Comedy Festival Lineup Announced for SXSW Online 2021
Announcing the
When traditional comedy clubs fell dormant last year, it drove what little stand-up remained to less than ideal environments and reminded us how just a handful of clubs across the country supports the entire community from open mic-er to famous headliner.
SXSW Comedy invited some of the most lauded comedy venues from around the country to present live shows from their home stages, most for the first time in nearly a year. Each club curated an impressive lineup of regulars, excited to be back on a real stage for a live audience and the result is a fascinating comedy time capsule.
Actress Olivia Luccardi is known for her appearances in
It Follows and
Go/Don t Go, she compared and contrasted the projects.
LiteraryJoe |
1/25/2021
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Go/Don t Go is a movie that launched this month starring Alex Knapp and Olivia Luccardi. The film meshes genres and is a mix of a thriller, sci-fi, and apocalyptic horror movie.
The plot of the movie surrounds a single character who believes he is the last man in the world, and he is played by Alex Knapp, who also directed and wrote the film. Throughout the story, it seems as though something is trying to contact him, whether it be through memories or visions.
The science fiction apocalyptic thriller
Go/Don t Go released this month, and we were able to speak with star and creator Alex Knapp about both creating a fictitious world and the character he plays.
LiteraryJoe |
1/24/2021
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Go/Don t Go is a mix of a thriller, sci-fi, and apocalyptic horror film, which was released this month. It features a minimalist cast, as the last man on Earth tries to uncover what or who it is that s attempting to make contact with him.
Alex Knapp handled a multitude of the film s production, serving as director, writer, and producer. The multi-talented Knapp chose to star in the film, making his behind-the-scenes work that much more difficult.
The poster for writer-director-producer-actor Alex Knapp’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, ‘Go/Don’t Go.’
Sometimes the seemingly most unrealistic post-apocalyptic stories end up becoming the most relatable to the entire world. That’s certainly the case with the new psychological thriller, ‘Go/Don’t Go,’ which features a cataclysm that will take viewers on a journey of pondering how a natural catastrophic event can leave the entire world feeling desolate.
The acclaimed movie is now playing On Demand and Digital, including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Xbox, Vudu, Direct TV, Dish Network and all major cable providers, courtesy of Gravitas Ventures. ‘Go/Don’t Go’ was written, directed and produced by, and stars, first time filmmaker, Alex Knapp. In addition to Knapp, the sci-fi drama also stars Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig and Zoey Wagner.
What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend
Including Tom Hanks in News Of The World, Regina King s One Night In Miami and buzzy Sundance hit Promising Young Woman By Norman Wilner and Kevin Ritchie
Jan 15, 2021
NOW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of January 15. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
News Of The World
(Paul Greengrass)
Set five years after the Civil War, Greengrass’s prestige-minded Western stars Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kidd, a former Confederate officer who wanders America as a sort of travelling town crier, performing theatrical readings of newspaper stories. Things grow more complicated when Kidd decides to return preteen Johanna (Helena Zengel), a German immigrant raised among the Kiowa people since infancy, to the family she’s never known. Stately in its pacing, and just cynical enough about America to pass for contemporary commentary, News Of The World plays just fine when it zooms in o