35 Days screens Thursday, Nov. 10 at 9:15pm at The Tivoli Theater as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Director Chris Grega and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance. Ticket information can be found Here.
The latest from longtime Sliff favorite Chris Grega (“Rhineland,” “Game of the Year,” “Sound of Nothing”), “35 Days” is a mockumentary riff on a subject that the local filmmaker knows all too well: the scramble to complete a movie on a tight deadline and nonexistent budget. St. Louis indie film director Eric Cutter (Travis Estes) — an exaggerated but sympathetic take on Grega — decides to complete his long-abandoned third feature, “Gunman,” as a tribute to his friend Sam Harrison (Steven J. Heffernan), an actor in the film who recently died. To accomplish the task, Cutter must reunite his quarrelsome cast and crew to finish the movie that derailed their hopes and dreams a decade earlier.
The latest from longtime Sliff favorite Chris Grega (“Rhineland,” “Game of the Year,” “Sound of Nothing”), “35 Days” is a mockumentary riff on a subject that the local filmmaker knows all too well: the scramble to complete a movie on a tight deadline and nonexistent budget. St. Louis indie film director Eric Cutter (Travis Estes) — an exaggerated but sympathetic take on Grega — decides to complete his long-abandoned third feature, “Gunman,” as a tribute to his friend Sam Harrison (Steven J. Heffernan), an actor in the film who recently died. To accomplish the task, Cutter must reunite his quarrelsome cast and crew to finish the movie that derailed their hopes and dreams a decade earlier.
- 11/7/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
35 Days screens Thursday, July 21st at 7:00pm at the Tivoli Theater as part of this year’s St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase. Ticket information can be found Here
Veteran Showcase filmmaker Chris Grega is back with his latest feature, which also serves as a tribute to a local actor, Steve Heffernan, who died tragically of a heart attack a few years ago. The film is the story of indie-film director Eric Cutter’s attempt to complete his long-abandoned third feature film, “Gunman,” in time for a local film festival. Spurred on by the recent death of Sam Harrison, his friend and actor in the film, Cutter must reunite his old crew for one last chance to finish the movie that derailed their hopes and dreams a decade earlier.
Chris Grega took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St.
Veteran Showcase filmmaker Chris Grega is back with his latest feature, which also serves as a tribute to a local actor, Steve Heffernan, who died tragically of a heart attack a few years ago. The film is the story of indie-film director Eric Cutter’s attempt to complete his long-abandoned third feature film, “Gunman,” in time for a local film festival. Spurred on by the recent death of Sam Harrison, his friend and actor in the film, Cutter must reunite his old crew for one last chance to finish the movie that derailed their hopes and dreams a decade earlier.
Chris Grega took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St.
- 7/18/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Weldonkrieg screens Sunday, July 19 at 4:00pm at the Tivoli Theater as part of this year’s St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase. Ticket information can be found Here
The hobby of World War II re-enacting started in Weldon Spring, Mo., in the mid-1970s, and this documentary by Rhineland director Chris Grega takes a look at the origins of the event — called Weldonkreig — and chronicles its triumphant return in 2014.
Chris Grega took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman
We Are Movie Geeks: Tell me about your interest in WWII history before you started this project?
Chris Grega: Oh, I’ve pretty much been into history, and WW2 in particular, since I was a kid. Two of my uncles were in the army during the war,...
The hobby of World War II re-enacting started in Weldon Spring, Mo., in the mid-1970s, and this documentary by Rhineland director Chris Grega takes a look at the origins of the event — called Weldonkreig — and chronicles its triumphant return in 2014.
Chris Grega took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman
We Are Movie Geeks: Tell me about your interest in WWII history before you started this project?
Chris Grega: Oh, I’ve pretty much been into history, and WW2 in particular, since I was a kid. Two of my uncles were in the army during the war,...
- 7/17/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 15th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists.
The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties.
The 15 film programs that screen at the Tivoli from July 19-23 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. There are 94 films in this year’s event.
The Showcase also hosts a free closing-night awards party on Thursday, July 23, at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room. Kdhx-fm DJ Rob Levy will spin music, and Cinema St. Louis will announce the Showcase films chosen for inclusion in the St. Louis International Film Festival. Juried awards for the best...
The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties.
The 15 film programs that screen at the Tivoli from July 19-23 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. There are 94 films in this year’s event.
The Showcase also hosts a free closing-night awards party on Thursday, July 23, at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room. Kdhx-fm DJ Rob Levy will spin music, and Cinema St. Louis will announce the Showcase films chosen for inclusion in the St. Louis International Film Festival. Juried awards for the best...
- 6/27/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you’re a fan of exploitation films, then you’ll want to take a wild ride with “Ronnie Terminus,” “Dahlia Frankenstein” and “Rhett Darling” in The Killers Resolute. This nine episode web-series follows a trio of cold-blooded killers on their twisted journey doing what they want, when they want…which turns out to be a violent, bloody mess.
All episodes of The Killers Resolute can be found Here
http://88mmfilms.com/killersresolute/
A throwback to great 70s films like Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (and the more recent Pulp Fiction), The Killers Resolute takes a dark path down the human psyche while providing an indictment of modern living in the age of media hypocrisy. Writer/director Chris Grega was drawn to this project as a statement on our modern media-driven world, and the blatant falseness he feels it’s all built upon. From “Do Not Attempt” labeled advertising propaganda to...
All episodes of The Killers Resolute can be found Here
http://88mmfilms.com/killersresolute/
A throwback to great 70s films like Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (and the more recent Pulp Fiction), The Killers Resolute takes a dark path down the human psyche while providing an indictment of modern living in the age of media hypocrisy. Writer/director Chris Grega was drawn to this project as a statement on our modern media-driven world, and the blatant falseness he feels it’s all built upon. From “Do Not Attempt” labeled advertising propaganda to...
- 9/10/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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The late, great Blake Edwards’ 10 — starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek — gets immortalized on Blu-Ray. Two films go from silver screen to Blu-Ray… Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in An Affair To Remember; and Bette Davis stars in All About Eve, just in time for it’s 60th anniversary. Disney’s animated classic Alice In Wonderland comes out of the vault for a special 60th anniversary treatment. Sticking with the anniversary trend, Highlander reaches it’s 25th (tentatively) with a special gift set, boxed with Highlander 2. Let Me In fills the role as this week’s primary horror release, with Hatchet 2 showing up to the party a day late. My indie Blu-Ray pick of the week goes to the indie sci-fi/drama Monsters, a low-budget film which made huge waves on the festival circuit, is...
The late, great Blake Edwards’ 10 — starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek — gets immortalized on Blu-Ray. Two films go from silver screen to Blu-Ray… Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in An Affair To Remember; and Bette Davis stars in All About Eve, just in time for it’s 60th anniversary. Disney’s animated classic Alice In Wonderland comes out of the vault for a special 60th anniversary treatment. Sticking with the anniversary trend, Highlander reaches it’s 25th (tentatively) with a special gift set, boxed with Highlander 2. Let Me In fills the role as this week’s primary horror release, with Hatchet 2 showing up to the party a day late. My indie Blu-Ray pick of the week goes to the indie sci-fi/drama Monsters, a low-budget film which made huge waves on the festival circuit, is...
- 1/31/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Let Me In" (2010)
Directed by Matt Reeves
Released by Anchor Bay Entertainment
"Never Let Me Go" (2010)
Directed by Mark Romanek
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
Two of 2010's most underrated films that approach their respective genres from radically different perspectives than most, "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" and Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go" will finally have the opportunity to stand out on home video. In "Let Me In," Reeves applies some of his own biographical touchstones for this remake of Tomas Alfredson's horror film about the unlikely friendship between a vampire (Chloe Moretz) and a lonely young boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Romanek's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's much-beloved sci-fi novel about a group of children raised apart from the rest of society for purposes that are unknown to them. (Alison Willmore's reviews for "Let Me In" and...
"Let Me In" (2010)
Directed by Matt Reeves
Released by Anchor Bay Entertainment
"Never Let Me Go" (2010)
Directed by Mark Romanek
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
Two of 2010's most underrated films that approach their respective genres from radically different perspectives than most, "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" and Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go" will finally have the opportunity to stand out on home video. In "Let Me In," Reeves applies some of his own biographical touchstones for this remake of Tomas Alfredson's horror film about the unlikely friendship between a vampire (Chloe Moretz) and a lonely young boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Romanek's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's much-beloved sci-fi novel about a group of children raised apart from the rest of society for purposes that are unknown to them. (Alison Willmore's reviews for "Let Me In" and...
- 1/30/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Game Of The Year is a mockumentary written and directed by local filmmaker Chris Grega (Amphetamine, Rhineland). The film follows a rag-tag group of guys who put together a team to compete on the reality TV show called “Game of the Year” in which teams square off against each other in role-playing games. The winning team gets to run the host’s new gaming company for one year. What ensues is a special brand of humor and a film that is either ridiculously revealing and hilariously nostalgic, depending on the viewer’s own history with role-playing.
The cast of character’s developed for the film are perfect. The game master, or in other words the living breathing rule book of the role-playing game, is a British ex-pat named Richard who is both arrogant and lacking any actual control of his players. The remainder of the team consists of the hopeless,...
The cast of character’s developed for the film are perfect. The game master, or in other words the living breathing rule book of the role-playing game, is a British ex-pat named Richard who is both arrogant and lacking any actual control of his players. The remainder of the team consists of the hopeless,...
- 11/13/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Local St. Louisan and indie filmmaker Chris Grega (Rhineland) has a new film and it’s called Game Of The Year. The film is a mockumentary about a group of gamers trying to get onto a reality TV show called “Game of the Year”. The movie has received some local acclaim from critics and fans alike. So, check out the trailer for Game Of The Year below and show your support for this talented filmmaker and his movies.
- 9/10/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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