Bon Iver's Justin Vernon narrates the strange new trailer for the upcoming documentary, The Dundee Project, about a UFO festival in the musician's home state of Wisconsin. Mark Borchardt, the independent filmmaker behind the cult horror classic Coven, directed the film.
Per Wisconsin Public Radio, The Dundee Project chronicles UFO Daze, an annual gathering of extraterrestrial aficionados, who meet to discuss UFOs and watch the sky near Dundee, Wisconsin. Borchardt has been a long time attendee and began filming interviews with locals and festival goers in the early 2000s.
Per Wisconsin Public Radio, The Dundee Project chronicles UFO Daze, an annual gathering of extraterrestrial aficionados, who meet to discuss UFOs and watch the sky near Dundee, Wisconsin. Borchardt has been a long time attendee and began filming interviews with locals and festival goers in the early 2000s.
- 3/16/2017
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been 20 years since the release of Mark Borchardt’s independent horror classic Coven—and 18 years since the release of Chris Smith’s excellent American Movie documentary that chronicled the making of that film—and now Borchardt has finally returned with a trailer for his next movie, a documentary about a UFO festival in a small town in Wisconsin. Titled The Dundee Project, the YouTube description explains that the film will feature interviews with “eccentric locals” as they prepare for an annual celebration that’s “equal parts sky watching and heavy drinking.” Plus, the trailer is narrated by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, who is probably one of the few Wisconsin artists who is almost as famous as Mark Borchardt is—at least among the cool people who read The A.V. Club.
You can get a little bit more information about The Dundee Project at its ...
You can get a little bit more information about The Dundee Project at its ...
- 3/16/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
The Sundance Institute’s Next Fest summer film festival hits Los Angeles the weekend of August 7-10, set to be headquartered at the Ace Hotel Theatre, and offering feature and short film screenings, some paired with live music performances.The event was conceived as an extension of the popular Next section from Sundance, which showcases primarily first films from up-and-coming directors, and builds on the Institute’s original Next Weekend event, hosted in 2013. For the festival’s kickoff on August 7, a cult classic film will screen at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A similar event for last year’s Next Weekend featured a double-bill screening of Chris Smith’s iconic and hilarious documentary “American Movie” and the horror film it chronicled, Mark Borchardt’s “Coven.”Buzzy films you’ve probably heard of that have premiered in the Next section include “Bellflower,” “Blue Caprice,” “Compliance,” “Sleepwalk With Me,” “Sound of My Voice...
- 5/20/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
American Horror Story has been flooding the Internet with wordless, plotless promos, doing nothing more than reminding us that season three — alias Coven: Mark Borchardt 4eva — will be witchy. And it's totally been working! We can't wait! But now we've got a 30-second glimpse into a little bit of actual show action. There will be a witch school, Jessica Lange will telepathically slam women into walls, and there will be a quote that goes, "When witches don't fight, we burn." Definitely a reference to the Salem witches vs. New Orleans voodoo witches plot Ryan Murphy recently outlined.
- 9/20/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
We already told you about the awesome Opening Night festivities the organizers of Sundance's Next Weekend festival have in store with tonight's cemetery screening of Chris Smith's hilarious 1999 documentary American Movie, followed by Mark Borchardt's Coven, the film which the documentary explores. Now we're going to take you a bit further in depth into the Next Weekend program, taking a look at each of the films playing as part of the fest. For more information and tickets, check out Sundance's Next Weekend website....
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- 8/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
I’m pretty sure that four years back when Trevor Groth and John Cooper (Sundance programming tandem who overhauled, switched over and re-defined the Spotlight section) knew just how significant the Next section (“less is greater than”) would become in the American independent-filmmaking sphere. Tomorrow, the Sundance Institute debuts its first ever Next Weekend program in Los Angeles and over the course of one weekend, denizens of La will get to experience a slew of films from the 2013 program, including much talked about titles like Hannah Fidell’s A Teacher (pictured above), Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love and Alexandre Moor’s Blue Caprice. More intriguingly, a pair of titles not included in the original fest lineup, like Madeleine Olnek’s The Foxy Merkins and Chadd Harbold’s How to Be a Man make an appearance in the mini-festival event, which we assume were not ready in time to make the initial selection,...
- 8/7/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance Institute has announced the program for its first-ever Next Weekend festival, which includes 10 feature films, 10 short films and related programming. The festival runs from Aug. 8-11 at the Sundance Sunset Cinema and additional venues throughout Los Angeles. Tickets ranging from $12-15 are on sale now for Sundance Institute members and will be made available to the public on Thursday. Next Weekend kicks off with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith's cult documentary "American Movie" and Mark Borchardt's "Coven" on Aug. 8 at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Smith...
- 7/17/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Sundance = cold. Usually.
The January indie movie festival held in the snowy mountains of Utah is synonymous with winter, but organizers have decided to heat things up a bit.
The film festival has announce plans for a summertime spin-off, with a program of 10 feature films, 10 short films, and special events to be held in Los Angeles on the weekend of Aug. 8-11.
It’s an extension of Sundance’s Next category, which is a loose title given to low-budget or guerilla-style filmmaking.
“In creating Next Weekend we were looking to shed our parkas and boldly celebrate this ‘other side’ of...
The January indie movie festival held in the snowy mountains of Utah is synonymous with winter, but organizers have decided to heat things up a bit.
The film festival has announce plans for a summertime spin-off, with a program of 10 feature films, 10 short films, and special events to be held in Los Angeles on the weekend of Aug. 8-11.
It’s an extension of Sundance’s Next category, which is a loose title given to low-budget or guerilla-style filmmaking.
“In creating Next Weekend we were looking to shed our parkas and boldly celebrate this ‘other side’ of...
- 7/16/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
The Sundance Institute announced today the full program for the first-ever Next Weekend film festival. The festival will take place from August 8-11 at Sundance Sunset Cinema and other venues in La. Next Weekend is an extension of the popular Next section at the Sundance Film Festival. The lineup features 10 feature films and 10 short films, as well as additional programming. Next Weekend will kick off with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith’s iconic cult documentary "American Movie" and Mark Borchardt’s horror film "Coven," presented at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Read More: Surveying All 10 Films From Next, Sundance's Best Section The 10 feature films in the festival’s core program include two world premieres as well as eight Los Angeles premieres, six of which first screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Eight feature films are narratives and two are documentaries. Ten short films, two panels and the ShortsLab:...
- 7/16/2013
- by Madeline Raynor
- Indiewire
Sundance Institute announced on Monday [8] that the inaugural Los Angeles event set to run from Aug 8-11 will kick off with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie and Mark Borchardt’s horror film Coven.
Both screenings will take place on Aug 8 at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with an introduction by Smith.
“American Movie and Coven exemplify what Next is all about – an undying passion to make movies against odds and with unfettered creativity,” said Sundance Film festival director of programming Trevor Groth.
“One of the coolest cinematic venues in Los Angeles, Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the ideal location to launch Next Weekend and to bring together all the renegade film lovers to be entertained and inspired by these extraordinary classic independent films.”
“Next Weekend was created to not only celebrate the current generation of filmmakers working with Next sensibilities, but also to reflect on those films that paved...
Both screenings will take place on Aug 8 at Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with an introduction by Smith.
“American Movie and Coven exemplify what Next is all about – an undying passion to make movies against odds and with unfettered creativity,” said Sundance Film festival director of programming Trevor Groth.
“One of the coolest cinematic venues in Los Angeles, Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the ideal location to launch Next Weekend and to bring together all the renegade film lovers to be entertained and inspired by these extraordinary classic independent films.”
“Next Weekend was created to not only celebrate the current generation of filmmakers working with Next sensibilities, but also to reflect on those films that paved...
- 7/8/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
American Horror Story's third season, subtitled Coven (shout-out to Mark Borchardt and American Movie), has added Angela Bassett and Patti LuPone to the lineup, per a tweet from Ryan Murphy. They'll join previously announced cast members Kathy Bates, Gabourey Sidibe, and Jessica Lange. The new season is being shot on location in New Orleans and several other to-be-revealed haunty locales.
- 5/13/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
The new season of American Horror Story has its subtitle, the unveiling of which finally eradicates the need to refer to it as The One About Lady-Power, With All The Ladies except in private, whimsical company. The show’s third outing will be called American Horror Story: Coven, confirming that it will concern witches and that Ryan Murphy has never seen American Movie. Or if he has, he’s not particularly concerned that the people tuning in to see Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates witch it up will confuse the show with Mark Borchardt’s indie-horror opus, especially since no ...
- 3/18/2013
- avclub.com
American Horror Story's anthology status warrants a new subtitle every season. We've seen Murder House and Asylum; next up is Coven. Meaning we can expect witches and, if we're lucky, an American Movie/Mark Borchardt reference. Creator Ryan Murphy also revealed at a PaleyFest panel that the show is shooting on location for the first time, heading to New Orleans and a few other cities. "The fun thing is researching what are the really haunted places in America," he said, "and we have a couple doozy locales."...
- 3/18/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
Here at HeyUGuys, we aim to provide you with an all-encompassing look into the world of film. Whether you’re a fully-fledged cineaste, or just possess a casual interest, there’s something for anyone with our alternative A-z of cinema, which starts today and runs through the week.
If you’ve ever wondered just what it is an Executive Producer does, or maybe you’ve heard the ambient soundscape of Tangerine Dream in an 80’s film favourite without knowing who you were listening to, this is the list for you!
Here are the letters A-e…
American Movie is the title of an award-winning 1999 documentary which follows the exploits of wannabe auteur Mark Borchardt as he attempts to pull together the funds to make his long-cherished feature film, “the great American movie” Northwestern.
Borchardt (with best friend and acid/booze casualty Mark Schank in tow) embarks on the making of a...
If you’ve ever wondered just what it is an Executive Producer does, or maybe you’ve heard the ambient soundscape of Tangerine Dream in an 80’s film favourite without knowing who you were listening to, this is the list for you!
Here are the letters A-e…
American Movie is the title of an award-winning 1999 documentary which follows the exploits of wannabe auteur Mark Borchardt as he attempts to pull together the funds to make his long-cherished feature film, “the great American movie” Northwestern.
Borchardt (with best friend and acid/booze casualty Mark Schank in tow) embarks on the making of a...
- 2/21/2011
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I realized the other night that I had, one year earlier, posted my first review at Pajiba. Looking to celebrate the occasion in a unique way, I looked upon my DVD collection for a film to review. I had promised friends over the past couple months that I would review three films that I had somehow overlooked in my eight years as a Cinema and Media Studies student, specifically Rocky (1976), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and the original Karate Kid (also 1984). However, to review those films didn't feel quite right for the anniversary. No, given the occasion, a review of one of my favorite films was in order and few get as great and, in this case, personal as Chris Smith's documentary American Movie (1999).
American Movie chronicles the life of a Milwaukee independent filmmaker by the name of Mark Borchardt. If you're familiar with his lanky figure,...
American Movie chronicles the life of a Milwaukee independent filmmaker by the name of Mark Borchardt. If you're familiar with his lanky figure,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Drew Morton
The big-screen terrors just keep comin’ for Halloween and beyond as more revivals and special screenings have been announced. You can track back through our previous coverage starting here, and mark your calendars for the following recent announcements:
• New York City’s Maysles Institute (343 Malcolm X Boulevard/Lenox Avenue between 127th and 128th Streets) is in the midst of a series simply called The Horror!, focusing on documentaries pertaining to fright filmmaking, with all shows starting at 7:30 p.m. Tonight, Roy Frumkes will present Document Of The Dead, his chronicle of the making of George A. Romero’s classic Dawn Of The Dead (which will be shown after Frumkes’ post-document Q&A). Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 28, there’ll be a rare chance to catch Joel DeMott’s Demon Lover Diary, the saga of the highly contentious production of the Michigan-lensed ’70s cheapie Demon Lover, starring Gunnar Hansen. Chris Smith’s American Movie,...
• New York City’s Maysles Institute (343 Malcolm X Boulevard/Lenox Avenue between 127th and 128th Streets) is in the midst of a series simply called The Horror!, focusing on documentaries pertaining to fright filmmaking, with all shows starting at 7:30 p.m. Tonight, Roy Frumkes will present Document Of The Dead, his chronicle of the making of George A. Romero’s classic Dawn Of The Dead (which will be shown after Frumkes’ post-document Q&A). Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 28, there’ll be a rare chance to catch Joel DeMott’s Demon Lover Diary, the saga of the highly contentious production of the Michigan-lensed ’70s cheapie Demon Lover, starring Gunnar Hansen. Chris Smith’s American Movie,...
- 10/27/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold and Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
If you’re expecting to glimpse an actual Sasquatch in this movie, you can forget it. Except for one photograph of a tall, dark and handsome specimen casually posing at the edge of the woods, there are no Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) to be seen.
But you will witness Wayne Burton, a self-styled Bigfoot photographer, having his reputation questioned when he stalls and claims the wrong dates for one of his sightings during an Internet radio interview.
This botched interview incident turns out to be a cornerstone for Jay Delaney’s documentary. Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie follows Burton and Dallas Gilbert, two best friends who live in the rural woods of Ohio and maintain a popular, albeit controversial, website about the man-monster. We watch as the pals let us into their personal lives, which include living in poverty, their supportive wives and going on Bigfoot “research” trips in their local woods.
But you will witness Wayne Burton, a self-styled Bigfoot photographer, having his reputation questioned when he stalls and claims the wrong dates for one of his sightings during an Internet radio interview.
This botched interview incident turns out to be a cornerstone for Jay Delaney’s documentary. Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie follows Burton and Dallas Gilbert, two best friends who live in the rural woods of Ohio and maintain a popular, albeit controversial, website about the man-monster. We watch as the pals let us into their personal lives, which include living in poverty, their supportive wives and going on Bigfoot “research” trips in their local woods.
- 10/23/2008
- Fangoria
1. American Movie (1999) Mark Borchardt has long had a dream of making a film called Northwestern, a coming-of-age story about growing up on the rough edges of Milwaukee. He even has a plan to finance the film by first selling copies of a horror movie called Coven directly to genre fans. But getting to that stage isn't as easy as he suspects. Director Chris Smith captures Borchardt at a crucial stage in the project, as he films Coven (pronounced, per the lugubrious Borchardt's preference, "coe-ven") between bouts of binge-drinking and stints working a paper route. Borchardt's resources are limited, to say the least, but apart from a few dark nights of the soul captured by Smith's camera, he remains upbeat about the project, helped by an eccentric support system that includes his doting mother and pal Mike Schank, a slow-speaking musician sidekick who nearly steals the movie. Avoiding...
- 6/9/2008
- by Scott Tobias, Noel Murray, Nathan Rabin, Keith Phipps, Josh Modell, Jason Heller, David Wolinsky, Christopher Bahn
- avclub.com
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