Underground Cinema News Today

Love, Lust, Lost is an immersive theatre show that ensures a different viewing experience every night.

THE INAUGURAL FILM of postwar queer cinema and a watershed event in the history of the American avant-garde, Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks of 1947 is an autobiographical account of the awakening of desire. Shot when the filmmaker was only seventeen years old,1 the film is the sadomasochistic fantasy of a young man, played by the teenage Anger, who dreams he is sexually assaulted by a gang of sailors. Like its young author, the film was precocious. Made in the immediate aftermath of World War II, j...

In the centralized movie industry, independent filmmakers are often denied a share of a successful film’s profits, while fans are locked out of the filmmaking process. Web3 filmmakers intend to flip that model.

--

Seamus Scanlon’s “The Butterfly Love Song” film had its 20th festival outing at the Underground Cinema in Dublin on Nov. 14, where it won four awar...

Has our obsession with immersive theatre killed our imagination? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Starting next week, hundreds of Melburnians will go through the doors of the Convention Centre and be transported to the FBI’s Quantico training academy. As rookie agents, they’ll hunt down clues and solve puzzles on their way to a heroic climax. Tamasein Holyman (centre) is directing a huge immersive performanc...

By Michael Matarazzo EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a month-long series about noteworthy women in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’ The histories of many female residents of Everett might surprise readers, as many of their stories have never been fully told. Matarazzo’s book is available at bookblues.com. Arranger/Producer/Composer Alan Lorber had an impressive resume having worked with Phil S...