Following Films episode 40: Laura Maxfield

Laura Maxfield made her first short “Vibrator” a coming of age sex comedy in 2006. “Vibrator” has gotten almost 2 million views on youtube. After her foray into comedy Laura delved into genre writing and directing with “Hunting” in 2010. “Hunting” is a dark psychological thriller about a young woman who goes crazy from stress. “Hunting” received the award for “Best Horror Film” at the Victoria Independent Film Festival in Australia and was shown at Big Apple Film Festival, LA Shorts, New Hampshire Film Festival, NewFilmmakers New York, POW Fest and others.
Laura's most recent short “a Girl, a Cat, a Bomb” is another genre film; Science Fiction, which is her first love. It is currently screening at Festivals. Laura is heavily influenced by the work of Stanley Kubrick and seventies slasher and science fiction films as well as the French New Wave. Most recently she has become an admirer of Ti West, Shane Carruth, and Mike Cahill. Laura has been working in the film industry since 2004 in various areas of production. Recently she has been working as a Post Supervisor on New York City independent films.

THE True Bromance Film Podcast - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Episode 208 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

We like to keep up with the latest and greatest in the film universe so for this episode we're dialing up Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In a world where superhero films saturate the market, can an animated feature distinguish itself from the pack?

MOVIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK:

A Fistful of Dollars, The Favourite, Skyscraper, The Meg, RBG, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Searching, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

LAFF review A CROOKED SOMEBODY

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Directed By: Trevor White
Starring: Rich Sommer, Clifton Collins Jr., Joanne Froggatt, Amanda Crew, Ed Harris
Producers: Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Tim White, Wayne L. Rogers Sales: CAA
Ambition is a powerful drug that can inspire positive change. It can force you outside of the comfortable boxes you place yourself in. It asks you to stretch and reimagine not only the person you are but the person you could be. Most great men and women have a deep relationship with what they see as their purpose. This is a personality trait never driven by or limited to the pragmatic and there in lies the problem. Logic be damned, when a sense of determination is your north star.
Michael Vaughn (Sommer) is an ambitious psychic on the road promoting a book that no one is buying. Using parlor tricks and audience plants Vaughn helps people "connect" with loved ones who have passed on. Somewhere in between a traveling preacher and a low-rent John Edwards he sees himself as a man destined …

SONG OF SOLOMON Review

Exorcism films do not begin and end with William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST. With entries as varied as BEETLEJUICE, CONSTANTINE, and THE RITE, the exorcism sub-genre of horror films is far more diverse than many immediately recognize.

With THE SONG OF SOLOMON director Stephen Brio has added a unique take on the possession movie. In his film, the Catholic church attempts to save the soul of Mary (Jessica Cameron) who appears to have been possessed after witnessing her father's brutal suicide.

Mary is off camera while her father takes his own life. In a scene that could play as a confessional or an accusation, the family's patriarch lists off the reasons why he is being forced to use his knife on Mary and himself. He details how they were a good, loving family and he can't understand why she is accusing him of abuse. Using demonic control as a metaphor for trauma survival is something so natural, I can't believe it's not woven into every film of this kind.

Jessic…

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