The Films:
Thursday, April 27, 2006
And yet more 'Heavy Soul' Reviews from SXSW.

Not sure if these were just recentley posted online but I found them today.

From The Austin Daze:

Next up was an odd little ditty called, “Heavy Soul”, a real 50ish piece, where a young, pure, teenage girl is lured into a world of twisted morals and decay by her attraction to a very charismatic, but disturbed popular boy at school whose world is filled with beatniks, sideburns, cigarettes, beer, and drinking blood! Soon enough our heroine falls prey and her life is reduced to a shadow of her former self. Very stylized, a light hearted romp nonetheless that was nothing short of deranged fun.

From Hybridmagazine.com:

"Heavy Soul opens with a Fantasia-like sound-imaging and then proceeds paint a picture of a blood junkie, layering in religion and sex against creepy voiceover. In B&W mixed with color."

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Review - The Israeli Film Festival

Films in Review posted my coverage of the recent Israeli film Festival in New York.

Read it Here.

Still got some 'Heavy Soul' copies left, if you'd like a copy of the film send me an E-mail.

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Monday, April 24, 2006
Look on Up at the Bottom

Exciting news today. FOX is finally releasing Russ Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" on DVD and it's a double-disc special edition!

Last month John Waters held his (excellent) one-man show, 'This Filthy World' in NY. When I asked about his relationship with Meyer he noted the 'Beyond...' may be the best film ever made (and may be the worst). Well... it must be the best movie ever made, and even if not, it is still my personal favorite.

Check out:

The Full Details

Roger Ebert's article from 1970 - 10 Years after the making of the film.

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Friday, April 21, 2006
Your copy of 'Heavy Soul'!

I have a few extra copies of 'Heavy Soul' lying around here. If you'd like your free copy of the short drop me a line (especially for those in the USA). There's a limited amount so it'll be on a first-come-first-served basis. Get them while they're hot.

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Monday, April 17, 2006
Cinema-Crazed Reviews 'Heavy Soul'

Back from Viva Las Vegas with some updates:

A new review of 'Heavy Soul' was posted on Cinema-Crazed, check it out:

http://www.cinema-crazed.com/heavy-soul.htm

To quote:

"'Heavy Soul' is a sometimes dark, sometimes campy, and sometimes utterly weird film... in all its weirdness feels immensely genuine as if it'd jumped out of the fifties era and hardly ever looks like a true indie."

Also just found out Pulpmovies.com posted a link to one of the 'Heavy Soul' video clips on its Blog

And in unrelated news - just got the new Rockin Ryan and the Real Goners release 'Cry of Midnight' and I urge you all to order this great album from Golly Gee Records.

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Saturday, April 01, 2006
'Heavy Soul' Poster in an Austin Bathroom

Right up there... above the SXSW poster and the one-sheet of Ido Mizrahi's 'Things That Hang From Trees'.

Pastor Alvarado posted some of the pictures he took while we were down in Austin for SXSW on his Flickr account.

Check 'em out!

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New Look, New Article, New Interview

Uploaded a radio interview that Jennifer Nathan of The Roundtable (WAMC) conducted with me during SXSW. An MP3 is available Here.

Yediot America, an Israeli-American newspaper, published an article about me on Friday. Will have scans of the article (in Hebrew) on-line by next week.

The site went through some cosmetical changes, I apologize if anyone had problems browsing while this was happening.

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Recent Screenings:

Heavy Soul
 *Oct TBA - Film Pop, Montreal
*July 13 - The Jerusalem International Film Festival
*June 30 - Billyburg Short film Festival, Brooklyn
*July 13 - The Long Island Film Expo
*June 8 - The Brooklyn International Film Festival
*May 27 - Artfest, Harrisburg PA

Recent Press for 'Heavy Soul'
 Shock Cinema Review
Film Threat Review
Film Guru.Net Review
MicrocinemaScene Review
Pulp Movies Review
Film Fanaadict Review
EMVG Review
Cinema-Crazed Review
The Roundtable - Radio Interview
The Austin Chronicle
Greencine Daily Blog
 Pollystaffle.com Review
Austin Daze Review
Hybrid Magazine Review
Rogue Cinema Review
Monsters At Play Review

Heavy Soul on IMDB

Published Writings:
The Jayne Mansfield Collection Review
'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' Review
SXSW Film Festival Coverage
The Israeli Film Festival Coverage
'King Kong' Film Review
Hebrew Ha'ir - Elvis Tribute
Hebrew Ha'ir - "Death Proof" Review
Hebrew Ha'ir - Italian Exploitation
Hebrew Shox Coloumn #1
 Hebrew Shox Coloumn #2
 Hebrew Shox Coloumn #3
 Hebrew Shox Coloumn #4
 Hebrew Shox Coloumn #5
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 "Heavy Soul" is now Online
"Before Elvis, there was Nothing"
Exploitation a Go-Go
Film Fanaddict Reviews HEAVY SOUL
New Review for "Heavy Soul"
Viva, Goldstein and Elephant Parade
Oscar Predictions at Polly Staffle
Tales from the Breadline
The "Best Of" 2006
Russ Meyer Documentary

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