Before We Were Kings: Pics From Our Early Efforts
This week director Gary King shared some pictures from his ‘early film career’ on his blog, An Indie Life. Check out the pictures – you won’t be disappointed. Now we’d like to share some behind-the-scenes pics from our first movies, short films that we made between 2001 and 2008 with our friends, starring our friends, to [...]
Chicago: All Stars!
Celebrated our return to Chicago this week with a few of our favorite things: FIERY FOOD: Thai food at Me Dee with the stars of Anxiety Acres (Mike Ayres & Heather Rush) FRENZIED FUN: An NYC Midnight 48-hr screenplay contest (Deadline Sunday at 12:00am EST) FINE ART FRIDAY: Our friend & fave artist Danny Hein took [...]
November is for (Movie) Lovers
November is King is a Fink’s favorite month. Here’s why: We had a private screening for the Idville Collection (ANXIETY ACRES & LIBIDOLAND) on Sunday, 11/1, and it was lovely. Check out the pictures here. Our short drama SNOW BUNNY is showing at Lakedance International Film Festival in Sandpoint, Idaho, tomorrow night at 7pm. Wish [...]
Idville Screening: Take Two!
More pictures from Sunday night’s packed Idville Collection screening in Chicago. Friends, family, and fans gathered to see and discuss Libidoland and Anxiety Acres.
Idville Screening: Take One
On Sunday night we had a private Chicago screening of the Idville Collection: Anxiety Acres & Libidoland. While we entered the night full of pre-screening jitters, the overwhelming support of our friends and family made the night a huge success. Congratulations to Andrew Lindsay, Beth Ivy, Heather Rush, and Mike Ayres on their big screen [...]
Libidoland Music by Felled Hands in Hand
Eight Things You Need to Know About Felled Hands: #1 – Chicago band Felled Hands created the music for Libidoland. It is beautiful. #2 – To create their unique psych-folk sound, Felled Hands uses off-the-wall instruments such as a homemade theremin and a mini-synthesizer that can only be played with a stylus. (Try saying ‘synthesizer stylus’ [...]
Adventures in Cake Smashing
Today I (Julie) took scrappy special agent Jill on a hunt for cakes for an upcoming film shoot. We need cakes to sit on. We need cakes to smash. So we visited several bakeries on Chicago’s north side to ask if they’d support independent film making by donating an expired cake or two. We weren’t [...]
Anxiety Acres City Shoots
Since we had some fun down on the farm earlier this month, we had to round out our Anxiety Acres shoots with some city sequences. On 7/14 we filmed some night and flashback scenes, and today (7/25) we filmed some daytime street and cafe sequences. The cafe scenes were filmed at Ventrella’s on Damen in [...]
Location, Location, Location…in Chicago
We’re planning to shoot two short movies this summer, both about the tiny (and not so tiny) disasters than can happen when you let your imagination run away from you. One movie will focus on fear; the other will focus on desire. We’re currently looking for small businesses (specifically stores, cafes, and restaurants) on the [...]
Dance Films
And no, this post will not be about the sub-teen genre films like Save the Last Dance or Take the Lead. In addition to people making films of their pets, gardens, and salvia trips, I’ve been noticing more people with backgrounds in dance making short dance films. With the availability of digital technology, so many [...]
Update
We’ve updated our screenplay page. We might add a few more, but it now accounts for most of the screenplays we’ve written but aren’t planning to film ourselves.
Top Ten Films
Even though we change our minds a lot and it’s hard to narrow down the films we love, here is a list of our top ten favorite films of all time. Jessica’s Top Ten Favorite Films (not in ranking order) Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953) The Last Picture Show (Peter [...]
Thinking About D.I.Y. Marketing and Distribution?
As we write and make more movies, we are constantly on the look-out for ways to market and distribute them in a way that would either a) allow us to make a living creating and producing films ourselves or b) allow us to be recognized and hired by someone who would let us create films [...]
Go See The Ville Right Now!
Okay, so you can’t go see The Ville right this minute, but you can go on any and all Mondays from now through December. Julie, Andy, and I went to see the first episode of the third season this past Monday, and it was delightful — I laughed and I tried not to cry, but [...]