. Their beaks click and clack to create an odd, percussive song.
These are two of the kinetic sculptures featured in Philly-born filmmaker Jarred Alterman's new documentary Convento, an enigmatic look at the provocative work of Dutch artist Christiaan Zwanikken.

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Drive - Red Band
Posted by Josh on 07/22/2011 - 10:39am.

From the Director of "Bronson" & "Valhalla Rising". This is one of my most anticipated films of the year.

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