Kris Rey,
David Lowery, and Jeff Baena himself will deliver a variety of stories that sound rather experimental and compelling.
Aubrey Plaza’s episode “Quiet Illness” creates a portrait of an emotionally tortured modern woman using footage of Loretta Young. Marta Cunningham delivers a
Night of the Living Dead-inspired story called “Attack of the Karens,” which takes clear inspiration from a certain kind of American woman who has become all to prominent in recent years. Mel Eslyn digs into mumblecore laughs and monsters with “Beast From Haunted Cave.” And finally, Alex Ross Perry gets weird with Soviet footage in “Report on the Canine Auto-Mechanical Soviet Threat,” which will tell the story of a young boy immersed in a new reality inhabited by talking cars and telepathic dogs.
Showtime Snags Odd New Anthology From CREEP Star Mark Duplass
Showtime orders a new public domain anthology series CINEMA TOAST from executive producers Jay & Mark Duplass featuring Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Fred Armisen, Christina Ricci and director Aubrey Plaza By Mike Sprague
Baghead) is called
Cinema Toast. It will “re-dub and re-shape” old public domain footage into what creator Jeff Barna calls “transcendent that extends beyond just a comedic curio.”
Voices actors include Alison Brie (
Community), Nick Offerman (
Portlandia). Plus, John Early (
Happy).
Episodes will cover a range of genres, including horror, comedy, and drama. Aubrey Plaza will helm an episode. So will Marta Cunningham, Mel Eslyn, and Alex Ross Perry.
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Where: Eventive via aspenfilm.org
When: Program Eight; Streaming through April 11
How Much: $15/single program; $60/Five Program Pass; $150/Full Virtual Pass; $250/VIP Pass; $45/student pass
More info: A livestream Q&A with filmmakers from Program Eight will run Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Clocking in at a brisk 10 minutes, “The Recorder” is the kind of bizarre, love-it-or-hate-it fare that you can only find in a short film without commercial imperatives.
“It’s definitely weird,” director Justine Lupe said of the film, which has its world premiere this week at the virtual Aspen Shortsfest. “Every time I watch it, I’m just like, ‘Oh my gosh, what a weird, kooky little thing we did.’ But I like it.”
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